Shenandoah University names athletic center
Shenandoah University announced at an unveiling ceremony on Friday that it will be naming its athletics center the James R. Wilkins Jr. Athletics and Events Center. James Wilkins Jr. is a member of...
View ArticleCisco co-founder speaks at Valley Health luncheon
Local Virginia business owner Sandy Lerner spoke about taking risks and local food systems during her speech at the Valley Health Business at The Bloom luncheon on Wednesday. Lerner is best known as a...
View ArticleQueen Designate Laurenzano prepares for Apple Blossom Festival
After hearing stories about the Apple Blossom Festival from her great-aunt, Kiara Anastasia Laurenzano is preparing to experience the festival for herself. Laurenzano, Queen Shenandoah designate for...
View ArticleSouvenir can is tradition for festivalgoers
WINCHESTER — When people attend the Apple Blossom festivities, they expect to see old friends, celebrities, guest speakers and other traditions that have carried on for the 90 years of the festival....
View ArticleKeeping the Queen Shenandoah tradition in the family
WINCHESTER — Kiara Laurenzano, 17, was crowned Queen Shenandoah XC on Friday, and she said that she is excited to follow in the footsteps of the queens in her family who came before her. “It feels...
View ArticleLaurenzano crowned 90th festival queen
WINCHESTER – Bloomtown crowned its queen Friday in a decades-old ceremony witnessed by guests donned in pink and green. The coronation of Queen Shenandoah XC Kiara Anastasia Laurenzano drew a crowd of...
View ArticleBelushi arrives with a friend’s to-do list
Actor Jim Belushi said he had never been to Winchester before serving as this year’s grand marshal of the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Grand Feature Parade. But he had heard all about it from a...
View ArticleIn an absence of Apple stores, Experimac seeks to fill a need
WINCHESTER – The closest Apple store to Winchester is in Reston or Fairfax, but a new store at 86 Featherbed Lane is (sort of) changing that. On Dec. 5, Shane Cannon, an engineer and first-time...
View ArticleSU grad ready to take on New York City
WINCHESTER – A soon-to-be Shenandoah University graduate will join more than 1,000 other students as they begin the next chapter of their lives after graduation. Taylor Bloom, 22, an undergraduate and...
View ArticleState delegates discuss labor shortage at breakfast
WINCHESTER — Local members of the Virginia House of Delegates advertised their interest Thursday in finding answers to a regional labor shortage. The delegates — Chris Collins, Randy Minchew and David...
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