
(Wentworth, NC) –Â In the shade of a spreading pecan tree, some 40 people gathered at the Chinqua-Penn Walking Trail on Tuesday morning, July 21, to celebrate the trail’s designation as a National Recreation Trail. The festive occasion featured brief comments about trails in the region by Rockingham County Manager Lance Metzler, Reidsville Area Foundation Chairman […]

USTA Junior Team Tennis for ages 6-18 is coming to Rockingham County! Join us at the FREE Play Day and Kick-off at Jaycee Park in Reidsville on Sunday September 13 at 3pm to learn more about this youth tennis program. Our matches continue on the four following Sundays, September 20, 27, October 3 and 11. For registration […]
Aug 31 2015 | Posted in
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(Martinsville, VA) – The Boys and Girls Club of the Blue Ridge soaked Harvest Foundation President Allyson Rothrock at this year’s Smith River Fest to deliver on a fundraising campaign that collected $3,000 for nonprofit organizations in Martinsville and Henry County. “For this campaign to be the product of an internal joke, I think it turned […]

(Rockingham County, NC) – A 4-H’er from Rockingham County attended the sixth annual North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) Youth Summit, which was held in Greenville, North Carolina August 21-22, 2015. North Carolina 4-H and the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service partnered for the sixth year with the NCACC on a multi-year initiative to […]

(Eden, NC) – VIDEO of the August 18, 2015 meeting of the Eden City Council …………………AGENDA …………..EDEN CITY COUNCIL ………………..August 18, 2015 1. Meeting called to order by: Wayne Tuggle, Sr., Mayor 2. Invocation: Jerry Ellis, Eden City Council Member 3. Pledge Of Allegiance: Tommy Underwood, Fire Chief 4. Recognitions & Proclamations: a. Recognition of […]
Aug 31 2015 | Posted in
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(Rockingham County, NC) – Friends of Eden Animal Shelter will host their 1st Annual Giving on the Green golf tournament on Saturday, October 24, 2015 at Oak Hills Golf Club in Eden, North Carolina. The tournament will be a four-person captain’s choice format. Tournament day check-in begins at 8 a.m. and Tee Time is at 9 a.m. Entrance […]
Aug 31 2015 | Posted in
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(Rockingham County, NC) – VIDEO of March 2015 edition of Rockingham County Schools’ Community Accents program. 1490 WLOE / 1420 WMYN Community Accents – Rockingham County’s premier talk show … on the air since 1985 Broadcast LIVE Monday-Friday @ 8 : 30am; Rebroadcast @ 6 : 30pm Rockingham County Schools’ Community Accents Show Host: Charles […]

Rev. Paul Anthony Valdes, Sr. passed away at Moses Cone Hospital, Greensboro, N.C. on Wednesday, August 26, 2015. Funeral services will be Thursday, September 3, 2015 at 12:00 noon at Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Greensboro, NC. Wake Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at 6:00-7:00 P.M. at the church. Burial will be at Guilford Memorial Park […]
Aug 30 2015 | Posted in
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Gerald (Gary) Brown, 65, The Villages, FL passed away on Friday, August 28, 2015. A Funeral Service will be held 2 pm Friday September 4th at Fair Funeral Home Chapel in Eden. N.C. with burial to follow at Ridgeview Memorial Gardens. He was born in Danville, IL. Gary was a food service director for many […]
Aug 30 2015 | Posted in
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Carl Eugene Bateman, age 50 of Eden, NC, passed away on Friday August 28 surrounded by his loving family at NC Baptist Hospital in Winston Salem. A funeral service will be held 3 pm Tuesday September 1st, at Fair Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow at Overlook Cemetery. Carl was born February 24, 1965 […]
Aug 30 2015 | Posted in
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