Brian Brehm

Winchester

Reporter at The Winchester Star (Winchester, VA)

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Laurel Center's long-awaited Railway Café opens on Monday

1 week ago | winchesterstar.com | Brian Brehm

WINCHESTER — After six years, The Laurel Center's Railway Café is finally ready to serve its first guests. The small restaurant and coffee shop at 430 N. Cameron St., based inside a completely refurbished CSX train station, will open for business at 7 a.m. Monday. To prepare for next week's opening, the Railway Café held a private tasting session Wednesday afternoon with about three dozen invited guests.
Expert offers glimmer of hope, solutions to area's housing crisis

1 week ago | winchesterstar.com | Brian Brehm

MIDDLETOWN — “So there’s good news and bad news,” Robert McNab said. “And the good news is bad news.”That rather gloomy statement from the chairman of Old Dominion University‘s Department of Economics was an apt assessment of the Northern Shenandoah Valley’s housing market, which was the subject of Friday morning’s seventh annual Housing Summit at Laurel Ridge Community College.
Rotary's Healing Field of Honor to be displayed through Monday

2 weeks ago | winchesterstar.com | Brian Brehm

WINCHESTER — A veritable sea of patriotism is fluttering in front of Handley High School this Memorial Day Weekend courtesy of the Rotary Club of Winchester. A kickoff ceremony for the club's Healing Field of Honor, presented by Navy Federal Credit Union, was held Thursday evening, and the more than 850 American flags arranged in 40 rows were to remain in place until Monday afternoon, when a list of the Gold Star veterans honored by the red, white and blue banners will be read aloud.
From Stephens City to the jungles of Vietnam, 2 veterans reflect on their military service

2 weeks ago | winchesterstar.com | Brian Brehm

STEPHENS CITY — As Memorial Day approaches, thoughts turn to the men and women who served in the U.S. military and never came home. Memories are especially poignant for the veterans who served alongside those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Raymond C. “Buzz” Sandy and George D. Scheulen are two of those veterans. Both were Stephens City boys who marched off to war in Vietnam and, when they were barely adults, saw people around them die.
Employer Expo attracts highest number of job seekers to date

2 weeks ago | winchesterstar.com | Brian Brehm

WINCHESTER — More than 700 people pursuing jobs visited Shenandoah University's James R. Wilkins Athletics and Events Center during last week's Employer Expo in Winchester.
Rock Room bands to perform at Newtown Heritage Festival

2 weeks ago | winchesterstar.com | Brian Brehm

STEPHENS CITY — People heading to this weekend’s Newtown Heritage Festival can look forward to a rare experience. Three student bands from Phil Zuckerman’s Rock Room music school in Winchester, each comprised of high school-age musicians, will be part of the musical lineup for the annual festival in Stephens City.
Winchester Planning Commission recommends approval of first 2 Neighborhood Design Districts rezonings

2 weeks ago | winchesterstar.com | Brian Brehm

WINCHESTER — City officials continue to take baby steps toward the implementation of a new strategy designed to focus the bulk of Winchester's future development in specifically designated areas. In a pair of votes on Tuesday, the city's Planning Commission recommended that City Council approve a broad swath of rezonings that would officially create two of the development areas known as Neighborhood Design Districts (NDDs).
AIM stepping up for its inaugural dance festival in Old Town

2 weeks ago | winchesterstar.com | Brian Brehm

WINCHESTER — If you're ready to dance like no one's watching (even though a lot of people will be), you could be exactly who Arte in Movimento is looking for. On July 12, the nonprofit professional dance company also known as AIM will host its first dance festival from 4 to 9 p.m. on the Loudoun Street Mall, and organizers are eager to see local residents strut their stuff.
Long-hidden relics resurface to help tell Fort Loudoun's story

3 weeks ago | winchesterstar.com | Brian Brehm

WINCHESTER — If you live in an area with a history as rich as Winchester's, you never know what you'll find while digging in the yard — especially when that yard was once part of an 18th century fort. During Saturday's annual Fort Loudoun Day in Winchester, amateur archaeologist and French and Indian War reenactor Eric Robinson sat next to a small, approximately 2-foot-by-4-foot hole he recently dug in a side yard at 419 N.
Local WWII, Korean War veterans honored with state Senate resolutions

3 weeks ago | winchesterstar.com | Brian Brehm

WINCHESTER — Five local men who were called upon to serve the United States during two of its most brutal 20th-century wars were honored over the weekend with resolutions of appreciation from the Virginia Senate. World War II veterans Doug Butler and Jack Einstein, both 100, along with Korean War vet Marshall DeHaven, 94, were at Mission BBQ restaurant in Winchester Saturday morning to be presented with commendations from the Virginia Senate by 1st District Sen. Timmy French of Shenandoah County.