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winchesterstar.com | Molly Williams
A festive treat has joined the lineup at Red Fox Creamery on the Loudoun Street Mall in honor of Shenandoah University’s 150th anniversary. On Wednesday evening, a small group gathered outside of the store to reveal a special ice cream flavor, developed in collaboration with an SU student committee and Red Fox Creamery owner Kathy Puffinburger.
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nvdaily.com | Molly Williams
Students from schools across the Northern Shenandoah Valley gathered at Jim Barnett Park on Wednesday to release into Wilkins Lake the brook trout they raised in their classrooms this year. The kids gathered along the lake's edge, waiting patiently as their teachers scooped the fish into plastic cups and nets, and then watched as their trout swam into the water, almost immediately disappearing as they camouflaged against the mud, algae and plants under the surface.
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1 week ago | 
winchesterstar.com | Molly Williams
Blessed Makahamadze was in the car with his parents on the way to Applebee's when a fateful email arrived in his inbox. It was March 27, the day that decision letters from the prestigious Ivy League — which includes Yale University, Harvard University, Princeton University, Dartmouth College, University of Pennsylvania, Brown University, Columbia University and Cornell University — were issued.
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1 week ago | 
winchesterstar.com | Molly Williams
Apple Pie Ridge Elementary School in Frederick County is celebrating 50 years this Friday. From 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., guests are invited to take guided history tours led by current APRES students, sign a commemorative time capsule, watch a slideshow of memories and enjoy light refreshments. The celebration will take place at the APRES campus at 349 Apple Pie Ridge Road.
— Contact Molly Williams at [email protected]
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1 week ago | 
winchesterstar.com | Molly Williams
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1 week ago | 
winchesterstar.com | Molly Williams
Two Winchester Public Schools elementary schools piloted a program this year that helps young students get involved with the internationally-recognized Rotary Club's mission. Recently, as the club's activities wrapped up for the year, those involved with getting the program off the ground reflected on the process, and all the work that the student participants accomplished throughout the school year. Rotary Club is an organization that prioritizes community service.
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1 week ago | 
winchesterstar.com | Molly Williams
A task force has been investigating the possibility of implementing a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) program at John Handley High School. Katie Lockhart, Winchester Public Schools career and technical education (CTE) coordinator, recently gave the Winchester School Board a look at what such a program may look like in WPS, as well as what implementing it would require.
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1 week ago | 
winchesterstar.com | Molly Williams
BERRYVILLE — The Clarke County Democrats facilitated the area's latest "hands off democracy" rally last week, one of many May 1 protests across the country against President Donald Trump's agenda. The large group gathered at Rose Hill Park in Berryville, where speakers criticized the Trump Administration's actions surrounding a wide array of issues. A live band performed songs like Buffalo Springfield's 1966 hit "For What It's Worth," a tune often associated with 1960s counterculture movements.
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1 week ago | 
winchesterstar.com | Molly Williams
WINCHESTER — Despite a dreary weather forecast and a few foreboding morning raindrops, the sun came out just in time for the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival's Grand Feature Parade on Saturday afternoon. Revelers lined the streets along the 1.5-mile parade route, which wound around downtown from Cork Street to Handley Boulevard. Their cheers and applause filled the air as more than 300 floats, vehicles, marching bands and community groups passed by.
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1 week ago | 
winchesterstar.com | Molly Williams
WINCHESTER — Against the backdrop of pageantry and fanfare and before a sea of pink and green, 16-year-old Mary Clare Davis was officially crowned Queen Shenandoah XCVIII on a warm, sunny Friday afternoon. In what was described as a colorful, majestic and time-honored tradition, Davis descended through the aisles of John Handley High School's Patsy Cline Theatre wearing a sparkling white gown and escorted by her father, Maury Davis.
