Megan Campbell, who was Megan Bennett when she worked at Harrisonburg’s WHSV-TV3, is now the Senior Meteorologist at WVLT in Knoxville, TN. Meanwhile, longtime news anchor Jamie Curott has become a video producer at Penn State University. Check the TV3 alumni page for more on the whereabouts of broadcasters who came through Harrisonburg!
Friends of the late Rockingham County firefighter Dennis “Chip” Taylor have begun a scholarship fund in his memory. Here are some of the details from the organizers:
By establishing this scholarship not only can we help with the financial assistance of a student wanting to further their education with the intent to pursue a career in Fire and Rescue, but we can allow his memory to carry through others in helping the people that he himself cannot be here to help physically. Anyone interested in donating to this fund can do so by either going to any Farmers & Merchants Bank and depositing into the Dennis “Chip” Taylor Memorial Scholarship Fund or they may make a check payable to Dennis “Chip” Taylor Memorial Scholarship Fund and mail it to:
180 South C Street
Timberville VA 22853
A public hearing is set for December 8 on road improvements, including “traffic calming” measures for Dinkel Avene. The public hearing notice says the improvements include “installation of a center median and improved pedestrian facilities to enhance safety throughout the corridor.” Currently the area has hundreds of crossings daily by Bridgewater College students when the college is in session.
The hearing will also concern Oakwood Drive improvements, including “minor roadway widening, installation of curb and gutter, and the installation of a 5′ pedestrian sidewalk to enhance pedestrian safety.”
As the agenda is set up, one on one sessions with officials will begin at 6:30 p.m., followed by a presentation before the Town Council at 7:30 p.m. The regular council meeting will follow.
On Dec. 1 the Crimson Inn will have an open house and ribbon cutting. Details are posted at Bridgewater Buzz.
Traffic may now turn right on red to go northbound on Main Street from Mt. Crawford Avenue at the Wachovia (Wells Fargo) bank. The intersection was designed with a “No Turn on Red” but the sign was removed after the Town of Bridgewater requested a review from the Virginia Department of Transportation. Two points about right on red in Virginia:
Bridgewater’s Crimson Inn is now open for business. The inn’s website at www.crimsoninn.com has this background: “The Crimson Inn is a new all suites hotel with a historic flare that is centrally located with easy access to Harrisonburg, VA. What is today the Crimson Inn, started in 1940’s as a thriving office complex. The check in office was used as a doctors office during the Civil War and then later as the Bridgewater Municipal Office. It was redeveloped in 2008 and 2009 as a purpose driven hotel.”
If the proposed new Rockingham County meals tax is approved by voters in November, Bridgewater restaurants’ tax would remain the same. Local governments that already collect a meals tax will continue to collect at the same rate. In our immediate area, the most direct effect is that Mt. Crawford restaurants would begin to collect a meals tax. (Currently they are exempt, in that Mt. Crawford does not have a meals tax.) Here’s a link to some questions and answers about the meals tax.
Bridgewater’s September 26 yard sale was mostly a washout, as day-long rains confined most yard-salers to displays in garages and under tents. This year’s rain ended a long lucky streak of more favorable weather.
Bridgewater Town Council will hold a hearing on zoning changes Tuesday, September 8 at 7:30 p.m. at the town hall, 201 Green St. Council will then move into its regular September business meeting. Included are new provisions on businesses with Main Street entrances. See the hearing notice at http://town.bridgewater.va.us/v.php?pg=132 . The notice says in part that the changes will “provide greater incentives for not using Main Street entrances” and “provide incentives for the sharing of business parking lots.”
The Virginia High School League’s fall football schedule shows the Turner Ashby Knights playing three straight road games before their home opener: at Western Albemarle September 4, at Waynesboro September 11 and at Stuarts Draft September 18. The home opener is set for September 25 with Fort Defiance providing the opposition. The regular season schedule closes with two big in-District home games: Spotswood on November 30 and Harrisonburg on November 6. The schedule is posted at http://bridgewaterva.com/tafootball.htm
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