Category 2014 Posts

New Front Door for the Snickersville Academy

The Snickersville Academy got a new (restored) front door for Christmas, thanks to Mark Zalewski and Alan Cochran. The thoughtful gift arrived after Christmas, but just in time to move the wreath (donated by Bluemonter Joy Peltier) from the chimney…

Roberta McCarty Underwood (1925-2014)

Roberta McCarty Underwood, 89, of Berryville, Virginia, died Thursday, November 20, 2014. Ms. Underwood was born August 20, 1925, in Airmont, Virginia, the daughter of the late John William McCarty and Lula Martz McCarty. She was a cook at Pine…

It’s Official, Bluemont…. We’re Historic!

By Susan Freis Falknor Three new landmark signs, plus one installed near Aldie in 2012, reflect many years of behind-the-scenes work by community leaders. The large, die-cast aluminum signs, readable from a car or on foot—perform well in transmitting a…