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INTERSTATE 81 INTERSTATE 81 LANE WIDENING CONSTRUCTION PROJECT EXIT 137 TO EXIT 141 – The $179 million design-build project to...

From the March 2, 1994 edition of The New Castle Record        Some four decade ago Charles Gwaltney bagged groceries...

  I was going through my freezer yesterday and I found several packages of frozen hotdog and hamburger buns. Not whole...

Hydroponic farming, like the display shown here from Blue Ridge Hydroponics in Salem, VA, provides an innovative method of growing plants...

 Lemon and Vale Cakery Courtesy photo Contributing writer Bonnie Cranmer   Drive into New Castle on Route 311 and find...

RICHMOND—Last year’s severe drought and turbulent weather resulted in a mixed bag for the state’s crop production, according to the...

RICHMOND—Virginia farmers stay busy year-round growing quality food and fiber on pasture, in forests and on cropland. And for one...

Growing up we ate a lot of Hamburger Helper meals. Mostly because my mom was not a cook. She could...

Woman becomes hunter From the January 26, 1994 edition of The New Castle Record          “If you can’t beat ‘em,...

* INTERSTATE 81 LANE WIDENING CONSTRUCTION PROJECT EXIT 137 TO EXIT 141 – The $179 million design-build project to widen...