26-year-old Reid Wodicka starts his new role in Woodstock on June 1. He replaces outgoing town manager Larry Bradford, who spent 26 years in the post.

In a letter that Dr.Keith Rowland read aloud during a Shenandoah County School Board meeting last Thursday, he said stepping down from the position was "in the best interest of my family and those who provide me with the highest level of support."

A Shenandoah County native was honored as the 33rd recipient of the Virginia General Assembly’s “Outstanding Virginian of the Year” award at a ceremony at the 4-H Educational Center on Saturday. William B. Holtzman, 75, who turned a small distributorship in Mount Jackson into Holtzman Corp., a regional gas, oil, construction and food conglomerate, received the award from his daughter, state Sen. Jill Holtzman Vogel (R-Upperville).

Eight years after the smallmouth bass population in the Shenandoah River began dying off in large proportions, Shenandoah Riverkeeper Jeff Kelble says they have “recovered completely” from the mysterious malady that nearly wiped them out.

After less than a year in the position, Mount Jackson Town Manager Clark Draper III submitted a letter of resignation to Town Council last week.