News Headlines for Achilles, Virginia

Virginia Weighs Future of Historic Fort After Army Leaves (New York Times)
Fort Monroe, a Union oasis where fugitive slaves flocked during the Civil War, will return to Virginia?s control in 2011 when the Army pulls out.

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Library of Virginia book honored (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
"The Papers of Sir William Berkeley, 1605-1677," edited by Warren M. Billings with the assistance of Maria Kimberly at the Library of Virginia and published by the library, has been selected as a 2007 notable state document award winner by the Government Documents Roundtable of the American Library Association. The judges praised the book as offering "an intimate portrait of political and social ...

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More than 500 acres burned in Virginia (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Roanoke, VA - Dozens of firefighters continued working to contain a blaze that has burned more than 500 acres in southwestern Virginia.

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Virginia Madsen keeping busy with 3 movies in the works (The Pantagraph)
It’s not easy being a Hollywood actress after age 35. But at 46, Virginia Madsen still manages to nab parts with oomph.

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Woman killed in Virginia Beach crash identified (The Virginian-Pilot)
A 26-year-old woman killedandnbsp;Saturday in a single-vehicle crash in Virginia Beach has been identified as Nicole Jeannine Lambert, 26, of the 2800 block of W. Gibbs Road in Virginia Beach. Police spokeswoman Margie Long said Lambert was heading south on Blackwater Road, 2 miles north of Land ...

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Virginia gas prices reach record $4 a gallon (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Virginians are now paying an average of $4 a gallon for gasoline. As of 3 a.m. today, the average price for a gallon of regular gasoline in Virginia reached $4, joining 38 other states and the District of Columbia who currently pay $4 or more for a gallon, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic. Virginians are now paying 10 cents more for a gallon of gas than at this time a month ago and a $1.18 more ...

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OUTDOORS Unlike West Virginia, Maryland free of CWD (The Herald-Mail)
We have covered the on-going Chronic Wasting Disease situation in West Virginia for several years now. The latest update from the West Virginia DNR is that a total of 11 deer taken during the spring collection period tested positive for CWD.

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Ralph and Virginia Erickson (Erie Times-News)
A joyful celebration of Ralph and Virginia Erickson's 50th wedding anniversary took place on June 14, 2008. Their children, Lisa Sorek and her husband, Pat; Ellie Supinski and her husband, Frank; Dan Erickson and his wife, Yna; and Jennifer Bodnar and her husband, Mike, hosted a family dinner at Marketplace Grill.

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Small distilleries are bubbling up in Virginia (13 News, WVEC Hampton Roads)
VIRGINIA BEACH (AP) -- Small distilleries are bubbling up all over Virginia. Chris Richeson owns Chesapeake Bay Distillery - a small enterprise in the Lynnhaven area, where he crafts and hand bottles a corn-based vodka called Spirits of the Blue Ridge.

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Virginia D. Quigley, 87 (WestportNow)
Mrs. Virginia D. Quigley, 87, of Westport, wife of the late George F. Quigley passed away Tuesday, July 1 at home. Mrs. Quigley was born in Bridgeport, daughter of the late John and Jane (Sullivan) Doherty and has been a resident of Westport for 63 years.

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