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Prior to its founding, the county had been without a newspaper since the 1940s, when the Amelia Gazette shut down. The Monitor, as the current paper is known, was founded by Ann B. Morris (now Ann B. Salster), who was the paper's owner and publisher until she died July 14, 2017. Her daughter, Rebecca "Bekki" Morris, now runs the weekly newspaper.
Amelia County lies in the Piedmont region of Virginia, known for rolling hills and small ridges that lie between the Blue Ridge Mountains and Coastal Plain of Virginia. The county is bordered by the Appomattox River to the north and west, and Namozine Creek to the east. Amelia County is drained by tributaries of the Appomattox. The lowest ...
Gate City is a town in Scott County, Virginia, United States. The population was 2,034 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Scott County. [5] Gate City is part of the Kingsport–Bristol–Bristol metropolitan area, which is a component of the "Tri-Cities" region. Some scenes from The River were shot here.
The Dinwiddie County Christmas Parade will be at Virginia Motorsports Park for the first time on Sunday, December 10 at 2 p.m. The community will gather for fun, fellowship, music and Christmas cheer.
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Hopewell News: Hopewell: 1926 2018 Began as City and Tri-County News: King George Journal Press: King George: 2017 Ledger-Star: Norfolk 1876 [14] 1995 [20] Began as Public Ledger, became Ledger-Star in 1962 News & Messenger: Manassas: Northern Virginia Sun: Arlington: 1998 Port Folio Weekly: Norfolk: 1983 2009 Religious Herald: Richmond: 1828 ...
He was born to Jane Booker (circa 1697-after 1758) and her husband Edmund Booker (1693–1758) probably in Tidewater Virginia's Essex County. [2] His grandfather Richard Booker (1642-before 1711) had emigrated from Amsterdam, Holland, where his English religious dissenter parents had fled, and immigrated to the Colony of Virginia where he settled in Abingdon Parish of Gloucester County.
Amelia Court House (also known as Amelia Courthouse and Amelia) is the county seat of Amelia County in the U.S. state of Virginia [2] [3] and a census-designated place (CDP). [4] The population as of the 2010 census was 1,099. [5] The town was named for Princess Amelia of Great Britain, the second daughter of Great Britain's King George II, in ...