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07/05/2008 Historic city is the scene for good life.(FRIDAY HOME GUIDE)(FOCUS: VIRGINIA'S ROUTE 7 CORRIDOR AND WINCHESTER) Byline: Michele Lerner, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Apple orchards and country singer Patsy Cline are Winchester's biggest claims to fame, but this fast-growing Northern Virginia community has a long and interesting history and a thriving future as a center for technical manufacturing and Publication: The Washington Times read more |
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07/05/2008 Crazy About Winchester; For Patsy Cline fans and Civil War buffs, this small Virginia town strikes a chord. You could lose a whole day in Winchester, Va., looking for Patsy Cline's grave marker. Unlike Jim Morrison in Paris or Elvis in Memphis, Patsy's burial ground is no shrine. No graffiti, no eternal flames. No lines of weeping tourists. Her stone is as flat as all the others at Shenandoah Memorial Publication: The Washington Post read more |
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07/05/2008 Sparrows Have Folks Aflutter at Wal-Mart; Virginia Agency Orders Ouster of Intruders in Winchester Store The Wal-Mart Superstore in Winchester, Va., is going to the birds -- the sparrows, to be exact. The birds have been flying around the store since it opened last year, and yesterday their flapping prompted a visit by a state food-safety inspector. Officials at the state Department of Agriculture and Publication: The Washington Post read more |
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07/05/2008 Redeveloper thinks big in Winchester Settled between the affluence of Northern Virginia and the hills of West Virginia, Winchester is positioned to export its most educated workers to remunerative office jobs to the urbanized east, while importing low-- cost assembly-line labor from across the state line. And while this migration has Publication: Quad - State Business Journal read more |
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07/05/2008 The Wooing Of Winchester; Gaspard's Challenge Once considered the frontier, this Virginia city now seems bypassed. Its Victorian mansions have been carved into apartments; the restaurants on its main street-largely luncheonettes-are closed for most of the weekend. Winchester looks untouched by yuppieism. Except for the post office, that is. Publication: The Washington Post read more |
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07/05/2008 Choosing a Valley Strategy; Industry Is Conquering the Area South of Winchester, but the Growth Has Just Begun For most residents of the nation's capital, the Shenandoah Valley that unrolls south of Winchester is out of sight behind the Blue Ridge Mountains and out of mind as well. But you might think of Winchester the next time you open a soda bottle, polish off a plate of fettuccine, screw in a light bulb Publication: The Washington Post read more |
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07/05/2008 Walking in Winchester On a sunny autumn morning, there's a relaxing resonance to the clatter of footsteps on sidewalks and the easy laughter of couples strolling. Old Town Winchester at the northern tip of Virginia is made for walking. Shops and restaurants in handsome buildings surround a pedestrian mall in an 18-block Publication: Southern Living read more |
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07/05/2008 Quaint 'small city' bustling with growth.(FRIDAY HOME GUIDE)(FOCUS: WINCHESTER, VA.) Byline: Michele Lerner, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES The May issue of Inc. magazine ranks Winchester, Va., No. 19 on its list of America's Hottest Small Cities. The magazine bases this ranking on the fact that job growth has been a healthy 4.8 percent for the past year and a strong 12 percent Publication: The Washington Times read more |
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07/05/2008 Patsy's Home; Winchester, Va., wasn't always crazy about Patsy Cline. But she's welcome now. "I don't know what's wrong with this town. It's like they don't want a person to make anything of herself." -- Patsy Cline, according to biographer Margaret Jones, from "Patsy: The Life and Times of Patsy Cline" (1994) Winchester, Va., and Patsy Cline are locked together forever, and what's past is Publication: The Washington Post read more |
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07/05/2008 Burger Wars Begin to Sizzle in Winchester While Winchester waits for a Five Guys Famous Burger & Fries, a competitor is coming into the market. In several months, Foster's Grille, a casual dining restaurant featuring char broiled burgers, will open at the new Gateway Shopping Center in Frederick County, on Route 7 east of Winchester. Publication: Quad - State Business Journal read more |