Rocktown Weekly RSS http://www.dnronline.com/rss_rocktown.php en-us Fri, 05 Feb 10 00:00:00 -0600 For Washington Redskins fans Dawn and John Morris, the last mega-exciting Super Bowl Sunday was in 1992, the most recent time their team made it to the big show — and 10 years before the couple threw their very first Super Bowl party. The key to a successful game day get-together, according to Dawn Morris, is not about the game. It’s about the food. http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=3547&CHID= Fri, 05 Feb 10 00:00:00 -0600 The remains of a Virginia Tech student who disappeared in October after attending a Metallica concert at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville were discovered Jan. 26 in a remote farm field in southern Albemarle County, about 10 miles from the venue, authorities said. http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=3548&CHID= Fri, 05 Feb 10 00:00:00 -0600 For most Valley residents, the heavy snowfalls and frigid temperatures at the end of 2009 were reasons to hunker down at home, swaddled in blankets and sheltered from the elements. For Pat Velanzon, the harsh weather provided the perfect incentive to slip outside for an hour — or five. http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=3549&CHID= Fri, 05 Feb 10 00:00:00 -0600 On Dec. 11, Rocktown Weekly published an article about the PetSmart Rescue Waggin’, a transport vehicle that relocates dogs to shelters with higher adoption rates in order to save them from being euthanized. In December, 14 dogs were transferred from the Rockingham-Harrisonburg SPCA to Animal Welfare Association in New Jersey; all 14 have since been adopted. http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=3551&CHID=