25 Years Ago

Herald of May 1, 1997

Two Central High School teachers received Fulbright grants to study overseas. Barbara Clark, a business instructor, was headed to Russia and Marlys Hershberger, a Spanish instructor, was traveling to Costa Rica for four weeks.

The Williamsburg Municipal Authority opened bids for the planned $4 million dollar upgrade to the water system and found that the low bid was a quarter of a million dollars less than the engineers’ estimate.

The Martinsburg Volunteer Fire Company received a new tanker truck that could haul 2,750 gallons of water, 750 gallons more than the old 1975 t...