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Welcome to Grottoes.Biz Posted by grottoeswebmaster
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| Welcome to Grottoes.Biz - the "Web 2.0" website serving the Grottoes, Virginia, and adjacent Augusta and Rockingham County, Virginia communities. Watch this site as we roll out new features. Register as a user and take advantage of the opportunity we offer to promote your business, share news and announcements of your group or organization, interact with fellow residents of Grottoes, Virginia via the internet, and keep abreast of whats going on in Grottoes, Virginia.
This site will be primarily devoted to promoting local content contributed by local businesses, organizations and residents. If you are interested in being a contributor, contact us. We welcome the opportunity to provide you the ability to promote your local business, share the success of your local sports teams, promote your local club or charity. Register as a user and take advantage of the free opportunities we offer to promote your business, share news and announcements of your group or organization, interact with fellow residents of Grottoes via the internet, and keep abreast of whats going on in Grottoes, Virginia.
The first step to use our features is to register as a user on our site. Then, as you explore Grottoes.Biz let us know what feature or news you want to share. Upon verification, we can give you privileges to input and post your news instantly.
Local businesses may become "Link Partners" and receive free promotion via banners ads, links and the ability to post news and announcements. Local Businesses may also list themselves for free in our local Business Directory and grow their business via the world wide web.
Local organizations, charities, and contributing writers may even profit by contributing content as qualifying contributors can earn financial rewards via Google Adsense from clicks by visitors to the news, announcement and content you supply.
Grottoes.Biz is what is known as a "Web 2.0" website - i.e. a feature that is composed of contributions by those who view and participate in the site. Anyone can participate. In order to post, you must be a registered user of the website. Posting is subject to our Terms of Use as linked from the bottom of our Home Page. By posting, you adopt and agree to our Terms of Use and News and policies applicable to various features as a binding legal agreement. These include (i) a representation by you that the post is accurate, does not contain any copyright content of any third party unless you have the right to post it, (ii) a prohibition against any posting that is slanderous, illegal, containing "hate" material," (material expressing racial, religous, sexual orientation or other bigotry) or known to you to be untrue, and (iii) a representation by you that if posting on behalf of an organization or other person, that you have the right to make such posting. Violaters are subject to loss of posting and/or website access privileges. If you observe any posting which violates our Terms of Use, please notify us via our contact link (on the Home Page) and report the abuse and we will endeavor to promtly investigate and remove if appropriate.
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[2008/8/18]
Grottoes Harvest Festival set for September 6, 2008
The Grottoes Harvest Festival is set for Saturday, September 6, 2008, beginning at 9:00 am. Vendor booth applications are available on the Town of Grottoes website
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[2008/8/18]
Grottoes FAQ Feature Launched!
We have launched our Grottoes FAQ - a feature designed to enable users to ask and answer questions, to share their knowledge of Grottoes, Virginia, and to create a knowledge base of frequently asked questions about Grottoes, Virginia. Visitors and residents are welcome and encouraged to submit questions. If you know the answer to a posted questions, please feel free to share your knowledge and submit an answer. If you beleive a posted answer is wrong, or could be improved, please post a comment.
The Grottoes FAQ feature may be accessed from the user menu in the left column of each page.
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[2008/2/27]
January 2008 - Minutes of Grottoes Town Council Meeting
WORKSHOP MEETING
Mayor Morris called the Workshop Meeting of the Grottoes Town Council to order at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 10, 2008 and welcomed guests. Town Clerk Tara Morris called the roll. Members present were David Raynes, Berton Austin, John Funk, Mark Sterling, and Marjorie Funk, with Mayor Joe Morris presiding. Also present were Town Clerk Tara Morris, Operations Manager Charlie Stickley, and Police Chief John Painter.
Mayor Morris asked everyone to look over the minutes and be ready to approve them on Monday night.
FINANCE
Councilman John Funk asked if anyone had any questions on the Treasurer’s report or the bills to be paid. No comments were made.
Councilman John Funk...
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[2008/2/27]
"Articles, News & Announcements" versus "News & Announcements from the Community"
Understanding the difference between our "Articles, News & Announcements" feature and "News & Announcements from the Community."
"News & Announcements from the Community" is intended to be an organized community "blog" which enables all registered users to submit and self approve for posting news and announcements on a variety of topics relevant to daily life in Grottoes. That feature is unmoderated, thus registered users have the flexible ability to post news and announcements relative to the topic. Submissions to that category will be "pruned" after a reasonable period of time. We will, upon request, create a new topic category or subcategory for use by any Grottoes neighborhood or community based organization so that members of that group may readily find and post news of their...
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- Terms of Use for News & Announcements from the Community (2009/6/17)
The News and Announcements from the Community portion of Grottoes.Biz is made available as a public service. In order to post, you must be a registered user of the website. Posting is subject to our Terms of Use as linked from the bottom of our Home Page. By posting, you adopt and agree to our Terms of Use and News from the Community Policies as a binding legal agreement. These include (i) a representation by you that the post is accurate, does not contain any copyright content of any third party unless you have the right to post it, (ii) a prohibition against any posting that is slanderous, illegal, containing "hate" material," (material expressing racial, religious, sexual orientation or other bigotry) or known to you to be untrue, and (iii) a representation by you that if postin...
- Grottoes Volunteer Fire Department Seeks Historical Memorabilia (2009/5/10)
The Grottoes Volunteer Fire Department has recently formed a history and archives committee. We are collecting pictures, news articles and any other memorabilia starting with the formation of the department in 1948 and the Ladies Auxiliary in 1949 and continuing through present day. Any items covering the 57-year span of the department are an important part of our history and growth. These items will be preserved for future generations to enjoy and appreciate. Anyone having items to donate or to have copied, please contact Jeanne Kirby at 249-4355 or Grottoes Fire Department at 249-5911.
- Grottoes Town Council - September Meeting Minutes reprinted (2008/10/16)
WORKSHOP MEETING
Mayor Morris called the Workshop Meeting of the Grottoes Town Council to order at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 4, 2008 and welcomed guests. Town Clerk Tara Morris called the roll. Members present were David Raynes, John Funk, Joe Morris, Mark Sterling, Jim Justis, and Marjorie Funk. Also present were Town Clerk Tara Morris, Town Attorney Nathan Miller, Superintendent Ashley Davison, Operations Manager Charlie Stickley, and Police Chief John Painter.
Mayor Morris asked everyone to look over the minutes and be ready to approve them on Monday night.
FINANCE
Councilman John Funk asked if anyone had any questions on the Treasurer’s report or the bills to be paid.
Councilman John F...
- Spaghettifest 6 (2008/8/18)
3 days of independent music in the woods
Spaghettifest is one of the great home-grown music festivals of the Shenandoah Valley. Hosted by the funk mob Midnight Spaghetti & The Chocolate G-Strings, the annual charitable event brings together a thriving community of music lovers and outstanding bands of innumerable genres. The monumental rock formations of Natural Chimneys Regional Park provide the perfect setting for a weekend of camping, friends, and great performances.
Spaghettifest boasts three stages with over 40 bands along with artisans, vendors, and art installations. Full music schedule will be posted soon.
Proceeds from this year's Spaghettifest will be donated to The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.
For details see How to make use of our News & Announcements from the Community feature (2008/2/27)
One exciting feature of the new Grottoes.Biz is our "News from the Community" feature. This feature permits registered users of the website to submit and self approve news and announcements in a variety of categories. Available categories include "Community & Civic Organizations", "Neighborhoods & Communities," "Churches & Religious Groups", "Charitable Organizations", "Local Business News", "Local Schools & Educational Institutions", "Sports & Recreation", "Death Notices & Obituaries", "Job Promotions, Awards & Honors", "Governmental", "Birth Announcements", "Marriages", "Fairs & Festivals", and "Local News." This feature also allows us, upon receipt of a request from you, to create a special subcategory for any individual group, and the ability to post and approve news under this s...
- Hints for Use - Subcategories (2008/2/27)
We have the ability to create subcategories under each of our main categories. If your organization, business, sports team, neighborhood, home owners association or other group desires to make regular use of this website feature, please contact us and request that we establish a separate subcategory under the appropriate category - this will aid visitors and your members to locate the latest news and announcements of your group. If you send us an electronic .gif or .jpg picture or image of your facility or logo, we can post that so that it appears with the Section devoted to your organization or group.
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