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In a move that startled the D.C. hospitality industry, Mayor
Muriel Bowser announced on May 10 that restaurants and bars could dramatically increase their seating capacities starting this Friday.
The new mayor’s order, issued today, makes some tweaks. Starting on May 21 at 5 a.m., both restaurants and taverns/bars can fully reopen at 100 percent capacity. Restrictions tied to social distancing such as spacing tables out six feet apart, early closing times, and forbidding patrons from sitting at staffed bars will be lifted. Nightclubs, cigar bars, and hookah bars can jump from 25 to 50 percent capacity on May 21 and later to 100 per
By Marie K Tomlin
May 12, 2021
AMHERST COUNTY, Va. (WSET) Miss Mary Woodruff, the owner of a pie shop in Amherst County, died Tuesday at the age of 104.
Woodruff s Store: Café & Pie Shop announced Woodruff s passing on their Facebook page Wednesday morning. Mama gained her heavenly wings last night and is now with the Lord! Although she will be terribly missed, she would want us to go on, they wrote on the post.
Woodruff s Café and Pie Shop has been in business for decades in Amherst County.
Mama Woodruff opened the family business in 1952 as a grocery store. Then about 20 years ago she handed the store over to one of her four daughters, Angie Scott, who opened the pie shop in 1998.
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Free Pot Love luncheon planned Saturday
Cross Roads Community Presbyterian Church free takeout monthly Pot Love Dinner will begin at noon Saturday at the church, 271 Main St., Leechburg.
Reservations are required by noon Friday. One dinner per family member limit. Those with reservations will be served first. For reservations, call 724-845-1901 or email church@crcpc.org. Line-up will be outside and social distancing must be observed. Everyone is welcome.
‘Mama’ of Woodruff’s Cafe & Pie Shop dies at 104
Amherst County staple attracted many, including Al Roker of the TODAY Show
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AMHERST COUNTY, Va. – Mary Fannie Woodruff, known to many as Mama, died of natural causes Tuesday at the age of 104.
She helped her three daughters Angela Scott, Darnelle Winston and Darnette Hill run Woodruff’s Café & Pie Shop in Amherst County.
Mama was famous for sitting on “her bench” and striking up a conversation with customers.
“She just loved people. She cared for people, and it was her life being here,” said Scott.
And customers loved Mama.
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Allegheny Valley Association of Churches accepting donations for food bank
Donations are welcome for the Allegheny Valley Association of Churches food bank in Harrison.
Items most needed include diapers, bread, spaghetti and sauce, bottled juice, and canned chicken and tuna and can be dropped off from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesdays and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at the office, 1913 Freeport Road, Natrona Heights.