If you’ve ever been frustrated while trying to figure out what may have caused a change in the amount of a home utility bill, consider that Clarke County government pays the monthly energy costs for 57 separate electric meters. The County also provides gasoline and diesel fuel for a small fleet of government-owned cars and [...]
Clarke County School Board construction committee chairman Jim Brinkmeier’s persistence may have paid off for County students and taxpayers alike today. In a midday meeting School Board members learned that recent changes in regulations governing storm water management now make it likely that an expansion of the old Clarke County High School will not require [...]
The Clarke County Planning Commission has provided the Clarke County Sanitation Authority with conditional approval of the site plan for a new 100,000-gallon water tank in Millwood, Virginia. The new structure will be co-located with the existing smaller tower during construction at the intersection of Browntown Road and Bishop Meade Road.
Clarke County Zoning Administrator Jesse [...]
After carrying the lead for the majority of the race, including a five-length lead nearing the final stretch, Clarke County native, Bodemeister finished a length behind, I’ll Have Another at today’s Kentucky Derby. More than 50 of Clarke County’s horse enthusiasts gathered in Berryville to watch the race by television, and while Bodemeister was the [...]
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New details emerged on Friday about a convoluted easement deal that is keeping construction of a proposed Verizon cellular antenna tower on-hold, at least for the near future. Although representatives from Verizon, Mount Carmel United Methodist Church and Mountain Lake Campground were in attendance to discuss the issues at Friday’s Clarke County Planning Commission meeting, [...]
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The Appalachian Trail meanders like a ribbon along the eastern edge of Clarke County, Virginia. As the crow flies the distance covered by Clarke’s section of the trail is just over fourteen miles. But the many twists and turns, vertical as well as horizontal, make Clarke County one of the more challenging sections of the [...]
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The Clarke County Board of Supervisors passed a $37.8M fiscal year 2013 budget on Monday evening. The budget passed with Supervisors Hobert (Berryville), Weiss (Buckmarsh), Byrd (Russell) and Staelin (Millwood) all voting to support of the resolution.
Supervisor Bev McKay (White Post) was not present for the vote.
The budget passed with only minor changes from last [...]
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During recent FY13 budget negotiations the Clarke County Board of Supervisors rejected a Joint Administrative Services recommendation to purchase an enterprise resource planning (ERP) software system designed to address the County’s antiquated and obsolete hardware and software infrastructure. While the BOS rejection does not appear to have deterred JAS committee member and BOS Chairman Michael [...]
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For most students, Spring Break often means a week or two’s respite from setting the alarm clock and a needed break from study and academic testing. For some lucky students, Spring Break may even include a getaway trip, perhaps to some far-off sunny shore.
This year’s Spring Break included all of these elements – and then [...]
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The creative work of D.G. Cooley Elementary fourth grader Hannah Trenary has been selected by the Virginia Art Education Association to represent the elementary division for Virginia. Hannah’s winning design will be posted on the VAEA website and recognized in the VAEA spring newsletter.
This is the second year that Cooley students have participated and both [...]
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