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Planning Commission to Revisit Development at Double Tollgate and Waterloo

The Clarke County Planning Commission has established a new sub-committee to look at the possibility of development at the intersection at Double Tollgate and the extension of planned development of Waterloo at the intersections of Route 50 and US 340.
Double Tollgate is located in the southwestern portion of Clarke County, Virginia
The study comes at the [...]

Feb 3 2012 | Posted in Feature | Read More »

‘The Cookie Guy’ Opens Boutique Bakery in Berryville

Berryville shoppers may soon find themselves following their noses to Crow Street as the enticing aroma of freshly baked cookies draws them to the Town’s newest business. Chef Dan Lantonio (Aka. The Cookie Guy) will open his baking boutique at 23 Crow Street in early February offering a carefully selected menu of handcrafted baked goods [...]

Feb 2 2012 | Posted in Feature | Read More »

Local Groups Queue for Budget Funding

Clarke County’s municipal budgeting season moved into high gear last night as four groups presented requests for financing from the Clarke County Board of Supervisors. With budget requests from the General Fund already running $288K ahead of last year and with the Clarke County Public School budget yet to be heard, the Supervisors will likely [...]

Feb 1 2012 | Posted in Feature | Read More »

Clarke Students “Go for DECA Gold ”

CCHS DECA students proved the 2011-12 Virginia DECA theme of “Go for DECA Gold ” true on Thursday, January 26th at the 2012 DECA District Leadership Conference Competitive Events held at the Apple Blossom Mall. Students were competing against 7 schools with over 300 students participating in 15 different categories Clarke County DECA members earned [...]

Jan 31 2012 | Posted in Feature | Read More »

Barns Faithful Gather with Much to Celebrate

A jovial crowd of friends and supporters gathered Sunday afternoon for the Barns of Rose Hill annual meeting after one of the most tumultuous weeks in the organization’s history. The litigation that threatened the Barns loomed throughout the week, but an agreement late Friday afternoon meant th

Jan 30 2012 | Posted in Feature | Read More »

Breaking News: The Barns of Rose Hill

Wolf Trap has agreed not to pursue litigation if we drop ‘The’ from our name and refer to ourselves as Barns of Rose Hill’ on everything we publish.”

Jan 27 2012 | Posted in Feature | Read More »

Residents Express Concerns Over Proposed Park at Public Meeting

Residents turned out in force to discuss the proposed park. Photo credit – Mike Dowling
The social hall at the Blue Ridge Fire Station was packed Thursday evening as a large crowd of Clarke County residents turned out for the public meeting on the proposed Cool Springs Park. Attendees heard presentations from Natural Resource Planner for [...]

Jan 27 2012 | Posted in Community,Feature | Read More »

Big Weekend of Events for The Barns of Rose Hill

The Barns of Rose Hill have weathered a lot of storms in their time, but this past week has been a maelstrom of a whole different sort for the agrarian structures.
The situation with the Wolf Trap Foundation has caused quite a stir and brought a lot of attention to the little arts center. What the [...]

Jan 26 2012 | Posted in Feature | Read More »

New Year Brings New Budget Deliberations

Each year around this time two Clarke County Supervisor’s gather with County Administrator David Ash, Joint Administrative Service Director Tom Judge and accountant Annette Gilley to begin the mind-numbing and vision-blurring task of pouring over the County’s chart of accounts as budget season begins.
Clarke County’s FY13 budget deliberations kicked off on Tuesday night.
Supervisor Michael Hobert [...]

Jan 25 2012 | Posted in Feature | Read More »

Blight Abatement Recommendation for 23 Josephine Street Resubmitted

Tuesday evening the Town of Berryville Planning Commission met for the first time in 2012 and took care of some internal business as well a blight abatement issue that has been crawling through the Town government for the past five months.
The Commission opened the new year by nominating and voting on chair, vice-chair, and secretary, [...]