By Alex Morton – Capital News Service
RICHMOND – On the fourth try, the Senate joined the House on Wednesday in approving an $85 billion state budget for the next two years.
One Democrat, Sen. Charles Colgan of Manassas, joined all 20 Senate Republicans in voting for the budget bill, HB 1301. The House had approved the [...]
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The Virginia Department of Transportation will be CLOSING the East & Westbound lanes of Route 7 Business (Main Street) beginning on Sunday, April 22, 2012, at 7:00 a.m. Estimated completion date is Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at 8:00 p.m., weather permitting. The reason for this closure is for railroad crossing replacement. Norfolk Southern Railroad will [...]
Doug Flutie, will serve as Sports Marshal for the 2012 Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival; and, will also have the honor of serving as the Main Speaker at the Festival’s 2012 Wells Fargo Sports Breakfast. Douglas Richard “Doug” Flutie (born October 23, 1962) first rose to national prominence as an All-American at Boston College, where he [...]
The Clarke County Board of Supervisors has released a budget document that outlines plans to reduce a proposed two-cent tax increase to one-cent at tonight’s 6:30 pm FY13 budget work session. The document describes an overall $98K deficit change based on the property tax rate change along with a proposed $116K of local funding transfer [...]
By Alex Morton – Capital News Service
RICHMOND – For the third time, the Virginia Senate has refused to compromise on a new state budget, preventing the General Assembly from approving a spending plan for the next two years.
The House voted 77-19 on Tuesday in favor of an amended budget bill, HB 1301. But Senate Democrats [...]
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Governor Bob McDonnell today announced the winners of the 2012 Governor’s Environmental Excellence Awards, which will be presented at the Environment Virginia Symposium in Lexington.
The awards recognize the significant contributions of environmental and conservation leaders in three categories: environmental projects, environmental programs and land conservation. They are given to businesses and industrial facilities, not-for-profit organizations [...]
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By Marie Murphy
During the past year The Clarke County Rotary Club has supported a number of community initiatives and organizations both on the local level and internationally.
Last summer the club planted and harvested a community garden plot at Blandy Farm giving all the produce to the Salvation Army kitchen. Also last summer the Rotary Club [...]
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Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (REC) board members and staff met recently with House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA 7th) to discuss federal legislative and regulatory developments that could impact co-op members.
President and CEO of REC, Kent Farmer (l) with House Majority Leader Eric Cantor – Photo courtesy Rappahannock Electric Cooperative
REC board members Frank Boxley of Bumpass; [...]
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The article “Local Officials Say biosolids safe to use” published April 15 ends on the right note, offering one way to use the waste for its contained energy.
The article completely ignores one of the biggest problems using animal waste as fertilizer, namely the massive nutrient pollution it causes. Conventional chemical fertilization is rarely more than [...]
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The 42nd showing of Art at the Mill, the Shenandoah Valley’s largest and most popular art show and sale, opens Saturday, April 28 and runs daily through May 13, 2012 at the Burwell‐Morgan Mill in Millwood, Virginia.
The Clarke County Historical Association, sponsor of the event, received submissions from over 300 artists from ten states and the jury has selected over [...]
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