Library requests 1.19 million funding amid lease and maintenance costs
Samuels library seeks a 16.7 percent budget increase to 1.19 million with 54,500 for building upkeep and a 2.7 percent raise in staff expenses plus 7.1 percent for operations. County and town funding has eroded while maintenance shifts to the library, prompting lease debates and calls to renegotiate terms as officials clash over who pays for upkeep.
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Leasure
Samuels
Vicky Cook
Public Works Department
Cheryl Cullers
Cook
County
Criser Road
Cullers
Jamieson
Handley Regional Library
Rooney
the Daily
Handley Library
WCLB
Warren County Library Board
Library Board
Jerome “Jay” Butler
Trailblazers mark Appalachian Trail centennial in Clarke County
Clarke County celebrates the Appalachian Trail centennial founded in 1925 with Clarke locals and ATC leaders highlighting the trail across 14 states. The article details Clarke segment routes such as Liberty Hill Sky Meadows Red Hollow and Raven Rock along with Bainbridge’s bears den overlook and Roller Coaster section. It profiles Michelle Ridings and PATC member Brunton linking the AT to local tourism and history through Blackburn Trail Center and ATC leadership.
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Appalachian Trail Conservancy
ATC
Clarke
Va. 7
West Virginia
Sky Meadows State Park
Brunton
Ows
Bull Run Mountain
Dulles International
Red Hollow
Buzzard Hill
Shenandoah Valley
Bears den
Raven Rock
Snickers Gap
Clarke County
Michelle Ridings
Blue Ridge Mountains
Shenandoah River
Ridings
Frederick County
AT Hall of Fame
Washington, D.C
United States
PATC
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
Washington Area
Blackburn
Blackburn Trail Center
Loudoun County
Sandra “Sandi” Marra
Valley Health Hospitals Recognized by Chartis INDEX Top 100 Lists
The Chartis INDEX named the Top 100 Critical Access and Top 100 Rural and Community Hospitals nationwide. Page Memorial is the sole Virginia Critical Access Hospital on this year’s list while Warren Memorial and Hampshire Memorial are among the few from their states. Valley Health CEO Mark Nantz credits staff for safe, accessible care. The INDEX ranks 1,800 Critical Access and about 800 Rural and Community Hospitals with Winchester Medical Center excluded for nonrural status despite similar accolades.
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Page Memorial Hospital
Virginia
Warren Memorial
Hampshire Memorial
West Virginia
Mark Nantz
Valley Health
United States
Winchester Medical Center
U.S. News & World Report
Michael Topchik
Chartis Center For Rural Health
Chartis
Erica Logs
Don
Elogsdon
Valleyhealthlink
Shenandoah Valley
Panhandle
Potomac Highlands
Maryland
Valleyhealthlink.com
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Trailblazer
Liberty Hill
Sky Mead
Tabitha Reeves
Treeves
Winchesterstar.com
Bear’s den
Bluemont
Jeff Taylor
the Winchester Star
Gabriele Paonessa
Spaonessa
Pagenewspar
Rm Te Cte
South Main Street
Woodstock
Kiblersautocareclinic
Winchester Road
Front Royal
Bill
Autocareclinic.com
W.carschar
Keller Insurance Agency LLC
South St
Blainekeller
Comcast.net
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