New middle school delayed a year in Front Royal
County officials cite new Uniform Statewide Building Code taking effect July 1 and higher energy requirements as reasons for delaying the project. With 80 percent of plans done, officials warn of 3 to 5 percent cost rises and higher bond costs, but a one-year delay could push debt service start and cover operating costs.
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Front Royal
Doug Stanley
David Beahm
Stanley
Board of Supervisors
County eyes 1.9 million fire rescue training center
Warren County Board of Supervisors approved a comprehensive plan item for a 1,875,000 training center for fire and rescue staff. The project would start in 2015 with 370,000 annually for five years, then 25,000 for miscellaneous items, contingent on funding and grants such as a matching Burn Building Grant from the Virginia Department of Fire Programs.
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Front Royal
Warren County Board of Supervisors
CIP
Warren County Fire and Rescue Services
Richard Mabie
Mabie
Virginia Department of Fire
Reliance residents press 911 sharing dispute
In Front Royal, April 21, residents from the Reliance area met to address misinformation about how 911 calls are shared between Middletown and North Warren fire and rescue. Warren County Supervisor Dan Murray Jr. brokered the meeting after months of public complaints about the split coverage along North River Road.
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Front Royal
Reliance
Middletown
North Warren
North River Road
Reading inspires tables at Oz and Dahl themed event
A group of readers from Commonwealth Assisted Living gathered around two tables inspired by The Wizard of Oz and Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach. Tamara Houde Katie Sebring Jessica Sayers Wyatt Vaught Vickie Harris-Williams Amber Printz and Keelia McCaffrey participated in the literacy display with the themed tables.
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Tamara Houde
Katie Sebring
Jessica Sayers
Wyatt Vaught
Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum
Roald Dahl
James and the Giant Peach
Commonwealth Assisted Living
Vickie Harris-Williams
Amber Printz
Samuels
Keelia McCaffrey
LFCC tops national list for mid-sized colleges in tech
LFCC remains at the top for the second consecutive year as the nation’s leading mid-sized community college in technology innovation per eRepub lics Digital Community Colleges Survey. Rich Crim credits staff and faculty for the achievement while noting LFCC’s campus digital signage, iPad program, mobile app, and remote iPad surveying robot as key factors in advancing learning environments.
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LFCC
Middletown
Lord Fairfax Community College
e.Republic
Center For Digital Education
Digital Community Colleges
Erepublic.com
Richie Crim
SFCC
Crim
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