Winchester Council considers flood plain rules after Hillman Drive pleas
Three Hillman Drive residents urged Winchester City Council to curb Abrams Creek flood risk as the city moves toward flood plain ordinances to maintain federal flood insurance eligibility. A public hearing is set for September 12 with a vote likely by October.
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Hillman Drive
Winchester
Abrams Creek
John R. Andrick Sr
Council
Andrick
Small Business Administration
Walter Patterson Jr
Cather Ave
Clarke Planners Set Busy Agenda for Tomorrow Meeting
Clarke County Planning Commission hosts 10 a.m. meeting at the courthouse with a public hearing at 11 a.m. to consider Frank Pyreno's rezoning request from Agricultural Open Space to Commercial Highway at the Double Toll Gate area. Also on the agenda are special use permits for a Day Care Center by David and Elizabeth Carter and for Grafton School housing, plus an informal proposal to rezone Rt. 615 to Audley Farm into a smaller residential district aligned with the Clarke County Master Plan.
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Berryville
Clarke County Planning Commission
Commission
Clarke County
Planning Commission
Frank Pyreno
Clarke
Frederick
Warren
David and
Elizabeth Carter
Rt. 7
Grafton School
Rt. 615
Audley Farm
AOC
Berryville Council Grapples with Tight 1977 Budget
Berryville Town Council faces a tight 1977 fiscal year as Enders notes dwindling coffers but expects to meet payments. A 30 percent average property assessment rise and higher real estate taxes are approved to cover growing costs, with fall meetings planned to explore additional revenue options.
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Star
Berryville
Kilby Malbon
Malbon
Jack Enders
Enders
Roy E. Potts Jr
Potts
Blue Ridge Fire Co Drops Clarke County Area Dispute
Blue Ridge Volunteer Fire Company voted to drop action over boundary response areas east of Route 612 to the Shenandoah River. The dispute involved Enders of Berryville as primary dispatcher for non structure fires, with Blue Ridge seeking primary status and not receiving county support.
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John H. Enders
McLarney
Fire Company
Rt. 612
Blue Ridge Company
Rt. 7
Pine Grove
Lord Fairfax Planning District Commission
Clarke County
Board of Supervisors
Blue Ridge
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Enders Fire Company
Middletown Council Considers Curfew Change and Election Date Shifts
The Middletown Town Council meets at 7 p.m. to discuss consolidating town elections in November per the Virginia Municipal League. Readings on a curfew ordinance assign responsibility to parents and businesses. also on condemned estate procedures.
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Middletown
Virginia Municipal League
Smokey the Bear A World Advertising Icon Since 1945
Smokey posters and related merchandise have made the bear the best known U S animal. Since 1945 the campaign cut man made fires by half and saved billions in timber. Local forester Crowell notes fewer fires in Frederick and Clarke Counties with eight fires totaling 185 acres.
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Smokey the Bear
Star
Advertising Council
Smokey
U.S
Gerald Crowell
Reading
Frederick
Clarke
Crowell
Mountain Falls Park
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L.L. Branner
HUD
Frederick Douglass School
John Kerr School
Fairmont Avenue
Ronald Gore
William Mote
S. Pannill Jones
Charles Zuckerman
George Garber
Charles Pine
Richard Kern
William Shendon
J. Thomas Kremer Jr
H. Delmer Robinson Jr
Effie Davis
Donald Smallwood
Stewart Bell Jr
EXON
J. Miles Cary
Smithfield Avenue
Brickhill Road
Robert Graham
Philip Levern
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Elbert T. Magruder
Town Planning Commission
Ray Jackson
Magruder
Blue Ridge Agency
J. Douglas Moler Insurance Agency
Forum Insurance Co
International Surplus Line Insurance Co
Moler
Dev Morrison
State Highway Department
Springsbury Road
Highway Department
Clarke County Parks and Recreation
Jim O'Brien
Clarke County Recreation Council
Gary Chrisman
Clarke Parks and Recreation Dept
John Kauffmann
Blue Ridge Fire Co
Bob Lee
By Susan Hodges
New Mexico
Washington Zoo
U.S. Dept. of Forestry
Mexico
Simon
Canada
Hank Ebert
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