Front Royal Electrification Plans Delayed by Resident Poll
Front Royal Town Council will mail questionnaires to annexation area households now buying power from Potomac Edison to gauge interest in linking to the town electric system and potential trash collection. Discussions covered pole construction on Routes 55 East and 647 for future customers, with questions about resident interest and feasibility of town services.
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Star
Front Royal
Potomac Edison
Front Royal Town
Thompson
Rts
Paul Hockman
Walter M. Duncan
Duncan
Curt Thompson
Donald McNeill
Riverton
Happy Creek Road
Mountain View
Old Belmont
Adams Drops Suit Against Local Church
Shenandoah Valley Baptist Church member T.G. Adams withdraws his lawsuit in Frederick County Circuit Court seeking to halt an expulsion meeting. A hearing drew over 100 supporters, and Adams resigned his church membership as a letter cited “domineering and un-Christian like spirit” and failure to turn over church records.
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T.G. Adams
Shenandoah Valley Baptist Church
Stephens City
Adams
Frederick County
Robert K. Woltz
Michael Grooms
W. A
Pete) Johnston
Johnston
Grooms
Rouss City
Winchester council eyes 74500 transfer for waste station
The Winchester council heard a Jan. 4 hearing on taking 74500 from the general fund to pay for a solid waste transfer station aimed at cutting garbage truck trips to the landfill and delaying new annexation-area staffing. The council also refers KHG Inc. elderly apartment plan to Parking Authority and Planning Commission.
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General Fund
KHG Inc
Parking Authority
Planning Commission
Harold Harrison
KHG
Council
Royal Arms Inc
E. Main St
Jack Albert
Hockman
Southland Corporation
N. Royal Ave
Stonewall Drive
Southland
House Damaged In Chimney Fire In Winchester
Winchester firemen were called twice to 111 W Germain St for a chimney fire. Initial at 9 35 a m found fire confined to chimney base and burned out. Second call at 11 01 a m found fire in a second story wall near the chimney. Chimney condemned minor damage. Stephens City volunteers aided at Middle Road later for a overheated Franklin stove.
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Winchester
W. Germain St
Gene Dailey
Dailey
Stephens City
Middle Road
Franklin
Gundy Seabright
Reuss
Extended Elderly Tax Relief Plan Before Council Tonight
Winchester City Council weighs an extended tax relief for the elderly as a Finance Committee backed plan raises income from 7500 to 8500 and property ceiling from 20000 to 22000 to offset inflation. Tonight includes a rezoning public hearing for Malden Real Estate Corp and a CDGB grant funding hearing.
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Star
Winchester
William Shendon
Shendon
Malden Real Estate Corp
Featherbed Lane
B&o
Winchester Parks Board Reaffirms Millwood Ave Baseball Plan
The Parks and Recreation Board reaffirmed its Millwood Ave site for a lighted baseball facility at Winchester Recreation Park. Shenandoah College plans to fund relocation to Senseny Road, citing traffic, aesthetics, and view concerns, as hearings proceed.
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Millwood Ave
Winchester Parks and Recreation Board
Winchester Recreation Park
Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music
Shenco
Parks and Recreation Board
Parks Board
Robert Mitchell
Shenandoah College
Planning Commission
City Planning Commission
Rouss City Hall
The
Senseny Road
Shenandoah
Robert Parker
Winchester Planning Commission
Another Safeway to Close in Berryville
Berryville Safeway will shut on January 15 due to a small store size and limited stock of advertised items. No immediate plans for a Berryville operation exist, but Safeway is evaluating suitable sites in the Winchester area, with a mall development potentially influencing a future store.
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Berryville
Safeway
Richmond
Winchester
John Marlin
Berryville Ave
Interstate 81
Frederick County Sanitation Authority Hikes Minimum Rate to 16
The Frederick County Sanitation Authority proposed a $16 minimum monthly charge for water and sewer services for the Redbud Run Abrams Creek system. A public hearing is set for January 10 at 8 p.m. in the county board of supervisors room at 9 Court Square.
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Star
Frederick County Sanitation Authority
County Board of Supervisors
Court Square
Stephens Run
Redbud Run-Abrams Creek
Authority
James Diehl
Virginia
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Front Royal Electricity
By Susan Burke
Diane Kimbel
Winchester Evening Star
Area News
Harrison
Farmers Home Administration
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Wendell Seldon
Shendow
Finance Committee
Todd
Carlisle
Clarke County
Santa Claus
Enders
Redbud Run- Abrams Creek
Jones
Frederick Heights
U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
H.U.D
Fmha
Knolls
Greenwood Heights
U.S. Economic Development Administration
EDA
North Frederick
Rt. 7
I. A
Crown Cork and Seal
Rt 50
Sulphur Springs Road
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