Virginia Supreme Court upholds records denial at Virginia Tech bookstore
The Virginia Supreme Court rejected Dennis Kelly's bid to obtain financial records of VPI Facilities Inc. The ruling says the state freedom of information act does not apply to the private bookstore owners, leaving Transparency advocates alarmed.
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Richmond
Virginia Supreme Court
Virginia Tech
James E. Sheffield
VPI Facilities Inc
VPI
Dennis Kelly
VPI Student Senate Subcommittee On Accountability
Kelly
Robert R. Dwoskin
Sheffield
Ersatz
Housing Laws to Top Winchester Council Meeting Agenda
Changes to two proposed ordinances implementing the minimum housing code will be reviewed at Winchester City Council tomorrow night at 7 30 PM in City Hall. Third reading and final vote on three ordinances is expected Wednesday night along with a transit study contract and possible removal of a noise ordinance. The council may hear a zoning report from the Amherst Street area and consider joining Staunton as friend of the court in a street improvements case brought by a city resident.
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Winchester City
City Hall
BOCA
Amherst Street
Staunton
Virginia
Commonwealth
Charles V. Rutherford
Revenue
Virginia Municipal League
Richmond
Virginia Public Assistance Fund
Curshaws Battery
First Reading Water and
Millwood Ave
Pleasant Valley Road
Kern St
Appeal of Cash
Northwestern Virginia Health Systems Agency, Inc
Building Code Board of Appeals
City Planning Commission
Planning Commission
Board of Architectural Review
Board of Zoning Appeals
Amherst St
Smith reiterates opposition to bills and support for private racing
Alson Smith states his stance remains unchanged opposing the bills from 1977 and backing a privately owned track over a state one. He notes Virginia’s economy improved after Gov Godwin’s cuts and federal mandates slow road projects, while criticizing current public housing and building conditions in Richmond and urging youth access to general assembly proceedings.
Police Fire Wounds Six in Port Elizabeth Funeral Violent Clashes
Police opened fire during funerals in black townships near Port Elizabeth wounding six people as unrest followed the death of black leader Steve Biko in police detention. An unrelated white and black man were shot in Durban with no linked motive reported.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Port Elizabeth
Steve Biko
Durban
Principal and Virginia Schools Earn Accreditation Certificates
The Berryville Primary School principal and other Virginia districts received accreditation certificates at a meeting in New Orleans. The speaker noted that 487 schools in the South earned certificates, including 67 in Virginia.
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Berryville
Jones
New Orleans
South
Virginia
Clarke County
Southern Association of Schools and Colleges
Sue
D. W. Naff
Boyce Elementary
Paul Jones
Samuels Library on Front Royal Agenda
Front Royal Town Council holds a public hearing on selling Samuels Library to its board of trustees to enable expansion. The meeting covers bids, parks, sewer design, insurance, legal fees, and various town projects and notices.
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Front Royal
Samuels Library
Break-ins Probed as Winchester Police Investigate
Winchester police are probing two break ins and a vending machine larceny. At 8 15 p m on Jan 7 officers answered a call at James Shipp 104 North Ave to investigate a break in. A Front Royal man 24 was injured in a two car crash Saturday afternoon. A back door entry at Elise Lowery 11 Glaize Ave yielded stolen food items. A Lee Jackson Motel vending machine was pried open with candy items taken on Jan 8.
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Winchester
Allen Bailey
James Shipp
North Ave
Front Royal
Dennis Henry
W. 16Th St
Ed Blackburn
Blackburn
Gary Edwin Holliday
Mountain Falls
N. Royal Ave
Henry
Holliday
Bailey
Elise Lowery
Glaize Ave
Lee Jackson Motel
Weather forecast and rainfall recap across regions
Northern Valley and Virginia issued travelers advisories with snow likely in mountains and 1 to 3 inches possible. Temperatures fall to teens tonight, lows near zero in mountains and around 20 near the coast. Extended outlook calls for very cold midweek with daytime highs in the teens to near 30 and nightly lows near zero to mid teens. Historical rainfall figures and conjecture accompany the forecast.
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Northern Valley
Fire damages room at Randolph-Macon Academy
A fire of undetermined origin gutted a room in the Randolph-Macon Academy main building Saturday. Fire Captain Dusty McIntosh said furniture and hallway smoke damage occurred while students were away on vacation. The cause was not yet determined.
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Front Royal
Randolph-Macon Academy
Dusty McIntosh
McIntosh
Bel Air Ave
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