City policy changes clarified by memo to department heads
Winchester shifts to real estate disclosure for department heads and bans officials from acting on matters where they have a financial stake. The policy, outlined in a Dec 26 memo by City Manager Wendell Seldon, follows a Star article on conflicts of interest in the City Building Department.
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Joe Bageant
Star
Winchester
Wendell Seldon
Seldon
Tom
The
James T. Swiger
Swiger
Board of Zoning Appeals
Front Royal Council debates building height up to seventy feet
Front Royal Town Council heard again the pros and cons of raising the height limit from 45 to 70 feet for buildings. The public hearing followed strong opposition from residents and the Warren Heritage Society who warn of damage to the historic district on Chester Street. The council planned a second hearing at the next regular meeting January 28.
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Scott Patton
Front Royal
Marvin Berlin
Chester St
Berlin
The
Warren Heritage Society
Eric Adamson
Heritage Society
Happy Creek
Arthur Bendix
Bendix
J. W. Kilby
David Fisher
Council
Warren County
Lord Fairfax Council On Alcoholism Inc
Winchester
R.W. Beck and Associates
Riverton Hydro
Shenandoah Ave
11Th Sts
William Purkey to speak at Frederick In-Service Day
Dr. William W. Purkey, UNC Greensboro education professor, will address Frederick County Public Schools In-Service Day on January 19 at James Wood High School auditorium starting 9:30 a.m. He will discuss inviting education and student success, outlining the Inviting School of 1985 concept. The program targets educators and the public.
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William Purkey
Frederick
William W. Purkey
Frederick County
Purkey
University of North Carolina At
Greensboro
James Wood High School
Urkey
Virginia
University of Virginia
Ee Foundations of Education
University of Florida
Standard Oil Foundation
Omicron Kappa
Ralph F. Berdie
American Personnel and Guidance Association
Iempany
Enba Cnet
Line Leaks Being Plugged In Fredericktowne Area
Warwick Jones, engineer director of the Frederick County Sanitation Authority, said testing will start this month to find more leaks in Nottoway Subdivision and Fredericktowne Sections II and III. Air tests will locate leaks similar to those found in Winchester, though less extensive. Construction on the Sunnyside water storage facility will begin this month to serve Sunnyside and the James Letsannes interceptor.
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Sylvia V. Long
Fredericktowne
Wellington Jones
Frederick County
Winchester
Sunnyside
Jones
James Letsannes
A. Jones
Stephenson
Rt. 837
Migrant Workers Commission Under Fire in Virginia
The ACLU and Rural Virginia Inc. held a press conference attacking Virginia's Migrant and Seasonal Farm Workers Commission as a growers’ body that serves management. They call to expand or eliminate the 15 member panel and drop a farmer’s wife who sits on it.
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Ellen Layman
Star
Richmond
Virginia
Growers’ Commission
ACLU
Winchester Apple
H. Delmer Robinson
Harry F. Byrd III
Berryville
Rich Cagan
Rural Virginia Inc
Commission
Booker Rice
Nelsonia
Robinson
John N. Dalton
Dalton
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