Local Government Reorganization Hearings Draw Mixed Views
Virginia lawmakers heard from Page Augusta Shenandoah counties on local government reform bills. Page and Augusta questioned transfer rules requiring new ordinances and public notices, while Shenandoah urged preserving its poor farm. Committee did not act.
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Ellen Layman
Star
Richmond
House of Delegates
Page County
Augusta County
Shenandoah County
Page
Augusta
Dennis Sparks
House Committee On
Board of Supervisors
Sparks
John McGehee
McGehee
Thomas J. Michie
Charlottesville
Postage Rates and Delivery Options Listed
Winchester Evening Star announces postage paid mail delivery details with local carrier service rates and mail and motor delivery charges for yearly and half yearly periods. Readers are directed to established routes and contact number 667-3200 for the paper.
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Winches
Virginia House votes to unify court procedures statewide
The Virginia House approved a measure 99 to 0 barring local courts from creating rules of procedure and mandating use of Supreme Court rules. The bill follows a probe into Shenandoah Valley practices. The Senate will consider it next. A Finance Committee bill backed adding six full time judges statewide faced opposition over cost and hearings.
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Michie
Council
McGehee
Ellen Layman
Richmond
Virginia House of Delegates
Senate
Shenandoah Valley
House
Virginia Supreme Court
House Courts of Justice Committee
26Th Judicial Circuit
Winchester
Clarke
Frederick
Warren
Joshua L. Robinson
Luray
Senate Finance Committee
Finance Committee
General District
Turban
Commuter Transit Group Plans Second Front Royal Meeting
Front Royal hosts a 7 30 p m gathering for Warren County Property Owners and Taxpayers Association as a Trailways official talks aims at possible mass commuter service to the metro area. About 30 residents attended last meeting. organizers expect near double.
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Front Royal
E. Wilson Morrison
Warren County Property Owners and Taxpayers Association
Jim Ramsey
Trailways Bus Company
Ramsey
Warren County
William Pifer
Kenneth Robinson
Warren
Shenandoah
Frederick
Charles Biggs
The
Taxpayers Association
Amtrak
Trailways
Biggs
Extradition Proceeding for Grites Delayed to Feb 19
Frederick County records show 42 year old George W. Grites of Stephens City facing extradition to North Carolina over a $14,380 bad check used to obtain 257 beehives from Frank Sanders. The hearing was postponed as his attorney was unavailable. bond set at $1,000. Also scheduled: Earl Bauserman’s Feb 26 preliminary in a malicious wounding case and Wingfield’s Feb 26 sodomy hearing in Winchester General District Court.
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Frederick County
Jerry Long
Winchester General District Court
Winchester
Long
Braddock St
Roy Lee Andrews
Cameron St
Andrews
David G. Simpson
Peggy
Earl Bauserman
Dorothy Myers
Bauserman
Dennis Lieber
Arnold Garcia III
Fort Lee
Jai
Fee
Econo Lodge
Joe Earl Wingfield
Charles McCandlish
Wingfield
Weather forecast and rainfall statistics for Virginia area
Snow likely in northern valleys with winter storms watch and snowfall tonight. Virginia reports mountain and piedmont snow today with highs in the 20s to 30s and lows in the teens to 20s, followed by milder Sunday. Rainfall data cited show January 2.37 inches, five year totals and 66 year averages, with record highs and lows in recent decades.
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Northern Valley
Virginia
Piedmont
National Weather Service
House Passes Berryville Ordinance Bill in Virginia
The Virginia House of Delegates approved a bill to extend Clarke County ordinances two miles beyond town limits and to include Giles County in the provisions. Sponsored by Del. Alson H. Smith Jr. the measure passed 92 to 2 and moves to the Senate Local Government Committee for first review.
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Richmond
Clarke County
House of Delegates
del. Alson H. Smith Jr
Winchester
House
Giles County
Senate
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Woodstock
Miller
del. L. Cleaves Manning
Portsmouth
Virginia Association of Counties
Vacc
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VML
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Winchester Evening Star
Supervisors’ Finance Committee
Natural Mercantile Store
Old Dominion Savings & Loan Statement Savings
Dominion Savings & Loan
Grites
Delco
Dart Drug
East Main St
Front Royal, VA
Wee National Weather Service
Noaa
Dept. of Commer
Appalachians
mid-Atlantic
Pennsylvania
New York
Gtr
ENR
Berryville
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