Front Royal Hikes Fees as Budget Keeps Tax Rates Steady
Front Royal Town Council approved a 3.8 million dollar 1975 76 budget with no tax increases but raises in water sewer and garbage charges. Police staffing rises by three patrolmen while a sergeant backed investigations plan was rejected. Fee hikes include water sewer tap ons from 675 to 995 dollars and doubled garbage charges for homes and businesses. The council also aided regional environmental legal costs and boosted civic center funding to 5 000 dollars to attract federal matching funds. A seven percent electric rate increase is deferred until new meters arrive.
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Front Royal
Ronnie Gilliam
Gilliam
Walter M. Duncan
Council
Warren County League For Environmental Protection
VEPCO
Fauquier
Rappahannock
Warren
James A. Payne Civic Center
County okays migrant education program for 11 2 students
Frederick County School Board approved a migrant education program funded entirely by federal and state sources. The plan covers 11 interstate and two intrastate children at about 2700 per student, funding two resource teachers and related materials. The board also approved final bill payments and noted a 121000 year end surplus. Enrollment reached 7929, expected to exceed 8000 next year. A gratitude resolution honored Elizabeth Sheetz Little for 43 years of service.
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Jim Ackley
Frederick County
Melton Wright
Wright
County Board of Supervisors
Elizabeth Sheetz Little
Frederick approves soil erosion ordinance in county action
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an erosion and sediment control ordinance in a brief meeting. The measure, opposed by one large developer, aims to give county control over land handling on construction sites to prevent erosion before a state deadline.
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Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Warren County Board Allows Funds and Debates Merger Delay
The Warren County Board of Supervisors appropriated 2.45 million for half-year funds adding a corrections officer to enable 24 hour road deputy coverage. Schools receive 1.769 million split by category, with safeguards to protect programs. The board also directs drafting of a postponement resolution to Front Royal Town Council as consolidation dates may not be valid, seeking town input on next steps while noting a potential annexation fallback if merger fails.
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Susan Burke
Front Royal
Warren County Board of Supervisors
R.N. Rollason
Sheriff's Department
William G. O’brien
0.A. Norton
Front Royal Town
Back Creek fish kill estimated at 20000
The spill of about 30 gallons of petroleum sulfate from Unisil into Frederick County's Back Creek killed an estimated 20 000 fish. The State Water Control Board counted deaths on June 21, noting a milky color downstream and a four mile reach south of the state line. Recovery of costs from Unisil is planned, with final totals to be determined. A wide range of species were affected, including game fish, bass, pickeral, trout, eels, darters, and sculpins.
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Unisil Company
Frederick County
State Water Control Board
Harold Whitacre
Conservation Club
R.R. Daub
Richmond
Unisil
Daub
Handley High Teachers Named Outstanding Educators of America
Three Handley High School teachers Harold B. Phillips Susan S. Shearer and Jonathan H. Wilson Jr. are named Outstanding Secondary Educators of America for 1975 and compete for national awards. Phillips math and physics. Shearer Latin. Wilson biology. Phillips M.S. Purdue B.S. VPI S, Shearer M.A. Indiana, Phi Beta Kappa Randolph-Macon, resides Front Royal. Wilson B.S. M.S. VPI S resides Winchester.
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Handley High School
Winchester
Phillips
Handley
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Purdue University
Revolutionary Era Paintings Unveiled in Winchester Bicentennial
The Winchester Frederick County Historical Society hosts a three day bicentennial event with unveiling of three paintings by Charles Peale Polk depicting Judge Robert White family. Linda Crocker Simmons discusses Polk at a public meeting at Farmers & Merchants National Bank. The portraits will be displayed at Abram's Delight during the open house.
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Pat Robinson
Winchester
Winchester-Frederick-Clarke
George Washington
Robert White
Winchester- Frederick County
Linda Crocker Simmons
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Charles Peale Polk
Charles Willson Peale
The
Historical Society
Baker Hall
Huntington
W.va
Louisa Tabb Hall
Charles Town
Arabella Baker White
Robert Baker White
Juliet White
Pennsylvania
Hugh Stephenson
Jefferson County
Daniel Morgan
Winchester Company
Boston
J.E. Norris
Shenandoah Valley
White
Germantown
William Darke
Berkeley County
Short Hill
N.J
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Ft. Meade
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Rome
N.Y
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Sterday
Helicop
Charles W. Rutherford
Frederick
Dennis Cole
J.C. Renalds
Renalds
Elizabeth W. Malta
Duncan C. Gibb
Back Creek
Winchester Evening Star
Capt
Robert and
Elizabeth Digby Peale Polk
Virginia
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Corcoran
Washington, D.C
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Alexander White
Col
James Wood
Glen Burnie
House of Delegates
T.K. Cartmell
General Court of
Judge White
Arabella Baker
John Baker
Shepherdstown
Opie
John Baker White
Romney
Hampshire County
Garland R. Quarles
Thorn Hill Manor
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M.D. Custer Jr
Mary Wood
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