Compromise Reached On Clarke County Subdivision Soil Survey
Clarke County Planning Commission gains time to study Rt 340Sfarnas site after agreeing to a third soil survey by Bill Myer and Dr. Lietzske. Opposing views from soil experts and Health Department officials were resolved for now with a tabled decision and a potential special meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen Devereux
Starnas
Rt.340
Clarke County Planning Commission
Planning Commission
Sfarnas
John Sfarnas
Harry Hicks
William Myer
State Health Department
VPI & SU
David Lietzske
VPI
William Edmunds
Donovan
William Hatfield
Health Department
Hatfield
Bill Myer
Liettske
Richard Goode
Rt. 649
Clarke County
Floyd Dominy
LFPDC Backs Stephens City Water Plan and Relief Programs
The Lord Fairfax Planning District Commission executive committee approved the Stephens City wastewater plan to combine facilities and seek 342100 from the EPA. It also endorsed a 3.28 million federal crisis program for elderly and low income relief, administered by Shenandoah Area Agency on Aging, with caps of 250 per family, plus funding for aging, mental health, and water supply monitoring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Fairfax Soil and Water Conservation District
Siarnas
John Kane
Health Department
Planning Commission
Sfarnas
Hicks
Lord Fairfax Planning District Commission
Stephens City
Frederick County
Warren County
State Department of Intergovernmental Affairs
Shenandoah Area
Shenandoah
State Health Department
Middletown Tightens Rules on Massage Parlors
Middletown Town Council approved a stringent ordinance aimed at restricting massage parlors amid inquiries to start such businesses. The measure requires licensed professionals and high training hours, with a $50 fee, and authorizes future tightening at subsequent meetings. A committee will review water bill reading and billing.
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Middletown
J. Woodrow Legge
Legge
Florida
Helen Becker
Granville Buckman
Joseph Bennett
Catherine Monte
A Fine Night for a Parade in Front Royal
The Front Royal Firemen's Parade drew crowds along Royal Ave with fire engines bands and floats. Police Chief Charles V Rutherford Warren County Sheriff Lynn C Armentrout and Senior Deputy Donnie Deavers led the procession with the FOP color guard nearby. Lee Bly and Brad Curry brought a Dalmatian puppy on a Front Royal engine as the event closed with a carnival ferris wheel rides hot dogs and games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Royal Ave
Charles V. Rutherford
Warren County
Lynn C. Armentrout
Donnie Deavers
Fop
Lee Bly
Brad Curry
Warren County School Board re-elects Earle as chairman
John Earle won a third term as Warren County School Board chair at the reorganization meeting. Robert Looney became vice chair, Ralph Powell reappointed clerk, and Robert Leonard deputy clerk. The board discussed competency tests in English math and social studies for ninth graders with pass rates varying by level.
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Star
Front Royal
John Earle
Warren County
Robert Looney
Donald McNeill
Ralph Powell
Robert Leonard
Clayton Turner
Turner
Warren County Grand Jury Indicts 11 Persons
The Warren County grand jury for the July term indicted 11 individuals on various charges. Defendants include Charles Cameron for breaking into a home with intent to assault, and Dennis Clarke and William Dodson for breaking into Derflinger's Store with intent to commit larceny. Trials are scheduled in August and September.
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Front Royal
Warren County
Charles William Cameron
Judith Marie Foster
Dennis Ray Clarke
William Thamel Dodson
Derflinger
Bobby Lynn Butler
Burger King
Butler
Gary Delbert Jenkins
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Geoff Cole
Commonwealth
Richard Shue
Shue
Cole
LFPDC
By Susan Burke
George Seeley
Belle Grove
Evening Star
Teresa Thomson
Warren Schools
Earle
U.S
Richard Keeler
Keeler
Grand Jury
Clarke
Dodson
Robert Baker Powell Jr
Edward Allen Holtsclaw
Elsie Yankanish
Holtsclaw
Powell
Albert Duane Barnes
Michael Wayne Burke
Verna Lynn Fincham
Gregory Steven Ridgeway
General District
Duncan Gibb
Ridgeway
Gary Lee Hartley
Robert Spence
Thomas Hook
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