Planning commission weighs zoning maps with no final action
Frederick County Planning Commission reviewed sections of proposed zoning maps in a three hour work session. The group discussed Rt. 7 and Senseny Road areas with options from commercial to residential zoning and planned a July 11 meeting to continue deliberations.
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Frederick County Planning Commission
Planning Commission
Virginia
Rt. 7
Senseny Road
Commission
Frank Brumback
Langdon Gordon
Manuel DeHaven
Brumback
Greenwood
Senseny Roads
Ron Berg
Greenwood Heights
Burning Knolls
Lockhart
Gordon
Rt. 522
Berg
Garber
Shenandoah Hills
Kernstown
Public Hearing Tonight On County Road Plan
Frederick County board of Supervisors hosts a 7:30 p.m. hearing on the six year secondary road system plan with discussion of Rt 681 and Opequon Creek bridges. County Administrator J C Renalds says the plan could go either way amid highway department input and resident concerns. The agenda also includes talks with Del s Alson H Smith Jr and Raymond R Guest Jr on recent General Assembly actions and a review of the Lord Fairfax Planning District Commission plan plus Fredericktowne road additions.
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Susan Hodges
Frederick County
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Opequon Creek
State Highway Department
J.C. Renalds
Renalds
Rt. 681
Dels
Alson H. Smith Jr
Raymond R. Guest Jr
General Assembly
Lord Fairfax Planning District Commission
Fredericktowne
Rutherford to Step Down as Front Royal Police Chief
Front Royal Town Manager Walter M. Duncan announced Rutherford will leave the post as police chief. Rutherford will address the Town Council on July 10 about the decision, with no replacement action until after that meeting. Acting chief Captain Ira Cullers has led the department since January.
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Front Royal
Walter M. Duncan
Charles V. Rutherford
Duncan
Rutherford
Ira Cullers
Warren
Winchester School Board ends year with $170000 surplus
The Winchester School system finished the fiscal year in the black by about 170 thousand dollars after final year end bills were paid. Board clerk Glenn Rhodes said the actual balance surpassed expectations by around 20000 dollars and the next year's budget is balanced with an expected 150 thousand dollars.
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Winchester
Winchester School Board
Glenn Rhodes
Rhodes
Senate Denies Federal Funds For Import Fee Program
Sen Henry M Jackson says a Senate vote blocking federal funds for an oil import fee program undermines President Carter and may weaken the U S position at the upcoming economic summit in West Germany. The 49 39 Senate ruling strips the option from an appropriations bill lacking a Dole amendment.
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Washington
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Carter
Jackson
Senate Energy Committee
Senate
West Germany
Robert Dole
R-Kan
Treasury Department
Trapping Crank Callers Tightly Controlled by Phone Company
Company investigators monitor about 15 active cases of harassing or threatening calls, tracing calls through Braddock Street to the central operations center. Traps activate within 30 seconds, and recovered information is handed to police for potential felony charges.
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Sheriff's Department
Front Royal Fire Dept Encounters Several Alarms
The Front Royal Fire Department answered multiple alarms with no extensive damage. A truck fire on I-66 involving a 24 ton gravel truck owned by George D. Newman of Warrenton was sparked by a fuel line leak. both the driver and Trooper William Whitehurst used extinguishers before flames were fully out. A fallen tree on an electrical line during a thunderstorm prompted a bystander and town crews to manage the burning wire. A 12:28 AM call reported a house fire at 233 Blue Ridge Ave. investigators found a window reflection falsely suggesting a blaze.
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Front Royal
Durston McIntosh
George D. Newman
Warrenton
McIntosh
William Whitehurst
Chester and
Manassas Sts
Blue Ridge Ave
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