Front Royal Adopts Comprehensive Plan and Fire at Dunridge Farm
Front Royal Town Council adopted the comprehensive plan after a public hearing with no opposition. A brush fire near Dunridge Farm burned about five acres after supervised trash burning got out of control, per Fire Chief James Ebersole. The council also approved an abandoned vehicle removal ordinance and discussed a Potomac Edison building sale and a warehouse permit, while addressing sewer charges and a 1979-80 budget shortfall.
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Dunridge Farm
James Ebersole
Stephens City
Ebersole
Front Royal
Front Royal Planning Commission
Planning Commission
Lord Fairfax Planning District Commission
Bachelor
Robert Traister
Eric Adamson
Adamson
Council
Potomac Edison
Eugene Tewart
Traister
Francis Hall
Diehl Fights Regional Plant Tie to Permits in Frederick County
Frederick County Sanitation Authority balks at NPDES permit terms requiring a regional waste plant. Diehl questions board motives and delays renewal while considering a 30 day deferral. A rate plan hike for Stephens Run water abilities was also proposed, with varied impacts by usage.
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State Water Control Board
Frederick County
Winchester
County Sanitation Authority
Wellington Jones
Diehl
Trol Board
Authority
Allen Jobe
Control Board
Redbud Run-Abrams Creek
Stephens Run
Jones
Stephens
Stephens City
Lone Oak
Fredericktowne
Richfield
the Pines
Northwestern Workshop to Begin Construction Near Winchester
The Northwestern Workshop Inc plans a 21,000 square foot six acre facility at Stine Industrial Park off Route 11 north of Winchester. Ground breaking is within 30 days with completion expected in four months. The project cost is estimated at 250 000 to 275 000 dollars and 120 000 dollars in state grants with local matching funds at 90 percent raised. Wilsons Building Service Inc is general contractor. The center serves Clarke Frederick Warren Counties and Winchester, expanding programs for handicapped adults from 75 current employees to at least 150. The Shawnee Lions Club funds engraved bricks for the lobby.
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Northwestern Workshop, Inc
Stine Industrial Park
Route 11
Winchester
Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services
Jack Ireland
Wilson's Building Service, Inc
Clarke
Frederick
Warren
Cameron Street
Workshop
Shawnee Lions Club
Duncan Suit Alleges First Amendment Firing by Town Manager
Royce Purcell a former Front Royal policeman sues Town Manager Walter M Duncan for 100000 claiming wrongful termination after grievances and protests over police department issues. He alleges his dismissal on First Amendment grounds following a 1977 78 period of internal disputes and a state police inquiry into ticket fixing.
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Front Royal
Walter M. Duncan
Royce Purcell
Duncan
Donald Kline
Ira Cullers
Charles Rutherford
Purcell
Force
Robert Traister
Frederick County School Board to decide on 7.5 million cost
The Frederick County supervisors face a final cost estimate of about 7.5 million dollars for the Apple Pie Ridge school project with up to 600000 added for completion. If not approved at the Feb 28 meeting the decision may be tabled amid discussion of shelving the site.
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Apple Pie Ridge
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Robert Bachelor
East Sixth St
Kermit Nichols
Nichols
EPA
Walter Duncan
Scott Mason
Forest Ridge Road
Round Hill
SWCB
Star
County
Sanitation Authority
James Diehl
M.M. Adams
G.W. Borden
Donald Hodgson
James Galladay Jr
Roger Koontz
Northwestern Workshop
Bill Duncan
Northwestern
Bill
Winchester Evening Star
Sivea News
Kline
Rutherford
Joon
By Susan Hodges
Sta
Virginia Highway Dept
Frederick County Board Room
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