LFPDC Funding Hike Sought in Front Royal Meeting
The Lord Fairfax Planning District Commission discussed raising local per capita contributions to 25 cents, up from 20, to cover rising operating costs and avoid service cuts. Executive Director Duncan warned of escrow drawdown to 25,000 by next year if the budget passes, while HUD funds totaling 40,000 remained intact despite proposed cuts.
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Front Royal
Lord Fairfax Planning District Commission
Commission
Lowell Baughan
LFPDC
Baughan
HUD
William Mote
R. Edward Duncan
Duncan
City of
Winchester
Braddock House
Town of
Police Department
Warren County — Sheriff's Department
Frederick County
Middletown Budget Set for Final June 10 Hearing
Middletown Council approves 1976-77 budget on first and second readings with no tax increase. A public hearing and final reading are set for June 10 at 7 30 p.m. in the town office. An ordinance to cap the monthly utility tax at 3 dollars also advances with June 10 hearings.
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Middletown
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Middletown Council
Joseph Wahler
Clarke Planning Commission to inspect two proposed subdivisions
Clarke County planning panel meets to review two subdivisions before final plots. Health and highway permits exist, but road and covenant conditions cited. inspections set for 5 p m. Erickson Toy Hill seven lots and Clotzman Barb Spout Run fourteen lots. Other actions include five subdivision approvals and two rejections.
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Berryville
Clarke Planning Commission
Health Department
Highway Department
Rt. 604
Ken Erickson
Michael Clotzman
Irvin
James Barb
Joe Coomes
Erickson
Coumes
Toy Hill
Clotzman- Barb Spout Run
Commission
Eustace Jackson
Doubleday
Bruce
Rt. 622
Blanton B. Allen
Mt. Pleasant
Fenton
D. Blanton Allen
Josephine St
Bank of
Clarke County
Rise of Railway Mail Service and Highway Post Offices
A history of mail in transit detailing W. A. Davis’s 1864 rail sorting experiment, the 1864 test of a railway post office car, and the 1941 launch of Highway Post Office buses. It notes fatal wrecks including Old 97, later decline due to air transport and en route processing, ending with the last HPO runs in 1974.
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J. Floyd Wine
W. A. Davis
St. Joseph, Missouri
Post Office Department
West
Hanibal
St. Joseph
Chicago
Ill
Clinton
Iowa
Danville
Jennings J. Dunlap
Washington
D.C
Atlanta
Southern Railroad
Winchester
Harpers Ferry Strasburg
Harrisonburg
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Columbus
Warren Board Approves $4.28 Million School Budget
Warren Board approves a $4 281 933 school budget an increase of 20.3 percent over the current year. Administration and Instruction totals are set with allocations reflecting board requests and county constraints. The plan includes higher salaries, expanded staff and buses, and a later tax impact to be set at a future meeting.
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Front Royal
Warren County School Board
ARA Food Services
Monroe
Spencer
N.C
Joe Brody
White Oak Mountain
Cherrystone Creek
Danville
Dunlap
Warren
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Warren County Board of Supervisors
Board of Supervisors
School Board of the Supervisors
John K. Marlow
Richard Keeler
John Earle
Keeler
Earle
Warren County
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By Tom McCabe
Eleanor Coverstone
St. Thomas Chapel
John Owings
Neil A. Stallings
Church and
6Th Sts
6Th St
Edgar A. Cooley
Eveybody
Winchester Planning Commission
Planning Commission
Sunnyside
Freetown
Virginia State Office
Criminal Justice Advisory Committee
Betty Biehn
Office of
Biehn
Bill BY
Gilbert Fowler
May Brown
Ed Molden
Oat Thornton
Harrison Clarke
David G. George
By Susan Burke
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