Small Town Police Fleets See Costly Shifts and Limited Use
Duncan notes unauthorized use leads to talk and possible dismissal while switching to smaller, recycled police vehicles to save money. Berryville runs one police car two trash trucks and one pickup with no home use. vehicle cost about 250 monthly. Middletown has one police car and a maintenance pickup with minimal off duty use and costs around 225 and 12 dollars monthly respectively. Stephens City operates one police car for official business at about 200 dollars monthly.
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Duncan
Berryville
Jack Enders
Middletown
Dori Chapman
Stephens City
Joyce Orndorff
PSA Endorses Miller for Virginia Governor Nomination
The Peninsula Shipbuilders Association representing about 16,000 workers at Newport News Shipbuilding endorses Andrew Miller for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. PSA business manager Robert M. Bryant Jr. calls Miller hardworking and warns Howell could unsettle Virginia, urging a calm, trusted leadership.
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Newport News
Peninsula Shipbuilders Association
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co
Andrew Miller
Miller
Independent
Robert M. Bryant Jr
PSA
Henry Howell
Richard Nixon
Virginia
Bryant
Public Hearings Set on Water and Sewer Rates
Middletown schedules public hearings on new water and sewer rates to align bills with a minimum charge per $10. Sewer increases hearing at 7 p.m. Water rates at 7:30 p.m. A fiscal plan hearing follows at 9 p.m. to cover budget changes without a tax increase.
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Middletown
Frederick County Eyes New General Registrar Office
A Frederick County Board of Supervisors session centers on creating a General Registrar office to handle county elections and records. The discussion weighs staffing, duties, and budget implications for the proposed position.
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Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Two Held on Six Counts for Grand Jury
Two men Gary Kenneth Nicholson and Terry Lee Wolford were ordered held for a Frederick County grand jury on six counts of abduction rape and robbery of a 21 year old Keyser West Virginia woman. Judge David Simpson found probable cause and set bonds of 5000 on Nicholson and 10000 on Wolford. The alleged incident occurred early April 29 and both suspects remain jailed.
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Keyser
W. Va
David Simpson
General District
Gary Kenneth Nicholson
Pleasant Valley Road
Terry Lee Wolford
Inwood
Frederick County
Nicholson
Wolford
Groundbreaking for 150000 Shenandoah College addition fuels growth
Shenandoah College announces a May groundbreaking for a 150000 addition to the Shingleton Building. The 6825 square foot one story wing will house a drama program and a choral rehearsal room with an electronic music room and piano technology space.
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Shenandoah College & Conservatory of Music
Robert P. Parker
Winchester
Dayton
Shenandoah
Shenandoah College and
Conservatory of Music
James
Byrd Addresses Advisory Group at Middletown Meeting
Thomas T. Byrd, Virginia State Board for Community Colleges member, will speak at the Lord Fairfax Community College Curriculum Advisory Committee annual meeting at 8 p.m. in the Wayside Inn Middletown on “A State Board Member's Perspective on the Virginia Community Colleges.” Several retiring members will receive appreciation awards.
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Thomas T. Byrd
Virginia State Board For Community Colleges
Lord Fairfax Community College
Wayside Inn
Middletown
Byrd
Virginia Community Colleges
William H. McCoy
Luci Nugent to Attend Local Jefferson Jackson Dinner
Luci Nugent and a White House official will attend Frederick County Jefferson Jackson Day dinner Saturday at Duff's Pagoda Room. Speaker Tim Smith, White House deputy secretary of appointments, will discuss Carter era campaigns and law background. Tickets available from Frederick County Committee or by calling 667 7718.
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Luci Nugent
Star
Luci Johnson Nugent
White House
Frederick County
Tim Smith
Virginia
Jimmy Carter
University of Virginia Law School
Rogers and Wells Law
Washington
Nugent
Lyndon Johnson
Charles Robb
Weather outlook shows warm temps and possible storms
The Northern Valley forecast calls for a chance of thunderstorms tonight with lows in the 50s to 60s, and mainly sunny, warm weather Thursday with highs near 90. Extended Friday through Sunday stays warm and humid with highs upper 80s to around 90 and overnight lows in the 60s.
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Associated Press
Texas
Plains
Florida
Great Lakes
Pennsylvania
New York
Weather Conjecture Notes Varied Climate Outlook
A set of forecast hints lists 31 day style entries with terms like fair mild changeable showers storms unsettled and warmer. The sequence suggests changing conditions including rain storms and clear warm periods across the month.
Molotov Cocktail Targets Frederick County Home in Early Morning
A glass bottle firebomb was thrown at Earl Haun’s house on Princeton Drive in College Park Frederick County just after 1 a.m. The blast caused a fire that Haun quickly doused with a garden hose. No witnesses reported hearing a car engine and investigators from the sheriff’s department are probing the incident.
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Princeton Dr
College Park
Frederick County
Earl Haun
Haun
The
Star Today
Snyder Motor Freight Co
Winchester
Gene Dailey
Live World War I mortar shell found by city youth
A 37 mm World War I mortar shell was found by a youngster on W Leicester Street. Police and officials from the National Guard and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms coordinated disposal with Fort Belvoir demolition crews expected to retrieve the device. The family expressed relief at its removal.
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Star
W. Leicester St
National Guard
Leicester St
Herman Jackson
U.S. Treasury Department
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Fort Belvoir
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J. Miles Cary
Roy A. Cartier
Horace G. Hartley
Paul R. Hockman
Stanley D. Price
Shelby S. Raines
James D. Shockey
Margaret A. Tilley
John W. Weaver Jr
James D. Shockey, Jr
James Brumfield
Fauquier County
Harold G. McMullen
Corsages Smalts Florists, Inc
Lome
Elsie DeHaven
Uneral
Dominic J. Paoli
Elsie M. Moomaw
Aregea Seceeres Weancuas
Bernard F. Groves
S. Braddock St
Lulu Williams
Duff
Pagoda Room
Kesbey
Oxford University
National Weather. ‘Service
NOAA
US Dept of Commerce
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George Stoddart
By Neil Haemer
Jackson
Mrs. Jackson
N.Y
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West 43Rd Street
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Martinsburg
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