Stephens City braces for hearings on outside sewer hookups
Stephens City Town Council set public hearings for 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. Oct 25 to consider five year contracts for Shenandoah Valley Baptist Church and Bon Air Home for the Elderly to hook into town water and sewer lines far beyond town limits. The plan would add about 66 500 gallons weekly to the lagoon amid council opposition and concerns over taxpayer costs to upgrade the plant.
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Stephens City
Shenandoah Valley Baptist Church and Christian Academy
Bon Air Home
Willis Davis
Dembeck
Shenandoah Valley
Bon Air
Single-Vehicle Mishap Near Hayfield Injures Driver
A car crash on Route 600 near Hayfield left one person with minor injuries treated at Winchester Memorial Hospital. David Arnold of Winchester was among those treated and released. State police had no further details. Public hearing at Stephens Methodist Church Oct 25 drew expected church attendance. council anticipates few Stephens City residents.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
David Arnold
Winchester
Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad
The
Stephens Methodist Church
Farm Bureau Meets on Resolutions in Frederick County
More than 18 resolutions were approved by about 50 Frederick County Farm Bureau members at Round Hill Community Center. They backed changes to county school board selection, opposed binding arbitration for local employees, supported a 1-1 emergency phone service, favored higher gasoline taxes for highways, and favored an impact tax on new developments. They also supported using a Virginia Public School Authority for new schools with debt approved by voters, proposed limiting federal judges terms, and a review before reappointment. Charles Bauserman was elected president. Dudley Rinker named vice president, Margaret Douglas chair of the women’s committee, and Dana Russell named Farm Bureau queen.
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Frederick County Farm Bureau
Round Hill
Kenneth Stiles
Bureau
Virginia
Farm Bureau
Charles Bauserman
Stephens City
Bauserman
Stiles
Dudley Rinker
Margaret Douglas
Dana Russell
James Wood High School
J. Patrick Russell
Clearbrook
Pike Indicted on 10 Counts in Maryland Case
A 23 member grand jury in Prince Georges County indicted suspended Frederick County Parks and Recreation director William Pike on 10 counts including three third degree sex offenses, kidnapping, false imprisonment, multiple handgun charges, and marijuana possession. The indictment stems from an alleged abduction of an Adelphi waitress and sexual contact in a College Park motel. No trial date set.
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William Pike
Terence McGann
Pike
Adelphi, Md
Maryland
School Board Seeks Federal Impact Aid Funds and ISS Plan
The Frederick County School Board unanimously adopted a resolution to apply for Federal Impact Aid funds and to survey county schools to identify students with federally employed parents. Funds could reach about $52,000 with a 3 percent eligible student threshold. past payments total around $23,000. A new in-school suspension program was presented to isolate suspended students with work assignments and counseling follow-up, aiming to reduce suspensions by up to 50 percent. Additional items included safety upgrades at James Wood parking lot, baseball diamond sod removal reconsideration, and the appointment of a new baseball coach pending board contact. Also reported were the charging of Ronald R. Breach with breaking and entering and grand larceny, related to a April 27 break-in at A. Brokers Assn. on Valley Ave., with recovered items totaling $2,195. A hearing for Beach is set for Nov. 14 in Frederick County General District Court.
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David Sisler
Shenandoah
Stephens
Sisler
The
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Frederick County
Ichael Morrison
Morrison
Joseph Swack
Melton Wright
Swack
Wright
CETA
Ronald R. Breach
Sharon Drive
Robert Edmundson
Robert Eckman
Beach
Frederick County General District Court
Front Royal Man Dies After Four Car Crash Caused by Heart Attack
William Jackson Franklin 64 of Front Royal suffered a heart attack while driving on N Royal Ave near Main St. causing a four car crash that killed him. Vehicles driven by Phyllis Heflin Leake 52 Lawrence Dalton Nolen 29 and Robert Paul Rhodes Jr. 27 sustained damages totaling about 3 600. Franklin pronounced dead at Warren Memorial Hospital.
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Richard Bukva
Bukva
William Jackson Franklin
N. Royal Ave
Main St
Phyllis Heflin Leake
Franklin
Lawrence Dalton Nolen
Robert Paul Rhodes Jr
Warren Memorial Hospital
Nolen
Berryville studies higher water and sewer rate increases
Berryville Finance Committee directs Town Manager to prepare a study of rate increases tied to nearby towns, charting minimum to maximum hikes, and assessing income for water and sewer improvements. No action taken. report from John McNair Associates planned and further revenue ideas reviewed.
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Berryville
Roy E. Potts Jr
John McNair Associates
Waynesboro
Enders
Potts
McNair
Malbon
John Kauffmann
Elbert T. Magruder
Ray Jackson
J.C. Huffman
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Winchester Evening Star
J. Miles Cary
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College Park
McGann
James Wood
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Charles Hott
John Solenberger
Ray Boyce
Robert E. Ayler III
Eugene Larrick
Happy Creek
Ray Santmyers
Robert Stanley Rodden
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Kathleen Devereux
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