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Rappahannock News, January 2, 2009
"After an often contentious two-hour special meeting with more than 60 property owners and residents who came prepared with notebooks and facts, the Washington Town Council voted unanimously to proceed with the wastewater project and to authorize the town’s engineering firm to give notice to proceed to the contractors."
Rappahannock News, December 11, 2008
"Tourist landmark, Sperryville Emporium, for sale
For several years, the declining number of visitors to Shenandoah National Park has been taking a toll on businesses along Route 211 from Rappahannock County into the park at Thornton Gap. Small motels are empty, fruit stands mostly are gone, Cooter’s closed shop and moved to Gatlinburg, Tenn. The Faith Mountain Company, too, dropped off the landscape. But the Sperryville Emporium hung on.
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Rappahannock News, December 5, 2008
" "Good guests bring wine and chutney," say Clare and Nevill Turner of Virginia Chutney on their Web site but even better guests come by for dinner, fall in love with the "sweet and savory" local condiment and write about it in The New York Times. "
Rappahannock News, December 3, 2008
"Roger and Kathryn Jones of Sperryville have granted to the Virginia Outdoors Foundation an easement protecting an additional 95 acres of what was once Jessamine Hill in Washington, Va. "
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Rappahannock News, November 20, 2008
" The way is open for Dominion Virginia Power to proceed with the proposed Trans-Allegheny transmission line, a part of which will run through Rappahannock County.
Dominion will proceed with construction even though the Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC), Fauquier, Culpeper and Prince William counties and three opposition groups plan to appeal the State Corporation Commission’s (SCC) decision to the Virginia Supreme Court."
Rappahannock News, December 3, 2008
"Roger and Kathryn Jones of Sperryville have granted to the Virginia Outdoors Foundation an easement protecting an additional 95 acres of what was once Jessamine Hill in Washington, Va. "
Rappahannock Voice, November 26, 2008
"The Piedmont Environmental Council on Monday evening held the first of two meetings in our immediate area related to the Dominion/Trailco high-voltage electric transmission line project now approved by Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. The meeting at the county library was targeted primarily to landowners facing loss of right-of-way to Dominion in Rappahannock and adjacent counties and secondarily to all interested citizens."
Rappahannock News, November 19, 2008
"It all begins with the soil
"The climate crisis is so large and so big, that if no corrections are made by 2012, it will be too late," said Dr. Timothy LaSalle – CEO of the Rodale Institute – speaking in front of 70 concerned county residents at The Link on Sunday at the annual Rappahannock County Conservation Alliance (RCCA) meeting.
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Rappahannock News, October 19, 2008
"The Rev. Jennings Hobson III was present last Wednesday when after 20 years the Washington Town Council finally approved a $4 million bond to pay for a new wastewater collection and treatment system. The happy Hobson – who has long supported the project – asked to be given the honor of the ceremonial first flush.
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Rappahannock News, October 23, 2008
"Rappahannock landowners and residents can now look at a Watershed Report Card to discover how healthy and well-protected their neighborhood watershed is.
For example, Keyser Run watershed earns an “A,” Jordan River is a “B,” the Covington River is a “C,” and Upper Battle Run scores a “D.”
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Rappahannock News, September 25, 2008
"The Rappahannock County Planning Commission, which normally keeps busy just reacting to proposals from citizens involving land use and zoning, is going to try to do something more ambitious–actual long-range planning."
Rappahannock News, October 1, 2008
" After over two decades of trying to preserve the Town of Washington’s unique charm by ordinance and advisory board, the town now has a comprehensive and detailed set of guidelines designed to set the standard for future architectural revisions in the town. "
Rappahannock News, October 2, 2008
"Artist colleagues of photojournalist Richard Lykes are creating a huge “card” sending him best wishes from the Rappahannock community as he recovers from recent surgery at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C.. "
Rappahannock News, October 2, 2008
"Mike Massie is stirred up.
The prominent Rappahannock County farmer and cattle raiser fears that a looming government effort to get livestock out of local rivers and streams to reduce water pollution is unfairly targeting the backbone of the county’s agriculture.
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