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Advocates for homeless tackle huge problems, enjoy success
11/21/2008
Like the clients they serve, they come from all walks of life. Many of the Fauquier County professionals who work with the area’s homeless come from faith-based initiatives, while others fell into the line of work that they all seem to find rewarding, frustrating, and perpetually worthwhile. This week ? the week before Thanksgiving ? has been designated as National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week by the National Coalition for the Homeless. But, for these employees, every week is homelessness awareness week. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Ritchie's riches remain
11/19/2008
When it comes to money, people often get a little edgy, especially in an economy like this. And some of the parents at C. Hunter Ritchie Elementary School are growing increasingly edgy about the school's student activity fund of more than $400,000, as the Times-Democrat reported on Oct. 8. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
The Plains approves 2-percent lodging tax
11/19/2008
John Hearty, owner of The Grey Horse Inn of The Plains, realizes his support for a town lodging tax may seem like a death wish. Nobody likes taxes, especially if they add to the cost of doing business.Still, Hearty asked The Plains Town Council, on which he serves, to adopt a 2-percent lodging levy. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Williams succeeds late husband on Warrenton council
11/19/2008
Joan R. Williams last week became the first African-American female to join the Warrenton Town Council.By a 4-0 vote on Thursday, Nov. 13, the council appointed her to the Ward 2 seat. Council members John S. "Spark" Lewis (Ward 5) and Roger Martella (At large) failed to attend the special meeting.Williams, 74, succeeds her husband John, who died last month after a long illness. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Pennsylvania Oks transmission line
11/19/2008
It amounts to another nail in the coffin for opponents of Dominion Virginia Power’s plans to build a high-voltage transmission line through the Piedmont. Last Thursday, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission joined its Virginia and West Virginia counterparts in approving the tri-state, $1 billion Dominion and Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line Co. project.Virginia’s State Corporation Commission (SCC) authorized the portion of the line in the commonwealth contingent upon approval by West Virginia and Pennsylvania. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Supervisors layoff 13,
11/19/2008
To help close a projected $8 million revenue shortfall, Fauquiers board of supervisors last Thursday approved broad and deep cuts to services and the county workforce. The board also increased one fee and expanded the application of another to offset the deficit. Most of the changes, including 13 layoffs, will take effect Jan. 1. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
This Week
Wind, road trip, no problem for Liberty in region playoff opener
11/18/2008
Every play is a cerebral challenge for a linebacker. For Liberty’s Cortez Carter, however, there was only one easy decision to make when he saw a snap sail over William Fleming quarterback Derek Brown’s head into the end zone. Run after the quarterback,. Right now.Carter ended up falling on Brown’s eventual fumble for a touchdown — an early break that set the tone for the rest of the afternoon as the Eagles rolled to a dominating 35-6 win over Fleming last Saturday in the Northwest Region semifinals in Roanoke. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Book of sports lists ranks No. 1 for sportswriter Shapiro
11/18/2008
For his latest book, Washington Post sportswriter Len Shapiro did much of his work on the road.He navigated the car with his muse sitting shotgun, and a notebook handy.By a trip's end, Shapiro's memories were gathered as lists on the page. Lists of "Ten Great Washington Sports Traditions" and "The Top 100 D.C.-Area Athletes of All Time" and "The Ten Reasons to Hate the Dallas Cowboys" and so on. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Boasting fresh height, Hawks aspire to make states
11/18/2008
After losing eight players at the end of last season, coach Chris Norkun has been scouring the Highland School hallways.He recruited lacrosse players like Brendon McCann and Josh Nichols for his basketball team and even found an exchange student with potential in 6-foot-7 junior Will Killrod."This is his first year playing basketball," Norkun said of Killrod. "He played team handball in Norway, so we're trying to convert him to a basketball player here." | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Talented Owls expect to improve on 18-11 season
11/18/2008
Scott Barron received word pretty quick after Max Hechl walked through the doors of Wakefield School for the first time this year.Barron's the basketball coach. Hechl's 6-foot-4. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Cougars finish 0-10 after 43-0 loss to Sherando
11/18/2008
Last summer, Kettle Run High School’s new football coach Jeff Lloyd looked into a youthful crowd of lanky prospects. Nearly all were sophomores and freshmen. Juniors seemed like an endangered species, and seniors were extinct. Lloyd braced himself for an interesting season, one he knew would add to his resume as a football coach, even if it didn't help his won-loss record. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Reality check
11/18/2008
At about the same time last week that County Administrator Paul McCulla was telling the Times-Democrat that the county's budget picture had growth significantly worse — the hole deepening by $500,000 from the most recent estimate, and likely not done yet — representatives of the Fauquier Education Association addressed the school board at its regular monthly meeting.No great surprise, the FEA came | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Sizing up the newspaper
11/18/2008
Callers in significant numbers registered their displeasure with the location of the obituaries in the B section of last week's Times-Democrat. They were placed there in error, it being a long-standing policy of this newspaper to print obituaries in the main news section. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Franklin Roosevelt Elswick
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Henry Otis Chapman Jr.
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Richard E. Stover
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Billie L. Thomas
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Advocates for homeless tackle huge problems, enjoy success
11/21/2008
Like the clients they serve, they come from all walks of life. Many of the Fauquier County professionals who work with the area’s homeless come from faith-based initiatives, while others fell into the line of work that they all seem to find rewarding, frustrating, and perpetually worthwhile. This week ? the week before Thanksgiving ? has been designated as National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week by the National Coalition for the Homeless. But, for these employees, every week is homelessness awareness week. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Architect works to make traditional touches affordable
11/16/2008
Middleburg architect Russell Versaci is passionate about his craft. When he became enamored of architecture more than 30 years ago, his peers were embracing the modernism movement, designing houses with clean lines and little embellishment. Versaci quickly identified himself as old school and has played a prominent role in bringing traditional design back to the forefront. Now his objective is to make architecturally designed traditional homes more affordable and available to a broader segment of the population. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
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