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Key to women’s health is education
Comprehensive health care for women is complicated.
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Can a Broken Heart Make Room to Give Thanks?
I had planned to write something lighthearted, just to take a break from the serious and hard-hitting journalism to which ...
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Good Shepherd Alliance Seeks Volunteers
By Volunteer Coordinator Terri Lightle
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The Christmas Ham
Wisdom from a hunk of meat: aging together gracefully requires practice and patience, just like cooking and carving.
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Stop Outsourcing Our Jobs
Stop Outsourcing Our JobsI was reading an article on MSN written by Jim Van Meerten and found it interesting.
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Oh man
DO NOT DWELL ON THE PAST, learn from it and move on.
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The Eeriest Halloween
The contrast to last year, to the last twelve years - including the Halloween just weeks after 9/11/2001 - was startling.
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Former business editor moves to Dubai

1/7/2009

Even when he no longer worked at the Times-Democrat, former business editor George Rowand stopped by the newsroom often to say hello. One day a few months ago, he told us he and his wife Rita decided to move to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Recent News Stories

Church damage greater than expected

1/6/2009

Arthur DeCourcey, pastor at Zoar Baptist Church, is counting his blessings. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Prevention pays off, police say

1/6/2009

In comparison to past New Year's Eves, this one was very, very quiet, police said. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Teens start year with tough lesson

1/6/2009

In the early morning hours of Jan. 1, two Fauquier County teens who were pulled over after they had allegedly been at a New Year's Eve party in Warrenton learned a painful, but valuable lesson.While on routine patrol, State Trooper Chris Carson, who is assigned to the Area 12 Office in Warrenton, was driving towards Warrenton on Dumfries Road. As he came to the intersection with Grays Mill Road, an approaching compact car caught his attention. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Police and court briefs

1/7/2009

Culpeper man charged with reckless driving, racing A driver who was allegedly racing with another vehicle on New Year's Eve is now facing multiple charges, police said. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Students raise money for injured classmate

1/7/2009

On Monday afternoon, students at Marshall Middle School did what they could to help a critically injured classmate. According to Melanie Burch, a family friend, the sixth, seventh and eighth graders pooled their lunch money and spare change for Jake Smith's family. In all, they raised $106, Burch said. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Warrenton man charged in Dulles thefts

1/6/2009

A Warrenton man who used to work as a baggage screener has reportedly been arrested and charged in connection with the theft of electronics from luggage at Dulles International Airport. According to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police, Shawn M. Kusterbeck, 34, was arrested and charged with a felony count of grand larceny after authorities executed several search warrants at his Warrenton home Dec. 18. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Airlie's Winter Forum is Friday

1/6/2009

The Local Food Project at Airlie will hold its third annual conference — “Half Pint and Essex: A Tale of Two Farms” — on Jan. 9 at the Airlie Center in Warrenton. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

This Week

Church damage greater than expected

1/6/2009

Arthur DeCourcey, pastor at Zoar Baptist Church, is counting his blessings. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Prevention pays off, police say

1/6/2009

In comparison to past New Year's Eves, this one was very, very quiet, police said. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Teens start year with tough lesson

1/6/2009

In the early morning hours of Jan. 1, two Fauquier County teens who were pulled over after they had allegedly been at a New Year's Eve party in Warrenton learned a painful, but valuable lesson.While on routine patrol, State Trooper Chris Carson, who is assigned to the Area 12 Office in Warrenton, was driving towards Warrenton on Dumfries Road. As he came to the intersection with Grays Mill Road, an approaching compact car caught his attention. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Police and court briefs

1/7/2009

Culpeper man charged with reckless driving, racing A driver who was allegedly racing with another vehicle on New Year's Eve is now facing multiple charges, police said. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Warrenton man charged in Dulles thefts

1/6/2009

A Warrenton man who used to work as a baggage screener has reportedly been arrested and charged in connection with the theft of electronics from luggage at Dulles International Airport. According to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police, Shawn M. Kusterbeck, 34, was arrested and charged with a felony count of grand larceny after authorities executed several search warrants at his Warrenton home Dec. 18. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

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