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Local News
Amended suit
5/21/2008
James Rohr again will try to prove in Fauquier Circuit Court that the county board of supervisors violated its comprehensive plan and zoning ordinance in approving plans for a Costco store near New Baltimore.Rohr, who lives less than a half mile from the proposed Cross Creek Shopping Center, which calls for a 148,000-square-foot Costco, filed a suit in December against the supervisors and developer Cross Creek Investments LLC to stop the project. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Planners get proposal
5/21/2008
Fauquier Supervisors Ray Graham and Chester Stribling believe it spells nothing but trouble.For starters, their colleague Holder Trumbo’s proposal to eliminate density credits for floodplain and slopes greater than 25 percent in rural areas would reduce the resale market value of agricultural land, according to Graham and Stribling. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Local groups works to help cyclone victims
5/20/2008
When Cyclone Nargis hit the southeast Asian country of Myanmar on May 3, Warrenton-based Air Serv International moved into action. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Trail of civil cases follows high-speed hookup sales
5/21/2008
At least one person has sued an area businessman claiming that he took money, then failed to deliver the high-speed Internet service he'd been paid for. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Two arrested by ATF
5/20/2008
Fauquier County Sheriff Charlie Ray Fox Jr. said his agency is aware of and is cooperating in a federal investigation stemming from the arrest of his chief deputy's son earlier this month. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Facebook takes steps to tighten rules
5/20/2008
For the past few years, Fauquier County deputies have been patrolling cyberspace — including social networking sites — in order to monitor questionable activity that could be harmful to younger users here. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Overlook gets high marks in accreditation survey
5/21/2008
State inspections are routine occurrences at the Warrenton Overlook Health and Rehabilitation Center. According to Overlook administrator Sandie Scott, the state inspections are conducted annually. They are done in order to ensure that the organization is abiding by all of the rules and regulations necessary to keep its license and certifications. But this March, a survey team from the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities also visited the center. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
State suspends tax on survival gear
5/21/2008
The state is giving some extra incentive to prepare for the upcoming hurricane season. From May 25-May 31, purchases of certain supplies and equipment needed to prepare for hurricane season will be exempt from sales tax. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Firefighting procedures to undergo review
5/21/2008
The type of incident that claimed the life of a Prince William County firefighter last year could easily happen in Fauquier County | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Police briefs
5/20/2008
Investigation of fatal wreck ongoing Virginia State Police said on Monday they are still investigating a traffic accident that claimed a Bealeton teenager's life over the weekend. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
County scraps public information officer proposal
5/15/2008
A proposal to create a county government spokesperson's job quickly turned into a public relations mess.Fauquier Supervisors Terry Nyhous (Center District), Ray Graham (Cedar Lee District) and Holder Trumbo (Marshall District) backed the idea because they believe residents need more information about county government.But critics believe the move defied logic, given the board of supervisors' commitment to shrink county government during tough financial times.Nyhous, Graham and Trumbo received a flurry of phone calls from taxpayers after an April 30 Times-Democrat article outlined their intentions for the part-time public information officer (PIO) position.The three board members wanted to budget $40,000 for salary and benefits for the 20-hour per week position, plus $10,000 for operations.Because of the fragile economy, money would remain tight for Fauquier during the next few years, the board of supervisors warned.Nyhous, especially, made it clear during fiscal 2009 budget discussions that he believes Fauquier's costs must be reduced partly through layoffs.Additionally, Nyhous and Graham, who head the county finance committee, soon plan to meet monthly with department heads to discuss ways to further cut government spending. In light of such circumstances, the notion of establishing a PIO job left many incredulous.It "was creating a very poor impression, and we decided to shelve it," Nyhous admitted. "It was sending out a very conflicting message." | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Developer finds three investors for Costco site
5/15/2008
The developer of the planned Costco site near New Baltimore hopes to close a deal next month with an investment group that would plow several million dollars into the project. "We have three [offers] from three separate" entities prepared to fund construction of roads and utilities to serve the 148,000-square-foot store and later the balance of the Cross Creek Shopping Center project, Angler Development LLC Executive Vice President Steve Vento said Friday. By mid-June, Angler will choose one of the three equity groups to help it build the 39-acre shopping center at Routes 29 and 600, Vento said.The potential parters are based in New York City, Alabama and Connecticut, he said.Vento will continue negotiations with two of the investment groups in Las Vegas on May 18 at a convention of the International Council of Shopping Centers.Because of the weak economy and uncertain credit markets, Angler has been unable to obtain a bank loan to develop the Cross Creek Shopping Center site.Lacking that option, the the financially strapped Warrenton developer has sought private investors to help it make the project work, Vento said.Principals with Angler established Cross Creek Investments LLC, which owns the shopping center property.Whichever equity partner it picks, Cross Creek Investments will retain substantial ownership in the project, Vento said. He declined to say how much of the project the local corporation would continue to control.Cross Creek's bank debt for the project totals $8.8 million, according to Vento.Two of the three investors interested in the project would use cash to clear the debt and own the property outright, he said.He described them as "well-heeled" developers that had accumulated "a lot of cash over the years." | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Board delays Marriott hunting preserve, shooting range proposal
5/15/2008
Like any private enterprise, Marriott Ranch near Hume must find innovative ways to pay the bills, according to General Manager Lanier Cate.To that end, Marriott Westfields Conference Center Inc. wants county government approval for a hunting preserve and a clay shooting and firing range at the 4,200-acre farm on Route 635.The hunting preserve and clay shooting range would be available by appointment to ranch guests only, not the general public, Cate said.The target range would be used during deer hunting season to sight rifles, he said. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
In highway mishaps, Graham hits cow, pigeon and deer
5/15/2008
Ray Graham claimed an impeccable, animal friendly driving record until last week, when he struck a cow, a pigeon and a deer. Not since his undergraduate days at George Washington University in the late 1960s, had he been party to a car collision of any sort while behind the wheel.But his 40-year, accident-free streak ended at about 10 p.m., Tuesday, May 6, after he rammed a 500-pound, black-as-night heifer along a stretch of Elk Run Road, less than a mile south of Catlett.The Cedar Run District supervisor had been on his way home from a Republican Party meeting at Vint Hill, near New Baltimore, when he struck the dairy cow. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Developer finds three investors for Costco site
5/15/2008
The developer of the planned Costco site near New Baltimore hopes to close a deal next month with an investment group that would plow several million dollars into the project."We have three [offers] from three separate" entities prepared to fund construction of roads and utilities to serve the 148,000-square-foot store and later the balance of the Cross Creek Shopping Center project, Angler Development LLC Executive Vice President Steve Vento said Friday. By mid-June, Angler will choose one of the three equity groups to help it build the 39-acre shopping center at Routes 29 and 600, Vento said.The potential parters are based in New York City, Alabama and Connecticut, he said. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Tax hikes, slow economy test Habitat for Humanity
5/15/2008
Unlike the banks and mortgage lenders who bear at least partial responsibility for the current upheaval in the housing market, Habitat for Humanity tries to ensure that the families with whom it builds homes do not pay a mortgage greater than 30 percent of their income. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Expo examines green future for Fauquier
5/15/2008
In the face of Dominion Virginia Power's proposal to build a 500-kilovolt electric transmission line through Fauquier, Rappahannock, Culpeper, Prince William, and Warren counties, hundreds of area residents will be exploring fossil fuel alternatives to power their lives this weekend.The Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection [RLEP] is sponsoring the third annual Piedmont Alternative Energy Expo this Saturday, May 17, at the Fauquier County Fairgrounds. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
This Week
School News
5/20/2008
News from public and private schools in Fauquier County | 0 comments - ›› more ...