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Culpeper Star-Exponent, December 4, 2008
"Keeping a proposed high-voltage, regional power line out of the Piedmont area and Culpeper County will require residents to stay informed, vocal, articulate and united.
About 50 residents heard that message Wednesday night from Piedmont Environmental Council President Chris Miller at the Jeffersonton Community Center.
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Culpeper Star-Exponent, December 3, 2008
"The Culpeper County Board of Supervisors put the brakes on implementing a transportation impact fee.
The board voted 4-3 Tuesday to deny a proposed impact fee that would have essentially raised funding for specific road-improvement projects.
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Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, December 3, 2008
"Swayed in part by public opinion, the Culpeper County Board of Supervisors last night voted against imposing a countywide transportation impact fee.
The margin was razor thin, 4-3, and the debate was at times heated. But in the end the majority felt that the proposed fees would both drive business and industry away and also infringe upon individual property rights.
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Culpeper Star-Exponent, December 2, 2008
"The Piedmont Environmental Council will host an informational meeting in Jeffersonton Wednesday regarding a recently approved regional power line that will pass through northern Culpeper County.
The meeting is set for 6 to 8 p.m. at the Jeffersonton Community Center, 5073 Jeffersonton Road."
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Culpeper Star-Exponent, November 26, 2008
"Despite a legal challenge from town officials that has essentially brought the process to a standstill, the Town and County Interaction Committee agreed Tuesday to continue work on consolidation plans as well as a regional water and sewer authority."
Culpeper Star-Exponent, November 29, 2008
"The Brandy Station Battlefield is among three local Civil War sites that will receive a portion of $5.2 million in state funding to preserve historic areas across Virginia.
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Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, December 3, 2008
"Swayed in part by public opinion, the Culpeper County Board of Supervisors last night voted against imposing a countywide transportation impact fee.
The margin was razor thin, 4-3, and the debate was at times heated. But in the end the majority felt that the proposed fees would both drive business and industry away and also infringe upon individual property rights.
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Culpeper Star-Exponent, November 14, 2008
"Pennsylvania regulators on Thursday approved a short stretch of a multistate high-voltage power line designed to bring cheaper electricity from Appalachia to the Washington-New York corridor.
The state Public Utility Commission voted 4-1 in favor of the 1.2-mile line to be built by electric utility Allegheny Energy Inc.
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Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, November 18, 2008
"Virginia stepped forward yesterday to help save portions of 15 Civil War battlefields from encroaching development.
The commonwealth will provide up to $5.2 million to front-line private groups defending Civil War battlefields--including Chancellorsville and Brandy Station. Preservationists must come up with $10.4 million to get the 21 matching grants awarded by the state Department of Historic Resources.
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Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, November 20, 2008
"The construction of an inn has become the latest battleground in the decade-long water-sewer war between Culpeper County and the Town of Culpeper.
According to County Administrator Frank Bossio and Supervisor Tom Underwood, the town plans to charge the county about $650,000 in tap fees for a 98-room Hampton Inn being built just outside the town limits.
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Daily Progress, October 28, 2008
"A new 2.5-mile multi-use recreation trail could wind around Eastern View High School and the Culpeper Sports Complex next year.
That’s if funding is made available for the $210,000 project, according to John Barrett, Culpeper Parks and Recreation director.
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Culpeper Star-Exponent, October 19, 2008
"An informal survey of prominent town residents who signed Joe Daniel’s One Government petition reveals a range of perspectives when it comes to abolishing the town of Culpeper.
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Culpeper Star-Exponent, October 1, 2008
"“We have miles to go.”
So said former Culpeper Police Chief Dan Boring, town government consultant, at today’s meeting of the Town and County Interaction Committee.
He was talking about the multi-faceted, ongoing proposal for the town and county to form a regional water and sewer board — a.k.a. the Culpeper Service Authority — while concurrently expanding the town’s borders mostly in the Bus. 29 commercial corridor. It would be the biggest swap of land for public utilities in Culpeper’s history.
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Culpeper Star-Exponent, October 5, 2008
"At the end of a narrow gravel road in Remington County sits six decades of black history, dating back to the mid 20th century.
River Edge Farm is one of the oldest black-owned-and-operated dairy farms in the Piedmont region, according to local farming agents.
The farm was one of 13 that participated in the 11th annual Culpeper Harvest Days Farm Tour on Saturday and Sunday where visitors got to experience agriculture up close.
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