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Winchester Star, November 20, 2008
"Berryville — E-mail exchanges between town officials and Clarke County School Board Chairman Robina Rich Bouffault in June show that Bouffault not only knew that costly road improvements would be needed for the new high school site, but that she also warned town officials to keep quiet about it. "
Clarke Times-Courier, November 17, 2008
"Grace Ritzenberg’s property is beautiful and historic.
And that’s why she took legal steps to protect it from development, she said.
Ritzenberg is one of several Clarke County residents whose land may be crossed by the town’s new sewage pipe.
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Winchester Star, November 14, 2008
"Residents living near the site of the proposed Clarke County High School fired off a round of questions for Town Council members Thursday night.
One issue — road improvements related to building the school — was brought up repeatedly.
“Our feelings are very strong that we don’t want Mosby [Boulevard] extended,” said Sharon Strickland, president of the Battlefield Estates Civic Association.
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Clarke Times-Courier, November 17, 2008
"Grace Ritzenberg’s property is beautiful and historic.
And that’s why she took legal steps to protect it from development, she said.
Ritzenberg is one of several Clarke County residents whose land may be crossed by the town’s new sewage pipe.
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Winchester Star, November 10, 2008
"Berryville — The proposed path of the town’s new treated-sewage conveyance pipe crosses two properties held in conservation easements by the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, the state’s largest land trust.
A conservation easement is a voluntary agreement between a landowner and a public agency that puts permanent development restrictions on a property.
The pipe’s proposed path is one of 10 routes considered by the town for the replacement of its 100-year old, 8-inch pipe that carries treated wastewater from the Berryville Wastewater Treatment Plant to the Shenandoah River.
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Winchester Star, October 24, 2008
"Berryville resident Bob Ferrebee said that his wife, Kay, is training him not to use plastic bags for grocery shopping... Soon, however, it may not just be Ferrebee’s wife nixing the use of plastic bags.
The Clarke County Board of Supervisors included a request to allow local governments to set up legislation to regulate plastic bags in a list of priorities presented to legislators at a luncheon at the Battletown Inn on Thursday.
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Winchester Star, October 30, 2008
"The town Planning Commission has postponed a public hearing on two zoning ordinance amendments addressing the timeliness of construction projects.
One amendment is a reaction to a project known as Boyce Condos, which was given conditional approval about a year ago but needs final approval for its site plan before construction can start.
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Winchester Star, October 18, 2008
"Until now, all easements held by the Clarke County Conservation Easement Authority have been the result of private landowners wanting to protect their land from future development.
But a 200-acre site at the Holy Cross Abbey, a Cistercian monastery overlooking the Shenandoah River, may break that trend.
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Clarke Times-Courier, October 6, 2008
"Clarke County Planning Commissioner Kathy Smart, who wants a “greener” home, has an appointment to discuss her heating system.
She is considering the installation of a solar- or wind-power generation system to replace the oil furnace that warms her baseboard heating units.
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Winchester Star, October 7, 2008
"Pollution harmful to aquatic life in the Shenandoah River watershed has increased in the last 10 years.
A report released Monday by the Friends of the Shenandoah River shows that nitrogen levels and sediment runoff are harming the river, facilitating the growth of algae blooms that deplete the amount of oxygen in the water and kill fish.
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Winchester Star, October 9, 2008
"The fire and rescue system is strained, and more senior housing may burden it even more.
So said Chris Shipe, president of the John H. Enders Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company, in a presentation Wednesday to Berryville and Clarke County officials about the impact of adding senior housing units.
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Winchester Star, October 9, 2008
"Nearly 20 percent of the land in Clarke County is in conservation easements and protected from future development.
The high percentage may explain the slowdown in the number of easements recorded in the county this year, according to Bob Lee, executive director of the state’s largest land trust, the Virginia Outdoors Foundation.
Four conservation easements have been recorded by the Clarke County Easement Authority this year.
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