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Culpeper Star-Exponent, July 25, 2008
"After discussing, tweaking and debating for nearly three hours, Culpeper Town Council and the Culpeper County Board of Supervisors are on the brink of a deal to form a regional water and sewer authority.
The independent authority would manage all of the area’s daily water and sewer operations, setting rates for both town and county customers.
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Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, July 25, 2008
"In a landmark decision, the Culpeper Town Council and the Culpeper County Board of Supervisors last night agreed on a memorandum of understanding that will ultimately lead to both a town boundary adjustment and create a regional water and sewer authority.
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Culpeper Star-Exponent, July 25, 2008
"The Culpeper Architectural Review Board offered a glowing review of the State Theatre renovation and expansion project at its regular meeting this week.
After about 15 minutes of discussion and a show-and-tell of design elements, the ARB on Wednesday unanimously found in favor of the State Theatre Foundation’s request to begin the estimated $10 million project.
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Culpeper Star-Exponent, July 25, 2008
"As gas costs flirt with the $4 a gallon price tag, one Culpeper man decided to take matters into his own hands, literally.
With plastic tubes and metal plates bought from Lowe’s — and a portion of his three kids’ college savings — Jerry Dossey has built a prototype of a hydrogen fuel cell that he says doubled his gas mileage and essentially turned a conventional car into a hybrid.
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Culpeper Star-Exponent, July 15, 2008
"A lot has changed in the town of Culpeper since 2002.
That’s the last time the town revamped its comprehensive plan, a 10-part document for growth management.
Six years and thousands of new residents later, the town is taking up that torch again with the recent appointment of a 15-member Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee.
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Culpeper Star-Exponent, July 11, 2008
"In the wake of the economic and housing slump, a Maryland-based building materials manufacturer has closed its Culpeper plant — home to more than 130 local jobs — according to the county’s department of economic development.
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Culpeper Star-Exponent, July 3, 2008
"The town of Culpeper is considering spending nearly $99,000 to investigate additional sources of drinking water. The Town Council Water and Sewer Committee Monday recommended that the town spend $69,800 for a capacity and expansion study of Lake Catalpa, also known as Bald Run Lake, a 46-acre body of water northwest of downtown."
Culpeper Star-Exponent, July 3, 2008
"The town of Culpeper is considering spending nearly $99,000 to investigate additional sources of drinking water. The Town Council Water and Sewer Committee Monday recommended that the town spend $69,800 for a capacity and expansion study of Lake Catalpa, also known as Bald Run Lake, a 46-acre body of water northwest of downtown."
Culpeper Star-Exponent, July 7, 2008
"It looks like the town’s ongoing filter-replacement project at the water treatment plant is going to cost a bit more than expected, perhaps as much as $50,000 more."
Culpeper Star-Exponent, July 8, 2008
"Culpeper County and the town joined 19 other localities Monday in getting on board with better passenger train service along the U.S. 29 corridor.
The proposal, possible through a public-private partnership with Amtrak, would require a $1.9 million annual investment from the state to pay for operations. "
Culpeper Star-Exponent, July 2, 2008
"It’s official: a consolidated government in Culpeper could turn the town into a shire.
Two months after the last private meeting about the citizen-led proposal for consolidation, Culpeper Town Council met again Tuesday night in closed session to talk about an issue many voters named as No. 1 during the May Town Council election.
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Fauquier Times-Democrat, July 2, 2008
"In the early morning hours of June 9, 1863, more than 10,000 Union troops crossed the Rappahannock River into Culpeper County, surprising Gen. J.E.B. Stuart and his Confederate cavalry.
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Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, July 27, 2008
"Chip Russell, the last speaker at last night’s Culpeper Utility Partners citizen input hearing, pretty much summed up the sentiment of those who stood at the Culpeper County Board of Supervisors’ podium before him.
"Wrong plan, wrong partners, too much liability," Russell said."
Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, June 27, 2008
"Seventeen out of 18 speakers at the one-hour hearing were solidly against Culpeper County joining with Culpeper Utility Partners (an offshoot of Angler Development) to build more than $100 million worth of water and sewer infrastructure in an industrial corridor on the southeast outskirts of the town of Culpeper."
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