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Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, March 5, 2010
"Last night’s joint Culpeper Board of Supervisors-Town Council meeting ended as the previous three did--with each group instructing its staff to "bring us back the figures."
The meeting began with Councilman Jim Risner assuring everyone that money was not the most important issue in putting together a water-sewer deal between the two groups.
An hour later attorneys for both jurisdictions argued that money was the primary factor in putting together a regional service authority.
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Culpeper Star-Exponent, March 3, 2010
"The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday offcially designated Culpeper County as a primary natural disaster area due to losses caused by the major snowstorm in December.
Orange, Madison and Spotsylvania counties also were among the 31 counties and nine independent cities so designated.
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Culpeper Star-Exponent, February 15, 2010
"More than 2,200 acres of open space in Culpeper County were placed into conservation easements in 2009, the Piedmont Environmental Council recently announced."
Culpeper Star-Exponent, February 16, 2010
"Interested in how the town of Culpeper could grow in the next decade?
The Culpeper Town Planning Commission holds a public hearing tonight at 7 on the document that envisions that future. The hearing on the town’s 2010 draft comprehensive plan will be held in the county administration building at 302 N. Main St.
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Culpeper Star-Exponent, February 5, 2010
"Next month, the Culpeper County Board of Supervisors and Culpeper Town Council plan to discuss specific financial details and economic or growth elements that could influence a proposed regional water and sewer authority."
Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, February 5, 2010
"Culpeper supervisor Steve Nixon summed up last night’s Board of Supervisors-Town Council joint meeting on water and sewer in this way: "At the last meeting, I thought we took one step forward. This time, I think we’ve taken three steps back."
Supervisor Sue Hansohn wasn’t quite so pessimistic, but she also left shaking her head. "I don’t think we agreed to anything here tonight," she said.
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Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, February 3, 2010
"Planting one tree for each of the 620,000 soldiers who died during the Civil War.
That is what the Journey Through Hallowed Ground is considering as a legacy project to help commemorate the sesquicentennial of the war.
That 150th anniversary begins in 2011 and Cate Wyatt, president of the Journey Through Hallowed Ground, wants to be ready if federal dollars become available for commemorative purposes.
To that end, the Culpeper County Board of Supervisors yesterday approved a resolution giving its stamp of approval to the proposed project.
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Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, February 3, 2010
"A picture of how Fredericksburg’s vast swath of riverfront easement land should be used--or left alone--is beginning to emerge.
A committee will unveil a draft watershed management plan Feb. 17 at 6 p.m. at the University of Mary Washington’s Jepson Center. It will outline how the property will be managed for access, recreation and wildlife, and the public will get another chance to weigh in...The Fredericksburg City Council in 2006 created a permanent conservation easement on more than 4,200 acres running more than 20 miles along the Rappahannock and Rapidan rivers. "
Culpeper Star-Exponent, February 4, 2010
"The Culpeper County Board of Supervisors and Culpeper Town Council resume talks tonight regarding the complex proposal for a regional water and sewer authority and town boundary expansion.
The public meeting will be held at 6 p.m. in room 221 of the Daniel Technology Center.
The two local governing bodies last met on the utility issue Jan. 14 though the general discussion has been ongoing for at least a decade.
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Culpeper Star-Exponent, January 15, 2010
"The town and county are moving down a road for a mutual agreement on a water and sewer authority and boundary line adjustment — finally.
Cooler heads prevailed on both sides at last night’s joint meeting of Culpeper Town Council and the Culpeper County Board of Supervisors as the gathering of 15 elected officials reached something like consensus on various key points of the complex deal."
Culpeper Star-Exponent, January 8, 2010
"...Now, a local developer wants to return the place to its roots with the establishment of Culpeper Crossing, a Civil War-themed tourist destination on 14 acres of wooded, riverfront land adjoining the battlefield.
Bob Currier, in addition, has already placed a much larger parcel of actual battlefield into permanent conservation easement.
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Culpeper Star-Exponent, January 14, 2010
"The town and county meet again tonight to continue negotiations on the long, thorny issue of water and sewer. The open meeting is at 6 p.m. in Room 104 of the Daniel Technology Center.
When Culpeper Town Council and the Culpeper County Board of Supervisors last met in December on the complex issue of creating a regional water and sewer authority and expanding the town’s geographical boundaries, little progress was made."
Piedmont View , December 22, 2009
"New incentives make it free for farmers to fence livestock away from streams-helping to restore water quality in the Hazel, Hughes, Rush and Thornton Rivers. Mike Beniek, who raises cattle, chickens, pigs, turkeys and vegetables at Belle Meade Farm in Rappahannock says that the main reason he decided to fence his livestock away from the farm’s four streams is that it’s the "right thing to do."
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Culpeper Star-Exponent, December 14, 2009
"A few days after Christmas, and for the first time ever, the town of Culpeper is set to finalize its purchase of a foreclosed house on Virginia Avenue using federal recovery funds approved last year by Congress.
The town plans to hire a contractor to fix up the five-year-old, five-bedroom house before reselling it to a family of moderate means, reportedly at a discount.
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