Senate budget bill would fund big jail
Project’s fate headed for vote of conferees
Within the next two weeks, Virginia General Assembly house and senate conferees apparently will decide the fate of a proposed regional jail to serve Rappahannock, Shenandoah and Warren counties.
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School board discourages job, wage cuts
Full-day kindergarten moved off chopping block
The Shenandoah County School Board told administrators Tuesday that teacher lay-offs and employee pay cuts should be last-ditch efforts toward balancing next year’s budget.
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Courthouse task force faces challenges
Committee must balance function and history in effort to restore landmark
A task force to consider the future of the historic Shenandoah County Courthouse is expected to go to work early next month.
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Assessment complaints grow equalization board calendar
At least 100 Shenandoah County landowners have appealed real estate assessments to the Board of Equalization.
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Money search threatening school parking on cheap
High school students in Shenandoah County drive to school on the cheap. That sweet deal, though, may fall on the chopping block of bargains when the county’s school budget is finally adopted.
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Town’s voters facing choices
Woodstock gets a clean slate
By Tuesday’s filing deadline, the list of candidates for mayor and town council seats in the May 4 Shenandoah County town elections had reached 25.
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Mason again defeats Rams
Strasburg’s Ayers injured early
Whether or not Strasburg’s girls’ basketball team would have had a shot at upsetting defending state champ George Mason Friday at Eastern Mennonite University will never be known.
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