Archive for June, 2010

Below is the story shown on the WHSV website and a comment posted. I would think any help would be appreciated: An early morning fire burned through a home in the Town of Stanley, which means a family of four has to start over. Watching her house burn, Tiffany Cubbage said, “It’s heartbreaking.” All of [...]

Disclaimer: The following is a guest post. All posts are edited before being posted. Guest posts can remain anonymous at the request of the guest poster. Our County seems to be really starting to turn the corner. Sure we have difficulties ahead – like the broadband issue. But we seem to have gotten on the path [...]

The Page County Broadband Authority was the main agenda tonight talking mostly about their progress. Bill Schuler made the presentation in  front of the 6 member board. Mr. Shuler stated that the $200,000 grant from the Department of Commnunity & Housing had been denied but a letter they recieved from the DCH encouraged them to [...]

Sometimes, reports, evaluations, plan proposals are done for the county or its commissions and they are sometimes tucked away on the county website that you may have to dig around to find. Icon Broadband Technologies had completed two reports on the broadband needs for Page County in 2008. One was submitted in March of 2008 and [...]

The Page County Board of Supervisors has called a special meeting for Tuesday, June 29, 2010, beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the Board of Supervisors Room located in the Page County Courthouse, 116 South Court Street, Suite D, Luray, Virginia 22835.  The purpose of the meeting is to discuss broadband, the IT Department and to [...]

Kevin Henry Has Been Let Go

Posted: June 23, 2010 in Local Issues

Kevin Henry, County Planner, was given notice yeasterday afternoon that his last day of work is June 30th, 2010. Kevin was brought in under Mark Belton to prepare the county for future growth spurt that was predicted before the falling economy.

Disclaimer: The following is a guest post. All posts are edited before being posted. Guest posts can remain anonymous at the request of the guest poster. This post was a comment by Alice Richmond: I think what the Board just did was impressive, bold, courageous, and a massive step forward.  They passed this budget, but they [...]

The Page County Board of Supervisors passed the budget tonight with the following changes: They eliminated the job of the CTO completely. They eliminated all funding for the Economic Development Authority and Office.  In July, they are going to come up with a policy for expenses of county employees to be reimbursed instead of to use county [...]