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 [...]
Archive for June, 2010
Family of Four Homeless After Stanley Fire
Posted: June 30, 2010 in Local IssuesTags: Fire chief, Firefighter, In Memoriam, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Murder, Programs, Red Cross, Television
BBA Talked to the BoS
Posted: June 29, 2010 in Local IssuesTags: BBA, Board of Supervisors, Business, Fiber Optic
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 [...]
Broadband report by Icon Technologies
Posted: June 28, 2010 in Local IssuesTags: Broadband Campaigns, Broadband Technologies, Business and Economy, Computers and Internet, Internet service provider, United States
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, 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.
Page County 2.0
Posted: June 18, 2010 in Local IssuesTags: Business, Non-profit organization, Small business
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 [...]