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âItâs an exciting job,â says Warrenton veterinarian Constance Houk. âEvery day is different.â One of the things I love about veterinary medicine is the human-animal bond. When youâre treating a dog or a cat, youâre also treating the owner.
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Staff Journalist In more than 30 years of caring for animals, a yellow Labrador retriever with a lump on its neck stands out as perhaps the Warrenton veterinarianâs most memorable patient.
âWhen it went to biopsy, we found an inch-and-half sewing needle that was coming out of its skin,â recalled Dr. Constance C. Houk, associate veterinarian with the Animal Care Center in Warrenton. âWhen we pulled it out, it had 18 inches of thread attached to it.â
Electoral board seeks more space and staff expansion
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Fauquier voters line up in September at the county registrarâs office to cast ballots early for the November general election. Weâve been hit with some major legislative mandates from the Virginia General Assembly. And weâre going to have to adapt how we operate in the community in order to accommodate and make things workable. Fauquier County General Registrar Alex Ables
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Staff Journalist The Fauquier County Electoral Boardâs wish list calls for more office space, additional staff and a third early-voting satellite location.
Glascock, Farmer murder jury trials set for summer
The murder trials of Melody Dawn Glascock and Daniel Maertin Farmer II will begin June 14 and July 12, respectively, in Fauquier County Circuit Court. We understand the delays that weâve all had to deal with because of the virus. Weâre just glad weâre finally going to get our day in court. Fairfax lawyer Robert V. Bryan Jr.
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Staff Journalist After months of coronavirus-related delays, two gruesome Fauquier murder cases finally will go to trial this summer before county circuit court juries.
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The project will include moving utility lines along Marshallâs Main Street to underground conduits. Itâs going to be a painful process. We want to make it as painless as possible. Marshall District Supervisor Mary Leigh McDaniel
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Staff Journalist If all goes according to plan, long-awaited renovations to Marshallâs Main Street will start around March 1.
After the county government staff reviewed three bids, Fauquierâs board of supervisors in October awarded the $4.4 million construction project to Lorton-based Shirley Contracting Co. The same company built the recently-completed interchange at Warrentonâs southern edge.
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âAs a veteran and a first responder, the action that those folks took (Wednesday) hurt my heart,â says Chris Granger, who served in the Army Reserves from 1990 to 1996. âI have always had the utmost respect for our countryâs institutions and those that serve.â This going to be the year that we are going to have to get our community back on its feet and back open. Thereâs a vaccine. Thereâs light at the end of the tunnel. Supervisors Chairman Chris Granger
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