The Fauquier Board of County Supervisors budget public hearing Tuesday night was a debate between residents who want to lower taxes and educators who want more funding to raise teacher salaries.
Bealeton solar farm plan faces skeptical supervisors
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Dynamic Energy LLC proposes a solar farm along Route 17 south of Bealeton â similar to this one in Greenpoint, N.Y. I understand the need for renewable energy, and I donât have a problem with that, per se. But when it has to come at the expense of potentially our rural lands . . . I think itâs a questionable trade-off. And thatâs why I have reservations. Supervisor Holder Trumbo
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Staff Journalist Fauquierâs board of supervisors Thursday will have the final say on whether a proposed five-megawatt solar farm just south of Bealeton substantially complies with the countyâs comprehensive plan.
No citizens attend hearing on 2022 flat budget plan
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The board of supervisors and staff members face 1,200 empty seats in the Fauquier High School auditorium for Tuesday nightâs public hearing on the county administratorâs proposed $339.4-million budget. My guess is we havenât had much feedback because thereâs no change to this yearâs budget. Supervisor Mary Leigh McDaniel
⢠March 23: Supervisors work session, 4 p.m., Warren Green Building.
⢠March 25: Supervisors adopt budget, tax rates and fiscal 2022-26 CIP, 4 p.m., Warren Green Building.
⢠July 1: Fiscal 2022 budget begins.
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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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