BERRYVILLE — The town plans to increase the frequency of contaminant testing as slightly high levels of haloacetic acids (HAAs) are affecting its water supply again.
A union representing 176 Newington town and board of education employees has filed nine labor complaints against the town, alleging, in part, the town refused to bargain over COVID-19 pandemic pay and retaliated against the union by subcontracting work.
BERRYVILLE â The town is buying land next the Clarke County Fairgrounds in case it ever needs to expand its nearby public works complex.
Under a contract approved by Berryville Town Council on Tuesday, the Clarke County Ruritan Club will receive $20,000 for almost five acres adjacent to the complex. That will extend the town s property to the eastbound lanes of Va. 7 (Harry Byrd Highway) and increase its size to almost nine acres.
The complex, across from Clarke County High School on Mosby Boulevard, has two buildings containing public works offices plus showers, locker rooms and a lunch room for employees. Two water storage tanks â one elevated; the other at ground level â also are on the property, just outside Berryville s boundary but within an area targeted for annexation eventually.