Orange County news

Orange budget seeks pay raises (2/2/2012)
• Orange superintendent proposes an average 5 percent pay raise for teachers, staff.

police brief (1/26/2012)
• police brief

Orange board eyes uses for ex-shelter (1/26/2012)
• Orange supervisors to consider homeless-shelter building

Proffer change may speed Orange road (1/19/2012)
• Orange Town Council changes Round Hill proffers

Orange condemnation postponed (1/12/2012)
• Orange supervisors delay condemnation of land for airport buffer to give property owner time to seek another appraisal.

regional brief (1/10/2012)
• regional brief

Boating death leads to suit (1/8/2012)
• Widow of man killed while wave-boarding sues Lake of the Woods for $6 million.

MONTPELIER ALSO OFFERING EXHIBITS ON SLAVES (12/29/2011)
• Montpelier part of program with Monticello and Smithsonian

Ministry program helps in Orange (12/18/2011)
• Culpeper ministry agrees to provide overnight shelter for homeless in neighboring Orange County.

Orange financial forecast bleak (12/15/2011)
• Orange supervisors get first look at financial forecast

Orange Town Council OKs sewer rate increases (11/23/2011)
• Orange Town Council agrees to raise sewer rates 5 cents a year for the next three years.

Orange property values take a fall (11/18/2011)
• Reappraisal drops Orange County property values by 28 percent.

White breaks incumbents' roll in Orange (11/9/2011)
• Jim White defeats incumbent Zack Burkett to take District 2 seat on Orange Board of Supervisors