Fauquier Bankshares News

Details: Tharpe wants county rezoning approval for 312 homes, 278, 000 square feet of commercial space; design for walkable, compact community features a main street with shops, restaurants, offices and dwellings overhead; parks, trails and other recreational opportunities He wants to hear from Fauquier' s planning commission about anything it may ...

Young farmers from Fauquier, Prince William, Loudoun, and Stafford counties came together Saturday to build a raised bed garden for The Haven, an emergency shelter for the homeless, in Warrenton.

He summed up complaints about a proposed public safety training center near Midland in four words: Noise, traffic, safety, expansion.

Del. Ed Scott, R-Madison, just got some competition. Matt Carson, a small-businessman originally from Fauquier County, filed Tuesday in Culpeper to run as an independent against the Republican incumbent in November's race for the 30th District seat in the Virginia House of Delegates.

A little more than two years ago, Harold R. Spencer left the Warrenton Visitor Center at about 8 p.m. and fell into a brick cistern just outside the building's front doors.

RRCSB Area Agency on aging Senior awards lunch set for June 5 The annual awards ceremony sponsored by the Rappahannock-Rapidan Community Services Board's Area Agency on Aging takes place June 5 from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Salem Fire Hall on U.S. 522.

Local By Don Del Rosso Source: Fauquier Times-Democrat WEDNESDAY, MAY 27 2009 UPDATED WEDNESDAY, MAY 27 2009 After three years in business, Crescendo Bistro in Warrenton will shut this week for lack of customers.

The 2009 Hospice of the Rapidan golf invitational is Monday, June 15 at Fauquier Springs Country Club near Warrenton.

Food banks aren't known for fresh food. Usually, the fare is canned, frozen or dry, and often stale.

Each evening at 8 o'clock at Mary Washington Hospital, a voice on the public-address system tells visitors, "We have reached the end of the visiting day.

On paper, it could amount to a 1,000-home "new town" for Catlett. We know that the current density for his client's 800-acre farm adjacent to the southern Fauquier village is roughly 900 [dwellings], plus whatever is allowed for mixed use, said Warrenton lawyer Henry C. Day.

Lord Fairfax Community College is offering people the chance to become a middle- or high school teacher through the Career Switchers Program.

There will be a variety of events from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. in Warrenton, including a parade hosted by Willard Scott, Civil War camp setups, music, and talks about the county's history.

Success comes in the back of a tractor trailer parked on an asphalt lot with the afternoon temperature hovering around 90 degrees and the smell of diesel exhaust penetrating the air.

He lives on Main Street, his daughter goes to school on Culpeper Street, and he works on Third Street, all in Old Town Warrenton.

Roy and Ferneil White of Warrenton keep close track of the area's $200,000-and-under home market.

When I first considered writing this column several weeks ago, I wanted to talk about roots.

Fauquier's board of supervisors recently agreed to apply a new, $15 recycling fee to businesses as well as households.

On the eve, practically, of its scheduled adoption, Fauquier's budget for fiscal 2009-10 is getting trashed.

The Meeting Purpose: To explain program to buy, repair and resell foreclosed homes to low- and moderate-income people When: 6 p.m., Wednesday, April 15 Where: Warren Green Building, 10 Hotel St., Warrenton Sponsor: Fauquier County Details: County will apply to the state for a $2 million grant to buy foreclosed homes for resale to eligible people.