After weeks of delay due to partisan tensions in Richmond, the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors on Thursday unanimously approved its revised fiscal 2023 budget that will reduce the average increase of homeowner s real estate taxes from $538.63 to $400.50 annually, according to the county administrator’s office.
It’s been almost a week since state lawmakers were summoned to settle on a two year spending plan, but with no deal in sight, members of the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors are considering further delaying the adoption of the county’s budget.
The Fauquier County Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of a special exception that would allow Van Metre Homes to build a small subdivision in Marshall, an undertaking opposed by several residents.
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.
Seth Slaby owned a Midland-based mobile mechanic business, Lone Wolfe Mobile Repair, and leaves behind a 10-year-old son, as well as his fiancée and her children.The Warrenton Bible Fellowship’s congregation has raised $15,000 to help a Romanian missionary buy supplies to help Ukrainian refugees who are fleeing their war-torn country and crossing the border into Romania. Legislation creating a plan to expand affordable broadband access across the commonwealth is on the way to Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s desk with broad bipartisan support. Fauquier native Lindsey Henderson has always had a heart for people who are struggling. So, she turned her feelings into action by becoming a critical resource for those in need in her community via Hope Heals, a community freestore.The Virginia Department of Health reported 17 new cases of COVID-19 in Fauquier County Thursday while also revising local data on hospitalizations and deaths.When asked what his favorite part of the Boys and Girls Clubs of