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Warrenton Planning Commission will continue hearing public comments on Amazon data center Dec. 20

By Robin Earl

Fauquier Times Staff Writer

The Warrenton Planning Commission will meet Tuesday, Dec. 20, to continue a public hearing on Amazon’s request for a special use permit on a proposed data center. The new meeting was scheduled after the town attorney said the commission’s decision Nov. 22 to pause Amazon’s

application was invalid.

About 60 town and Fauquier County residents spoke at the first session of the public hearing Nov. 15, and the hearing was left open after everyone present spoke about the plan, which would allow Amazon to build a 220,000-square-foot data center on Blackwell Road.

But the meeting Nov. 22 – when

the public hearing was scheduled to continue – ended before anyone who signed up was able to speak.

Planning Commissioner James Lawrence made a motion to pause consideration of Amazon’s application until the company submitted information that is missing; he said the application as submitted was incomplete and deficient. The motion

passed unanimously, and the meeting was adjourned.

Town attorney Martin Crim released a statement Nov. 28 through Interim Town Manager Chris Martino declaring that the decision to postpone a vote on the data center indefinitely was outside the planning See HEARING, page 4

COUGARS MAKE HISTORY

The front of Taylor Middle School, after renovations, could include a revamped bus loop.

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School board gets preview of how Taylor Middle School could look with renovations Cedar Lee renovations still on track for completion ahead of 2023-24 school year

By Colleen LaMay

Fauquier Times Staff Writer

Fauquier school board members got their first look recently at how Taylor Middle School might look after extensive renova-

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tions to make room for an additional 300 students, a new and larger gym, a cafeteria big enough to accommodate one full grade level and a redesigned bus loop that would make picking up and dropping off students easier.

In addition, board members received an update on renovations under way to expand Cedar Lee Middle School.

See RENOVATIONS, page 4

Charlottesville Police Department hires Warrenton’s Mike Kochis as its new chief

Warrenton Police Chief Mike Kochis makes an appearance at the Warrenton Christmas Parade.

By Robin Earl

Fauquier Times Staff Writer

The Charlottesville City Council Monday night announced that Warrenton Police Chief Mike Kochis will take over as the new chief of police in that city in January 2023.

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Marshall District Supervisor Mary Leigh McDaniel will not run for re-election.

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McDaniel won’t run for re-election, endorses Focazio for Marshall District seat

By Coy Ferrell

Fauquier Times Staff Writer

Marshall District Supervisor Mary Leigh McDaniel will not run for a third term in 2023, she announced this week. She endorsed Michael Focazio, a Hume resident who chairs the Fauquier County Water and Sanitation Board, to succeed her.

McDaniel will hold an event 5 p.m. Friday at the Marshall Community Center to introduce Focazio to her constituents.

McDaniel, an accountant who lives in Marshall, was first elected in 2015 to represent the mostly rural district that stretches from Fauquier Springs in the south to Paris in the north. The unincorporated community of Marshall anchors the district and has been the focus of the most complex legislative projects, like the revamped Marshall zoning code passed in 2017 and the Main Street Improvement Project that, while first approved in 2013, did not break ground until last year.

Pointing to those projects as well as the construction of a new Orlean fire station, completed in 2019, and the county-subsidized project that will make fiber-optic internet connections available to thousands of rural Fauquier County residents, McDaniel said that the board has set in motion or completed her legislative priorities and that it is time to pass the baton to someone else.

McDaniel emphasized what she characterized as a respectful and fruitful working relationship

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Supervisor Mary Leigh McDaniel has represented the Marshall District since 2016. among county supervisors during her tenure. “It’s been a joy to serve on this particular board,” she said, because “we have what’s best for the county as our first priority.” Even when they disagree on policy, she added, “we work well together and show respect for each other.”

The most complex issue facing the district now, she said, is managing the limited groundwater available to the Marshall Service District, the 2.5-square-mile area designated for nearly all residential, commercial and industrial development in the Marshall District as a whole. The lack of water has been an issue for decades, and the county has gradually developed a network of wells outside the service district boundaries to address the problem. “It’s not a big service district, but we have some opportunities there for additional tax revenue in a way that doesn’t negatively impact the viewshed — but you need water to do that,” McDaniel said.

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Focazio has a Ph.D. in hydrology, has served on the WSA board since 2011 and retired last week from a three-decade career with the U.S. Geological Survey. McDaniel said that he is uniquely qualified to steer the county’s policies and create sustainable development opportunities in Marshall.

Michael Focazio “He’s well-positioned to take over, I think, and I certainly hope the voters will agree,” McDaniel said. “He’s essentially spent his whole career in some form of conservation.”

Like McDaniel, Focazio said that his priority is to facilitate development in the Marshall Service District to create a solid commercial and industrial tax base while keeping the rest of the district rural. “If you look at the magisterial district at large, you have the service district as a small patch of humanity ... in a sea of forest and farmland,” Focazio said. “We all love driving through Fauquier, and we want to keep it that way.”

Each of Fauquier County’s five magisterial district seats will be on the ballot for the November 2023 general election. Center District Supervisor Kevin Carter, whom the board appointed earlier this year to complete the term of former Supervisor Chris Granger, indicated this summer that he will not run in next year’s election. Supervisors Rick Gerhardt (Cedar Lee District), Holder Trumbo (Scott District) and Chris Butler (Lee District) have not announced their plans.

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Company plans second bid for solar panel array outside Bristersburg

By Coy Ferrell

Fauquier Times Staff Writer

A Charlottesville solar energy company is making another pitch to build a 120,000-panel array on 485 acres just outside the southern Fauquier County village of Bristersburg. The company withdrew a similar application early this year after a flurry of opposition from area residents and the county’s farming community.

Torch Clean Energy is planning to submit a new application for the 80-megawatt facility “early next year” for staff and planning commission review, the first step in a two-tiered process that will give the public at least four opportunities to speak at public hearings if the proposal advances. Since 2020, when supervisors created new standards for solar energy applications, no proposal for a utility-scale solar installation has advanced past the first tier, which includes a review of the proposal’s compliance with the comprehensive plan. The previous Torch proposal did not make it to a vote.

This time, Torch has new findings in hand that company representatives say should alleviate concerns that the facility would take “prime” farmland out of production — one of several points of opposition county residents expressed nearly a year ago, when the proposal faced its first public hearing.

While the type of soil covering 111 acres of the site meets the county’s criteria for “prime cropland,” a detailed soil study found that only 8.6 acres of the site has soil that is in good enough condition to be considered “prime cropland.” The soil’s productivity has declined because much of the property has been used for sod farming for more than a decade, according to the company. Other areas with soil types classified as “prime cropland” are in drainage areas and, therefore, not suitable for agriculture, according to the company.

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Torch Clean Energy plans to file an application early next year for a proposed 120,000-panel utilityscale solar energy facility just south of the village of Bristersburg, in southern Fauquier County. a dozen neighbors of the proposed project at a community outreach meeting last week. They said that the installation would not be visible from either Bristersburg or Cromwell roads within five years of construction. They also promised to work out a deal to give up rights to develop the roughly three dozen potential residential lots at the site after the 40-year life of the project.

Giving up development rights and using the site as a solar installation would allow the soils to regenerate and guarantee that the property will always be available for agriculture, Torch representatives said.

“What we’re hoping is that our use of the site is actually going to help those soils and leave them in a better condition at the end of the project life,” project lead Sam Gulland told meeting attendees, adding that the ground under the solar panels is “basically … a big meadow” and that sheep will be kept on the property to graze under the panels. “[The panels are] not something that dominates the land entirely,” Gulland explained, emphasizing that the site requires very little grading since it is largely flat.

Though the project area would cover about 300 acres, “Note that, even in an array area, only about one third of the land is ‘under’ the solar panels due to spacing,” Gulland explained in a follow-up email after the meeting.

Torch has also emphasized that no new utility easements would be needed for the project since the transmission line that would connect the installation’s output to the grid runs across the property. The project would also increase more than ten-fold the amount of property taxes generated from the property, according to the company, an estimated $200,000 in the first year of operation.

Southern Fauquier County is traversed by about 64 miles of transmission lines, a fact that has prompted interest from solar energy companies in recent years. Dominion Energy operates a 20-megawatt solar facility next to two natural gas power plants outside Remington at the nexus of several transmission lines. The Dominion facility was built in 2017, before supervisors implemented the current zoning review standards for utility-scale solar installations.

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Warrenton Planning Commission will continue hearing public comments on Amazon data center Dec. 20 HEARING, from page 1 commission’s authority and was therefore invalid.

He said the planning commission’s obligation was to vote to recommend or not to recommend the SUP to the town council. It did not have the option of declaring the application “incomplete” because the application had been accepted by town staff.

Crim said commissioners lack authority to delay their decision beyond 100 days after they first considered it because that would essentially kill the proposal before it reached the town council.

The final decision on whether to grant or deny the SUP lies with the town council, Crim said.

Regarding Martino’s press release Nov. 28, Councilman Bill Semple said he was personally disappointed that not all members of the town council were told about Martino’s press release regarding the town attorney’s decision. “I was not aware of the press release until I read about it in the newspaper,” he said Planning Commission Chair Susan Helander said later that although she voted with her fellow commissioners to cease consideration of the application, she realized almost immediately the decision could not stand. She called the scheduled Dec. 20 meeting a “do-over” and emphasized that it was her decision to make. “It’s clear that we did not have the legal right to indefinitely postpone” further consideration of the Amazon proposal, she said.

Helander said that Lawrence’s Nov. 22 motion had been a surprise to the planning commissioners, a point confirmed by several of them in interviews.

The Dec. 20 public hearing will accommodate people who were not able to stay through the end of the Dec. 15 session and those who have since

School Board gets preview of how Taylor Middle School could look with renovations RENOVATIONS, from page 1 RRMM Architects is designing the Taylor renovation and provided renderings of how the middle school could look when it’s finished. The firm’s design work will take nine to 12 months, according to David Graham, assistant superintendent of administration for the Fauquier School Division. The newest estimate of the cost of the project is $56.6 million, which reflects supply-chain slow-downs and the rising costs of construction materials, among other economic factors. The original cost estimate was $40 million. A construction company will be chosen through a bidding process.

If all goes according to plan, work on the Taylor renovation could begin in about a year, Graham said.

Students enrolled at Taylor would

An overhead view of what Taylor Middle School could look like with renovations.

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Warrenton Planning Commission meeting When: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 20 Where: Warrenton Town Hall, 21 Main St. From the agenda: This is a continuance of the Nov. 15, Planning Commission Public Hearing.

The Applicant is requesting a Special Use Permit for a 220,200 square foot data center on Industrial zoned property designated in the New Town Character District on the Future Land Use Map located off Blackwell Road and Lee Highway.

To sign up to speak: Those wishing to speak on the Amazon data center application may sign up the night of the public hearing at town hall. To sign up in advance, go to warrentonva.gov/479/ December-20-2022-Town-of-Warrenton-Plann To submit a written comment: warrentonva. gov/296/Submit-a-Public-Comment decided to comment on the data center application. At the end of the hearing, the planning commission could once again vote to keep the public hearing open, but only if the applicant requests it, according to Helander.

Once the public hearing is closed, the planning commission could vote to recommend approval or denial.

A do-over

Helander said she discussed her concerns and desire to correct the commission’s decision with the interim town manager and the town attorney before discussing with staff. She also spoke with two town council members to let them know she was exploring the possibility of continuing the public hearing. “I didn’t ask anyone’s opinion; it’s my decision, but everyone seemed in agreement we should continue the public hearing.”

Planning Manager Denise Harris sent planning

commissioners a notice Monday afternoon that the Dec. 20 meeting would include continuation of the public hearing on the data center. The notice also said that the town council would be discussing the status of the application at its meeting Tuesday, Dec. 13, and would likely pass a resolution that evening.

Regarding the merits of the application and the planning commission’s decision Nov. 15, Planning Commissioner Ali Zarabi said, “I don’t believe it’s complete. … I would take the trust of Vice Chairman Lawrence’s thoughtful comments, which were “on point.” However, he added that he did not trust the application.

Lawrence declined to comment for this story.

The December meeting will be the last for Helander and Zarabi. Both are stepping down at the end of the year. “Ali and I will be able to have a good last meeting,” Helander said. “We will be able to leave at the end of December knowing that there isn’t something that needed to be done that we didn’t do.

“It’s been a painful month. … But it’s my job, and I’m going to finish it,” she said.

Helander said that anyone who signed up to speak at the Nov. 22 public hearing will be welcome to speak Dec. 20. Anyone who has not already signed up, either online or at the Nov. 22 meeting, can still get on the list, she said.

Cindy Burbank, an opponent of the data center and secretary of Protect Fauquier, said, “The dilemma still remains for the public and the planning commission. There are still a lot of unanswered questions and inadequacies in the application. Maybe the hearing can be continued, but I don’t see how they can vote, given that lack of information.”

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Maintenance of old schools is falling behind

Fauquier School Board members and administrators talked at a planning summit Nov. 30 about the ever-increasing list of deferred maintenance on the division’s many aging schools.

Some are in “alarming” need of repairs that have been delayed in part to give teachers much needed pay raises, said David Graham, assistant superintendent of administration.

For example, the boilers that keep the heat on at Fauquier High School are the same ones that were installed when the school was built in 1963, and they have been repaired many times. Finding parts is no longer easy. “Those are the keep-me-up-at-night things,” Graham said. “We can’t send kids into a building without heat when it’s winter.”

Maintenance is expensive. “Our budgets have been flat for quite some time.

Our dollar doesn’t go as far as it once did,” Graham said. Boilers are not as fun as new playground equipment or pretty flower beds at schools, but they are vital to students’ education, he noted. Neither board members nor school administrators had easy answers to the problem of deferred maintenance. attend Warrenton Middle School during construction, he said. Shifting students shaves 10% to 15% off the cost of renovations because work can progress more quickly without students in the building.

The school board received an update on the planned renovation

of Taylor — at 350 E. Shirley Ave., Warrenton — along with ongoing renovation at Cedar Lee Middle School — 11138 Marsh Road, Bealeton — at a planning summit Nov. 30.

Modernizing Fauquier County middle schools has been under discussion since the early 2000s. Taylor was built in 1951 as the county’s first Black high school. RRMM Architects is designing the building to reflect that history. Once renovated, Taylor would become the sole middle school in town. Warrenton Middle School, 244 Waterloo St., would be repurposed for other school division needs.

The Fauquier County Board of Supervisors made it clear in 2021 it supports the Taylor Middle School renovation. The school board and the county board of supervisors are now discussing the newest estimate of the cost, Lisa Henty, director of

the Fauquier Office of Management and Budget, said Friday.

Supervisors will discuss the Taylor renovation next spring, when they begin to hammer out a budget for the 2024 fiscal year, Henty said.

Those talks will likely begin in late February 2023 and will include opportunities for public input, she said.

Other considerations for the Taylor Middle School expansion: • Additional parking • Expansion of main office • Security vestibule for main entrance • Teacher resource areas • Custodial/utility space

Cedar Lee Middle School

Expansion continues at Cedar Lee Middle School to accommodate growth in the Bealeton area. “That’s our hot spot for growth,” Graham said.

The renovations there will increase the school’s capacity by 300 students, for a core capacity of 1,000 students.

He said that all the work is expected to be completed by the start of the next school year, 2023-24. Right now, some students who live so close to Cedar Lee that they can see the school’s lights have to be bused to Warrenton because Cedar Lee doesn’t have room for them, Graham said.

The expansion of Cedar Lee will mean that middle-school students in the area “will be much closer to their school,” and their bus rides will be much shorter. Graham said. In January, the school division expects to contact families who will be affected by the middle school expansions.

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Committee including parents, student and librarians to review goals for policies on library books, sexually explicit class materials

By Colleen LaMay

Fauquier Times Staff Writer

A 17-member committee will meet Dec. 7 for the first time to talk about expectations and goals for a state-mandated policy on sexually explicit class materials assigned in Fauquier public schools. At the request of school board members, the The committee will look at how committee also will review the divi- Fauquier County schools choose sion’s policies for selecting school-li- books for their libraries. brary books and notifying parents if their children want to check out graphic novels are sexually explicit.” books with sexually explicit images Many graphic novels are meant to make readers laugh or get caught up or passages.

Under the draft policy on sexual- in a good story, he told school board ly explicit classroom materials, par- members.

As an example, Warner said, ents will get at least 30 days’ notice maybe a student “wants to check if teachers plan to use instructional materials with “sexually explicit con- out a particular book that has realtent” in children’s assignments. Par- ly graphic imagery.” That doesn’t ents will be able to review the materi- mean the book must be removed als and ask for alternate assignments. from the library, he said. But it does As part of its work, the committee mean “checks and balances” should also will review policy 6-5.2 School be in place to give parents a chance Libraries/Media Centers. That is the to weigh in on what their children Fauquier division’s policy for selecting can read.

The committee’s role does not school-library books. The committee will develop steps for schools to follow include defining “sexually explicit” if libraries have selected books with material in library books students check out to read on their own, Warsexually explicit images or passages.

The committee’s work will in- ner said. “The division will seek clude developing steps to commu- clarity from the board attorney as nicate that sexually explicit content needed to clarify any interpretation exists, as well as alert parents who issues,” Warner said in an email.

Nothing in the committee’s work may want a say in whether their children check out those books for lei- will keep books off the shelves of sure reading. Whether parental-noti- school libraries, Warner said. As fication requirements would apply to a result, the division’s book-chalstudents age 18 or older is uncertain. lenge process will remain, Warner “That is not a question that we can said. “When all is said and done and answer at this point in time,” Deputy somebody sees something they don’t Superintendent Major Warner said like, that policy is still in effect,” Warner said. in an email after the summit.

The Fauquier chapter of Moms “What people need to understand is this is not a censorship process,” for Liberty had initiated challengWarner told school board members es on 17 school-library books, inat a planning summit Nov. 30. “What cluding historical fiction and other books that they we wanted to considered too do was to insexually expliccrease parental “We wholeheartedly it to be in the awareness and support this effort and libraries at Ketincrease paapplaud those who made tle Run High rental controls it happen and continue School and around some several other to support parental of the content school libraries. that is in our involvement in all aspects However, the schools,” Warof education for their group paused ner said. children.” their challengBoard mem- NATALIE ERDOSSY, es in anticipabers had little VICE CHAIR OF THE FAUQUIER tion of policy to say about the CHAPTER OF MOMS FOR LIBERTY. changes. committee’s up“Our concoming work. tinued goal is The state-manfor transparency, accountability and dated policy on sexually explicit collaboration between FCPS1 and classroom materials must be passed by the school board by Jan. 23 and parents and guardians in the comwill go into effect immediately. The munity,” Moms for Liberty Vice target date for implementing new Chair Natalie Erdossy said. “We rules around sexually explicit class wholeheartedly support this effort materials and library books with sex- and applaud those who made it hapual images or passages is the start of pen and continue to support parental the 2023-24 school year. Those divi- involvement in all aspects of educasion-specific rules are what the com- tion for their children,” she said.

“The Virginia Library Association mittee will be working on.

“There’s a lot of conversation absolutely affirms parental involvearound graphic novels right now,” ment when it comes to what children Warner told the school board. “It’s are reading and learning about,” said important to understand that not all Lisa Varga, executive director of the

Excerpts from Fauquier schools’ current policy on selecting books that contain sex or profanity (from school division policy 6-5.2 School Libraries/Media Centers)

1.4.3. “It is the policy of the Fauquier County Public Schools libraries to: Supply materials of interest to young people that are appropriate to their background and age.”

3.1.3. “Materials with accents on sex shall be subjected to a stern test of literary merit and reality by the media specialist who shall take into consideration the community, the laws and the accepted public moral standards. While libraries would not in any case include the sensational, overdramatic or pornographic, the appearance of sexual incidents or profanity shall not automatically disqualify a book. Rather the decision shall be made on the basis of whether the book presents life in its true proportions, whether circumstances are realistically dealt with and whether the book is of literary value. Factual material of an educational nature on the level of the reader shall be included in the literary collections.”

Read the full policy here: www.fcps1.org/Page/3641 and click on FCPS1 Book Selection.

The definition of “sexually explicit” in the policy on sexually explicit classroom materials mandated by the state:

“Sexually explicit content” is defined in the Code of Virginia Section 2.22827 as: 3.2.1.1. any description of, or 3.2.1.2. any picture, photograph, drawing, motion picture film, digital image or similar visual representation depicting sexual bestiality, a lewd exhibition of nudity, as nudity is defined in Section 18.2-390, sexual excitement, sexual conduct or sadomasochistic abuse, as also defined in Section 18.2-390, coprophilia, urophilia or fetishism. library association. “Our concern is that we don’t think one parent or a small group of vocal parents should be able to say what other students should read or not read.”

Amy Acors, director of instruction and supervisor for history and social science, and academic counseling, and David Kuzma, supervisor of library and media services, will co-chair the committee. Warner declined to name the other members of the committee, which comprises two parents, one student, four administrators, two teachers, five librarians and three principals/assistant principals.

Including five librarians on the committee is a big plus, Varga said.

“I am thankful to hear that librarians are being included in this committee because it is vital that experts be involved,” she said. “Librarians have very specific training and are committed to their own lifelong learning, as well as the lifelong learning of all of their students, and their training is invaluable.”

The committee will split into two working subgroups. One of the groups will tackle the parental notification requirement for sexually explicit classroom materials, and the other will look at changes to the library-book selection process (policy 6-5.2) — and primarily focus on how to notify parents when their kids want to check out books that have been deemed sexually explicit.

Goals

The goals for the committee members who will work on the selection process for library books are: • Develop a regulation to be attached to current policy, 6-5.2 School Libraries/Media Centers. See box with details of the current policy.

• Discuss and develop decision points around books that meet the definition of sexually explicit as outlined in the division’s policy. (That policy

judges books on their “literary merit,” among other criteria.)

• Refine notification strategies currently used at some schools to alert parents who want to know which books their children check out.

The goals for committee members who will work on parental notification for sexually explicit class materials are: • Develop a regulation to be attached to current policy.

• Examine the notification expectations within the policy.

• Develop a checklist with steps for school leaders and teachers for screening for sexually explicit material, notifying parents and providing alternative measures.

Revised timeline

• The school board’s deadline for approval of the parental notification policy for sexually explicit classroom assignments is Jan. 23, 2023, but the board is expected to approve the policy at its Dec. 12 meeting.

The plan is to put it on the consent agenda, a tool for streamlining meetings by grouping non-controversial items so they can pass with a single motion and vote.

• At an introduction meeting Dec. 7, the committee will learn about expectations, a timeline and goals.

• By January 2023, the committee will split into two groups, one to begin working on the library selection and the second to work on parental-notification regulations for sexually explicit materials.

• The committee and subgroups will meet from January to May to create the regulations.

• Regulations will be presented to Superintendent of Schools David Jeck in June and to the school board in July.

• Regulations will go into effect at the start of the 2023-24 school year.

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Charlottesville Police Department hires Warrenton’s Mike Kochis as its new chief KOCHIS, from page 1 City Manager Michael Rogers explained that Warrenton’s chief was one of three finalists but during the final interview process, Kochis stood above the others for his approachability and his ability to solve problems and build partnerships.

Rogers said he received glowing reports about the way the Warrenton Police Department, under Kochis’ leadership, interacted with citizens.

“There was a real passion from these folks about this man’s engagement with the community.”

Rogers said that before Kochis arrived in Warrenton, the town had run through three police chiefs in 18 months, “and he brought stability. ...

Michael Kochis will make a great police chief for Charlottesville.”

Kochis, 48, attended graduate school at the University of Virginia, so Charlottesville will be familiar territory. He’ll leave behind 34 officers to join the 155-officer department in Charlottesville, but he is comfortable leading a large force.

Before he came to Warrenton in February 2020, he was a commander at the Alexandria Police Department, which has more than 300 officers.

Despite its bigger constituency, Kochis said the more he looked at Charlottesville, the more he thought the community was very similar to Warrenton. “Charlottesville is a city

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Building trust

During his three years as Warrenton police chief, Mike Kochis instituted several programs to promote transparency and inspire trust in law enforcement. They include: Community Action Team: A nine-member team attends monthly meetings to “actively engage in honest and purposeful dialogue for the purpose of community problem solving.” Members of the group support the department and act as liaisons to the community.

See it in a Different Light restorative justice program: Residents role-play different scenarios to learn about how police handle certain situations. The attendees may be asked, for instance, to “investigate” a call about a “suspicious person” in someone’s yard at night.

Participants are asked to see daily encounters from police officers’ point of view.

Community Police Academy: Residents attend a series of weekly classes to learn about the department.

Those who complete the program pledge to do 10 hours that wants to be engaged with its police department.” He said he sees opportunities to make connections between the police force and residents, just like he tried to do in Warrenton.

When he first started working as Warrenton chief, he spent a lot of time listening and learning. “I tried to be present, listened to everyone and tried to get a sense of what Warrenton wants from police.”

He asked himself what kind of image the police force was portraying. “Is the picture you are presenting to the community a SWAT team kicking down a door or a police officer tying a kids’ shoe? We worked on building trust.”

He said he would remind his officers that a community’s trust wasn’t lost overnight, and it wouldn’t be rebuilt overnight.

of volunteer work annually.

Community Faith Coalition: Faith leaders work with members of the Warrenton Police Department.

Ward focus groups: Community conversations are held at different locations throughout the town. The chief and police officers talk with residents about issues and provide a forum for asking questions.

Community Roll Calls: Daily roll calls, where officers talk about the issues of the day and get their assignments, are held in various places around town; residents are welcome to stop by and ask questions.

Guardian program: Everyone who has an encounter with a Warrenton Police officer gets a chance to fill out a survey, answering questions about how they were treated during the visit or traffic stop. The officer is scored on the ability to explain “why;” listening skills; fairness; professionalism; and the ability to explain next steps. The results are captured on a dashboard that is accessible to every officer, supervisor and commander in the police department.

Kochis gave an example of how working hand in hand with the community can make a big difference. In July, the Haiti Street community – a historically Black neighborhood — experienced two shootings within two weeks. He held meetings with Habitat for Humanity representatives, with members of the NAACP and with residents. “They were clear. They wanted their community to be policed, but they did not want their community to be over-policed. They wanted their kids to be able to walk to the bus stop safely.

They wanted the same quality of life available everywhere else in the town.

“We found the people — who weren’t a part of that community — and we arrested them. Then, we stayed there and worked with residents. Officers visited the neighborhood often but didn’t just sit in their

cars. They got out of their cars; they sat on porches; they talked to people.

“We had a BBQ on the block,” he said. “We continued to build relationships. We want people to see the community and the police department as one.”

He said there were 160 calls for service in July, 50 to 65 calls for service in August, three in September, two in October and only one in November.

He said, “We are going to continue to be there for the Haiti Street community any time they need us.”

The chief doesn’t take all the credit for building trust between residents and police. He emphasized, “I want to make sure it’s clear that this town, this town council has allowed this police department to be as successful as it has.”

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Charlottesville Police Department hires Warrenton’s Mike Kochis as its new chief KOCHIS, from page 8 He gives equal credit to his officers and support staff. “The Warrenton Police Department has no vacancies for the first time in 15 years. We are hiring the right people. When we advertised for our last vacancy, we had 144 applicants for one position.”

Kochis said that the department signed the 30 by 30 initiative, which commits the department to have 30% of its force female. “We are at 24% now,” said Kochis. There is also a commitment to increase the number of women in supervisory ranks (corporal and above).

He said without hesitation, “Women make the best cops. Our use-of-force data is way down.”

Kochis said that Charlottesville has signed up for the 30 by 30 initiative as well.

Once he starts his new job, he expects to see the same issues he has seen in Warrenton — crime, traffic, race relations. Of these, he hears the most from residents about traffic. “Nobody wants people speeding through their neighborhoods,” he said.

Charlottesville has its share of crime, but Kochis remembers that he dealt with three homicides in his first year as Warrenton’s chief.

And although Charlottesville is famous for the white supremacist Unite the Right rally in August 2017,

Warrenton’s efforts for social justice for all races are smaller but enduring. Black Lives Matter demonstrations have taken place in Courthouse Square almost every week since April 2021. Conflicts have arisen between the BLM group and counter protesters, but Warrenton Police make sure both groups have their say peacefully.

Kochis said, “Police reform and public safety do not need to be in conflict.

They can co-exist.”

Warrenton Mayor Carter Nevill said he has mixed feelings about losing the town’s police chief. “I lived in Charlottesville for many years, and I know the pain and suffering they have endured since 2017,” when protesters marched through Charlottesville chanting racist and anti-Semitic rhetoric; one person was killed and 35 were injured when someone drove a car through a crowd of counter protesters.

“I am grateful for everything he did for us,” Nevill said, “but Charlottesville needs Mike Kochis. He is the right person for the job right now.”

Nevill said he believes that Major Tim Carter may be tagged to serve as interim chief. He has served as interim chief before and “that seems like the commonsense approach.”

He said right now, the town has its hands full trying to hire a new town manager. After that person is hired, the new town manager can focus on hiring a new permanent police chief.

Kochis will begin in his new role around Jan. 16, 2023.

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Christmas season kicks off in Warrenton, Marshall, Remington Three Fauquier County communities held Christmas parades this weekend, drawing hundreds of local residents and visitors into the streets. Warrenton held its parade Friday evening, and Marshall and Remington held their parades Saturday. See more photos at fauquier.com.

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June, Jade and Jenna Lester spot the Grinch before the Marshall parade.

The transportation department at Fauquier County Public Schools had a colorful float in the Remington parade.

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Santa Claus arrives at Gumdrop Square, located at the John Barton Payne Building in Old Town Warrenton. Santa and Mrs. Claus will be on site 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays, Dec. 10 and 17 and 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays, Dec. 11 and 18.

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There were a variety of conveyances in the Marshall parade, from dune buggies to horses.

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The Grinch makes an appearance at the Remington parade.

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The Grinch (Joe Dilisi of Joe’s Pizza) at the Marshall parade.

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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF AN APPLICATION BY NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF AN APPLICATION BY VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY VIRGINIA OF ELECTRIC AND POWER CLAUSE: COMPANY FOR REVISION RATE ADJUSTMENT RIDER FOR REVISION OF RATE ADJUSTMENT CLAUSE: RIDER US-2, SCOTT, WHITEHOUSE, AND WOODLAND SOLAR US-2, SCOTT, WHITEHOUSE, AND WOODLAND SOLAR POWER RATE YEARS YEARS COMMENCING COMMENCING POWER STATIONS, STATIONS, FOR FOR THE THE RATE SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER 1, 1, 2024 2024 SEPTEMBER 1, 1, 2023 2023 AND AND SEPTEMBER CASE CASE NO. NO. PUR-2022-00164 PUR-2022-00164 •VirginiaElectric Electricand andPower PowerCompany Company (“Dominion”) (“Dominion”) has has applied applied for for approval approval to revise its rate adjustment clause, Rider US-2.

•Virginia •Inthis thiscase, case,Dominion Dominionhas hasasked askedthe the State State Corporation Corporation Commission Commission (“Commission”) (“Commission”) to to approve approve Rider Rider US-2 •In US-2 for for the the rate rate years years September September 1, 1, 2023, 2023, through throughAugust August 31, 31, 2024 2024(“Rate (“RateYear Year1”) 1”)and andSeptember September 2024through throughAugust August31, 31,2025 2025(“Rate (“RateYear Year 2”).

2”).

1,1,2024 •Dominion requests a revenue requirement of $8,934,720 for Rate Year 1, which would decrease the monthly bill of a residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours of electricity by $0.05 per month.

•Dominion requests a revenue requirement of $8,934,720 for Rate Year 1, which would decrease the monthly bill of a residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours of electricity by $0.05 per month.

•Dominion requests a revenue requirement of $8,492,521 for Rate Year 2, which would decrease the monthly bill of a residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours of electricity by an additional $0.01 per

•Dominion requests a revenue requirement of $8,492,521 for Rate Year 2, which would decrease the monthly bill of a residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours of electricity by an additional $0.01 per month relative to Year 1. month relative to Year 1.

•A Hearing Examiner appointed by the Commission will hold a telephonic hearing in this case on March 14, 2023, at 10 a.m., for the receipt of public witness testimony.

•A Hearing Examiner appointed by the Commission will hold a telephonic hearing in this case on March 14, 2023, at 10 a.m., for the receipt of public witness testimony.

•A hearing on the Application shall be convened at 10 a.m. on March 15, 2023, in the Commission’s second floor courtroom located in the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219,

to hearing receive the testimony and evidence of the Company, anyon respondents, theinStaff.

•A on the Application shall be convened at 10 a.m.

March 15, and 2023, the Commission’s second floor courtroom located in the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, to•Further receiveinformation the testimony and evidence of the Company, any respondents, and the Staff. about this case is available on the Commission website at: scc.virginia.gov/pages/CaseInformation.

•Further information thisElectric case is and available the Commission website at: scc.virginia.gov/pages/CaseInformation.

On October 5, 2022, about Virginia Poweron Company (“Dominion” or “Company”), pursuant to Code § 56-585.1 A 6, filed with the State Corporation Commission (“Commission”) its biennial update filing with respect to the Company’s rate adjustment clause, Rider US-2 (“Application”). Through its Application, the Company seeks to recover costs associated with three utility-scale solar photovoltaic

generation (i) the 17Electric megawatt (nominal (“Dominion” alternating current (“AC”)) Scott Solar Facility in Powhatan Solar”); (ii) the 20 MW AC Whitehouse Solar Facility locatOn October facilities: 5, 2022, Virginia and(“MW”) Power Company or “Company”), pursuant to Code located § 56-585.1 A 6, filedCounty with the(“Scott State Corporation Commission (“Commission”) its biennial update ed in with Louisa County (“Whitehouse and (iii) clause, the 19 MW Woodland Solar Facility located Isle of Wight (“Woodland Solar”) (collectively, “US-2 or the “Projects”). filing respect to the Company’sSolar”); rate adjustment RiderAC US-2 (“Application”).

Through itsinApplication, theCounty Company seeks to recover costs associated withSolar threeProjects” utility-scale solar photovoltaic generation facilities: (i) the 17 megawatt (“MW”) (nominal alternating current (“AC”)) Scott Solar Facility located in Powhatan County (“Scott Solar”); (ii) the 20 MW AC Whitehouse Solar Facility locatIn in Case No. County PUE-2015-00104, the Solar”); Commission approved of the US-2 Projects.

Inin conjunction therewith, Commission also (collectively, approved a rate adjustment clause, designated Rider US-2, ed Louisa (“Whitehouse and (iii) the 19construction MW AC Woodland SolarSolar Facility located Isle of Wight Countythe (“Woodland Solar”) “US-2 Solar Projects” or the “Projects”). which allowed Dominion to recover costs associated with the development of the Projects. The US-2 Solar Projects achieved commercial operations in 2016.

InInCase No. PUE-2015-00104, theasked Commission approvedtoconstruction of the US-2 Projects.rate In years conjunction therewith, the Commission rate adjustment clause, Rider its Application, Dominion has the Commission approve Rider US-2 for Solar two proposed commencing on September 1, 2023also andapproved extendinga through August 31, 2024designated (“Rate Year 1”),US-2, and which allowedon Dominion to 1, recover costsextending associated with the development the Projects.

US-2 Solar achievedFor commercial 2016. commencing September 2024 and through August 31, 2025of(“Rate Year 2”)The (collectively, theProjects “Rate Years”).

Rate Yearoperations 1, the two in key components of the revenue requirement are the Projected Cost Recovery Factor and the Actual Cost True-Up Factor. The requirement for Rate Year 2 comprises only the Projected Cost Recovery Factor.

In its Application, Dominion has asked the Commission to approve Rider US-2 for two proposed rate years commencing on September 1, 2023 and extending through August 31, 2024 (“Rate Year 1”), and The Projected Recovery Factorand consists of thethrough projected financing costs(“Rate on invested capital, plus income taxes on the equity component thetwo return projectedof operating costsrequirement of the US-2are Solar commencing onCost September 1, 2024 extending August 31, 2025 Year 2”) (collectively, the “Rate Years”).

For Rate Year 1,ofthe keyand components the revenue the Projects during the two consecutive Rate Years.Cost TheTrue-Up Actual Cost True-Up Factor will credit to, Year or recover from, customers any over/under collectionFactor. of costs from the most recently completed calendar Projected Cost Recovery Factor and the Actual Factor.

The requirement for Rate 2 comprises only the Projected Cost Recovery year. There will be no Actual Cost True-Up Factor in Rate Year 2. The Actual Cost True-Up Factor revenue requirement requested for recovery in Rate Year 1 is ($169,211) for Scott Solar, $142,436 for

Whitehouse $45,924 for Woodland resultingfinancing in a total Actual True-up Factor revenue requirement of equity approximately $19,148.

The Projected Cost Recovery requirements for The ProjectedSolar, Cost and Recovery Factor consists ofSolar, the projected costs onCost invested capital, plus income taxes on the component of the return and projected operatingFactor costs of the US-2 Solar Rate Years 1 and 2 total $8,915,572 and $8,492,521, respectively. Thus, the Company is requesting total revenue requirements for recovery of $8,934,720 for Rate Year 1 and $8,492,521 for Rate Year 2.

Projects during the two consecutive Rate Years. The Actual Cost True-Up Factor will credit to, or recover from, customers any over/under collection of costs from the most recently completed calendar year.

There will be Cost True-Up Factor with in Rate 2. The Actual Cost True-Up requested forreview recovery in Rate Year 1 isNo. ($169,211) for Scott Solar, $142,436 For the purposes ofno itsActual Application, and consistent theYear Commission’s November 18, 2021Factor Final revenue Order inrequirement the Company’s triennial proceeding in Case PUR-2021-00058 (“Triennial Finalfor Whitehouse and $45,924 forthe Woodland resulting in athe total Actual return Cost True-up Factor revenue requirement approximately $19,148.

The Projected Recovery Factorthe requirements Order”), theSolar, Company calculated revenue Solar, requirement using approved on equity (“ROE”) of 9.35% for theof period after the date of the Triennial Final Cost Order.

Additionally, Company isfor Rate Yearsthe 1 and 2 total $8,915,572 andby $8,492,521, respectively.

Thus, theFinal Company requesting total requirements for recovery of $8,934,720 Rate the YearROE 1 and Rate Year 2. utilizing capital structure approved the Commission in the Triennial Order.isFor the period ofrevenue time prior to the Triennial Final Order, Dominion for utilized of $8,492,521 9.2%, whichfor was approved by the Commission in Case No. PUR-2019-00050.

For the purposes of its Application, and consistent with the Commission’s November 18, 2021 Final Order in the Company’s triennial review proceeding in Case No. PUR-2021-00058 (“Triennial Final If the proposed updatescalculated to Rider US-2 for the requirement Rate Years are approved, the impact onon customer bills would dependfor on the the period customer’s schedule usage. Final According Dominion, forthe Rate Year 1, is imOrder”), the Company the revenue using the approved return equity (“ROE”) of 9.35% after rate the date of theand Triennial Order.toAdditionally, Company plementation of thestructure proposedapproved Rider US-2 on September 1, 2023 decrease theOrder. residential customer’s bill,tobased on usageFinal of 1,000 kilowatt-hours (“kWh”) month, by $0.05. utilizing the capital by the Commission in thewill Triennial Final For the period ofmonthly time prior the Triennial Order, Dominion utilized theper ROE of 9.2%, whichImplementation was approved of the Rider US-2 for Rate YearNo. 2 will decrease the residential customer’s monthly bill, based on usage of 1,000 kWh per month, by an additional $0.01 as compared to Rate Year 1. by Commission in Case PUR-2019-00050.

Interested persons are encouraged to review the Application and supporting documents for the details of these and other proposals.

If the proposed updates to Rider US-2 for the Rate Years are approved, the impact on customer bills would depend on the customer’s rate schedule and usage. According to Dominion, for Rate Year 1, implementation of the proposed Rider US-2 September 1, 2023among will decrease theclasses residential customer’s monthly bill, based on usage 1,000 kilowatt-hours (“kWh”) month, by $0.05. Implementation TAKE NOTICE that the Commission mayonapportion revenues customer and/or design rates in a manner differing from of that shown in the Application andper supporting documents and thus may ofadopt Rider US-2 fordiffer Ratefrom Yearthose 2 willappearing decrease in thethe residential customer’s monthly bill, based documents. on usage of 1,000 kWh per month, by an additional $0.01 as compared to Rate Year 1. rates that Company’s Application and supporting On Marchpersons 14, 2023, 10 a.m., thetoHearing Examiner assigned this case will hold a telephonic hearing, withand no other witness present in the Commission’s courtroom, for the purpose of receiving the testimony Interested areatencouraged review the Application andto supporting documents for the details of these proposals. of public witnesses. On or before March 8, 2023, any person desiring to offer testimony as a public witness shall provide to the Commission (a) your name, and (b) the telephone number that you wish the

Commission to call the hearingmay to receive yourrevenues testimony.

Thiscustomer information mayand/or be provided the in Commission in three ways: (i) by filling form on theand Commission’s website at and thus may TAKE NOTICE that during the Commission apportion among classes designtorates a manner differing from that shown inout theaApplication supporting documents scc.virginia.gov/pages/Webcasting; (ii) by completing and emailing the PDF of this form to SCCInfo@scc.virginia.gov; or by calling (804) 371-9141. This public witness hearing will be webcast at adopt rates that differ from those appearing in the Company’s Application andversion supporting documents. scc.virginia.gov/pages/Webcasting.

On Hearing Examinersecond assigned to courtroom this case will hold in a telephonic hearing, with witness in the Commission’s courtroom, for theExaminer purpose ofwill receiving testimony OnMarch March14, 15,2023, 2023,at at10 10a.m., a.m.,the in the Commission’s floor located the Tyler Building, 1300no East Main present Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, the Hearing convenethe a hearing oftopublic before March any personfrom desiring to offer testimony as a public witness shall provideStaff. to the Commission (a) your name, and (b) the telephone number that you wish the receivewitnesses. testimony On andorevidence related8,to2023, the Application the Company, any respondents, and the Commission’s Commission to call during the hearing to receive your testimony. This information may be provided to the Commission in three ways: (i) by filling out a form on the Commission’s website at The Commission takes judicial notice ongoing public health issues related to the of the coronavirus, or COVID 19. or The taken certain actions,witness and may take additional actionsat scc.virginia.gov/pages/Webcasting; (ii)of bythe completing and emailing the PDF version of spread this form to SCCInfo@scc.virginia.gov;

by Commission calling (804)has 371-9141.

This public hearing will be webcast going forward, that could impact the procedures in this proceeding. Consistent with these actions, in regard to the terms of the procedural framework established below, the Commission will, among other scc.virginia.gov/pages/Webcasting. things, direct the electronic filing of testimony and pleadings unless they contain confidential information, and require electronic service on parties to this proceeding.

On March 15, 2023, at 10 a.m., in the Commission’s second floor courtroom located in the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, the Hearing Examiner will convene a hearing electronic copy of theevidence Company’s Application may be obtained byCompany, submittingany a written requestand to counsel for the Company: toAn receive testimony related to the Application from the respondents, the Commission’s Staff. Jontille D. Ray, McGuireWoods LLP, Gateway Plaza, 800 East Canal Street, Richmond, Virginia and 23219, jray@mcguirewoods.com.

The Commission takes notice of the ongoing public issuesonrelated to the spread of the coronavirus, or COVID Commission has taken certain actions, and may take additional actions On or before March 10,judicial 2023, any interested person may filehealth comments the Application by following the instructions found19. on The the Commission’s website: going forward, that could impact the procedures in this proceeding.

Consistent with these actions, in regard to theelectronically terms of the may procedural framework below, theClerk Commission will, among other scc.virginia.gov/casecomments/Submit-Public-Comments.

Those unable, as a practical matter, to file comments file such commentsestablished

by U.S. mail to the of the State Corporation things, direct the electronic filing of testimony and pleadings unless they contain confidential information, and require electronic service on parties to this proceeding.

Commission c/o Document Control Center, P.O. Box 2118, Richmond, Virginia 23218-2118. All comments shall refer to Case No. PUR-2022-00164.

Onelectronic or before December 2022, anyApplication person or entity to participate as a respondent in thisto proceeding may so by filing a notice of participation at scc.virginia.gov/clk/efiling. unable, as An copy of the30, Company’s may wishing be obtained by submitting a written request counsel for thedo Company: Jontille D. Ray, McGuireWoods LLP, Gateway Plaza, 800Those East Canal Street, a practical Virginia matter, to23219, file a notice of participation electronically may file such notice by U.S. mail to the Clerk of the Commission at the address listed above. Such notice of participation shall include the Richmond, jray@mcguirewoods.com. email addresses of such parties or their counsel. The respondent simultaneously shall serve a copy of the notice of participation on counsel to the Company. Pursuant to Rule 5 VAC 5-20-80 B, Partici-

pation as a respondent, of the any Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (“Rules of Practice”), any notice of participation forth: (i) a precise statement of the interest of the respondent; (ii) a On or before 10, 2023, interested may file comments thefactual Application by following theaction. instructions found shall on theset Commission’s website: statement of March the specific action sought to the person extent then known; and (iii)onthe and legal for the Any organization, corporation, or government body participating as a respondent must be scc.virginia.gov/casecomments/Submit-Public-Comments. unable, asRules a practical matter,basis to file comments electronically file such comments

by U.S. mail to the Clerk of the State Corporation represented by counsel as required by Rule 5 VAC 5-20-30,Those Counsel, of the of Practice.

All filings shall refer to Case No.may PUR-2022-00164.

Commission c/o Document Control Center, P.O. Box 2118, Richmond, Virginia 23218-2118. All comments shall refer to Case No. PUR-2022-00164.

On or before February 3, 2023, each respondent may file with the Clerk of the Commission, at scc.virginia.gov/clk/efiling, , any testimony and exhibits by which the respondent expects to establish its case.

On orrespondent before December any person wishing and to participate as a respondent thissuch proceeding may do so by filing notice of participation at scc.virginia.gov/clk/efiling.

Those unable, as Any unable,30, as a2022, practical matter, or to entity file testimony exhibits electronically mayinfile

by U.S. mail to the Clerk of athe Commission at the address listed above. Each witness’s testimony include a summary to exceed one page. electronically All testimonymay and exhibits beby served thetoCommission’s Staff, the Company, all other respondents simultaneous with its filing.shall In all filings, ashall practical matter, to file anot notice of participation file suchshall notice U.S. on mail the Clerk of the Commission at theand address listed above. Such notice of participation include the respondents shall with or thetheir Commission’s Rules of Practice, including 5 VAC Filing andnotice service, and 5 VAC 5-20-240, Prepared testimony and exhibits.

All filings referB,toParticiCase No. email addresses of comply such parties counsel. The respondent simultaneously shall 5-20-140, serve a copy of the of participation on counsel to the Company.

Pursuant to Rule 5 VACshall 5-20-80 PUR-2022-00164. pation as a respondent, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (“Rules of Practice”), any notice of participation shall set forth: (i) a precise statement of the interest of the respondent; (ii) a statement of the specific action sought to the extent then known; and (iii) the factual and legal basis for the action. Any organization, corporation, or government body participating as a respondent must be Any documents filed inaspaper formby with the5Office of the Clerk of theof Commission this docket useshall both refer sidesto ofCase the paper.

In all other respects, except as modified by the Commission’s Order for represented counsel required Rule VACwith 5-20-30, Counsel, the5Rules ofinPractice.

Allmay filings No. PUR-2022-00164.

Notice and by Hearing, all filings shall comply fully the requirements of VAC 5-20-150, Copies and format, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice.

On beforeversion February 3, 2023, each respondent may filedocuments with the Clerk at scc.virginia.gov/clk/efiling, , any and exhibits

by Notice which the expects to establish its case.

Theorpublic of the Company’s Petition and other filedof in the thisCommission, case, the Commission’s Rules of Practice, and thetestimony Commission’s Order for andrespondent Hearing may be viewed at: Any respondent unable, as a practical matter, to file testimony and exhibits electronically may file such by U.S. mail to the Clerk of the Commission at the address listed above. Each witness’s testimony scc.virginia.gov/pages/Case-Information. shall include a summary not to exceed one page. All testimony and exhibits shall be served on the Commission’s Staff, the Company, and all other respondents simultaneous with its filing. In all filings, respondents shall comply with the Commission’s Rules of Practice, including 5 VAC 5-20-140, Filing and service, and 5 VAC 5-20-240, Prepared testimony and exhibits. All filings shall refer to Case No. VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY PUR-2022-00164.

Any documents filed in paper form with the Office of the Clerk of the Commission in this docket may use both sides of the paper. In all other respects, except as modified by the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing, all filings shall comply fully with the requirements of 5 VAC 5-20-150, Copies and format, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice.

The public version of the Company’s Petition and other documents filed in this case, the Commission’s Rules of Practice, and the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing may be viewed at: scc.virginia.gov/pages/Case-Information.

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Fauquier Community Band presents a Celebration of Christmas COURTESY PHOTOS

The Fauquier Community Band will present a holiday gala Monday, Dec. 12.

Membership in the allvolunteer band is open to all aspiring musicians

By Constance Lyons

Special to the Fauquier Times

Amateur instrumentalists are used to playing in the solitude of their homes, or worse, being banished to the garage by family members who don’t appreciate the sounds of solitary strings or wind instruments endlessly repeating the same melodies or musical phrases in a quest for tuneful perfection. Who wouldn’t grasp at a chance to join fellow enthusiasts joining together to create a public performance?

The Fauquier Community Band provides exactly the opportunity amateur musicians crave.

Membership in the all-volunteer band is open to all aspiring musicians, from high school students to octogenarians. At its inception in 1986, the band numbered 20 members; it has increased to 51.

Members do not have to be residents of Fauquier County, and auditions are not required. “Our principal goal is to have fun,” band president Bill Semple said. “Our skill level, as may be expected, ranges from someone who last played a few decades ago to the highly skilled.”

On Monday, Dec. 12, at Fauquier High School, the band will present a gala concert filled with holiday favorites. Among the familiar songs: “Joy to the World,” “A Caribbean Christmas” and “Twelve Days of Christmas Sing Along.” Admission is free. After the concert, items contributed by the public and band members will be raffled. A reception also is planned.

The band rehearses from 7 to 8:30 p.m. every Monday, usually in the band room at Fauquier High School, but occasionally at the Warrenton Community Center.

Most concerts are held at Fauquier High School, but the band frequently performs on Main Street in Warrenton. Many of the members also play in other bands like the Piedmont Symphony Orchestra, the Silvertones Swing Band and the American Legion Community Band. They also frequently play in pit orchestras for musicals at local schools and community groups: Fauquier Community Theater, Zemhira Stage Theater in Falls Church,

Most concerts are performed at Fauquier High School, but the band often plays on Main Street in Warrenton.

Christmas concert

Performers: Fauquier Community Band Date: 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 12 Place: Fauquier High School Program: Holiday favorites including: “Joy to the World,” “A Caribbean Christmas” and “Twelve Days of Christmas Sing Along” Cost: Free to the public After the concert: A raffle of items contributed by the public and band members, along with a reception the Castaway Repertory Theater in Woodbridge, the Highland School in Warrenton and the Fresta Valley Christian School in Marshall. The band also regularly participates in Warrenton’s Fourth of July parade.

Boys (and girls) in the band

Semple started playing the clarinet in middle school, “like many of our members.” His repertoire is eclectic, wide-ranging: “Over the years I’ve played band, orchestral, swing (Big Band) and Dixieland.”

Wendy Martin-Shuma has been in the band since 2006 and has been the acting section leader for the French horn section since that time; she was band president for two years, from 2009 to 2011.

“The community band is a wonderful place for musicians of differing skill levels to play in a stress-free environment that is both welcoming and enriching,” she said. “The band’s music selection committee is careful to pick a variety of

songs for each concert, to challenge the advanced musicians while keeping the experience fun for everyone. Conductor Paul Hicks and Katie Bryant (assistant conductor) lead the band and help the group bring high-quality performances to the community.

“Middle schoolers and high schoolers are also welcome to play in the band, giving them another option to grow as musicians and to play alongside adults,” Martin-Shuma said. “The band is free to all who participate, and donations and raffle prizes at FCB concerts help keep the band funded.

“There are several husband-and-wife teams who play together in the band. And throughout the years, parents and their children have played side-by-side to make music together.”

Conductor Paul Hicks, now in his tenth season, has been band director at Marshall Middle School for 21 years. Hicks plays trombone; when needed, he pinch hits in the percussion section of the orchestra. From Lockport, Louisiana, he served four years playing trombone in the Air Force Band of the West in San Antonio, Texas. He has taught middle and high school band in public schools in Louisiana and Virginia. His bands have consistently received superior or first place ratings at competitions since 2008. In 2007, Hicks was nominated for the Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Award sponsored by The Washington Post.

Past concerts include an all-Gershwin show and one featuring music from popular movies. Upcoming performances include Dancing through Time on March 20 and Music from America on May 22.

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Blanket donations brighten holidays for patients in hospice care Aimée O’Grady

Blankets for Hospice

Special to the Fauquier Times

Blankets for Hospice is holding its seventh annual blanket drive of new or newly made blankets for patients enrolled in ProMedica Hospice, formerly Heartland Hospice, serving patients in Fauquier County.

Donations will be accepted through Dec. 13.

Beth Griese began the drive in 2015, following the death of her father. “He died of ALS one week after his 64th birthday while enrolled in hospice care for two and a half months. During those few months, my eyes were opened to some of the living conditions of people enrolled in hospice care,” said Griese.

Hospice care is healthcare for terminally ill patients of any age. It prioritizes end-of-life comfort, dignity and pain reduction. According to local hospice care nurses, the average amount of time a patient is enrolled in hospice care is three months. During this time, patients receive care in the comfort of their own homes.

While Griese acknowledges that some people are financially able to have caregivers in their lives to ease the burden of end-of-life care, she also knows that this is not the case for everyone. “Some people enrolled in hospice care do not have running water, clean blankets or enough food.”

During the first blanket drive, she

Details: Donations of new or newly made blankets of any size are welcome. Blankets do not need to be wrapped, but they may be placed in a gift bag. Hospice nurses will match blankets with patients.

Deadline for donations: Dec. 13 Drop off location: ProMedica Hospice Serving Northern Virginia, 493 Blackwell Road, Suite 319, Warrenton Questions: Email Beth Griese, blanket drive coordinator, at bethgriese@comcast.net

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Some groups have already donated blankets for this year’s blanket drive to comfort hospice patients during the holidays. gave Heartland Hospice 30 donated blankets to distribute to its patients.

In 2021, that donation grew to 150 blankets. “We have donations com-

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CALENDAR OF UPCOMING FAUQUIER EVENTS DEC. 7 TO 16 CHURCH EVENTS Art Show What: Art Show and Sale When: Noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, and Sunday, Dec. 11 Where: Long Branch Baptist Church, 5541 Long Branch Lane, The Plains Wednesday, Dec. 7 Conservation What: John Marshall Soil and Water Conservation District technical review committee meeting When: 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7 Where: 98 Alexandria Pike, Suite 33, Warrenton Info: Call 540-422-8490 or email wendy. merwin@fauquiercounty.gov; COVID protocols Birds What: Bird Walk When: 8 to 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7 Where: The Clifton Institute, 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton Cost: Free Info: For adults and for children ages 12 and up who are accompanied by an adult; registration required RSVP: info@cliftoninstitute.org or call 540-341-3651; bring mask Mental health What: Paint and Sip for mental health providers When: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7 Where: PATH Foundation, 321 Walker Drive, Warrenton Cost: No charge; advance registration required Registration: https://www.eventbrite. com/e/mental-health-providers-paint-siptickets-453217254007 Info: Open to mental health providers, social workers or counselors who serve residents of Fauquier, Rappahannock and surrounding counties; art supplies; beverages; light hors d’oeuvres; and self-care goody bags

Seated yoga What: Adult Yoga-Seated When: 2 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7 Where: Middleburg Library, 101 Reed St., Middleburg Info: Use chairs for support in this yoga class; wear movement-friendly clothing; 540-687-5730 Story time What: In-Person story time When: 10:30 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, and Wednesday, Dec. 14 Where: John Marshall Branch Library, 4133 Rectortown Road, Marshall, and Bealeton Branch Library, 10877 Willow Drive, Bealeton Info: For children up to age 5 and their families; bring a blanket or lawn chair; in case of inclement weather, check with library, 540-422-8500 Story time What: Raising Readers Story Time When: 10:30 to 11 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Dec. 7, and Wednesday, Dec. 14 Where: Warrenton Central Library, 11 Winchester St., Warrenton Cost: Free Registration required: https:// fauquierlibrary.org/services/kids/childrensprograms Info: Longer stories, finger plays, and songs for 2-to-4-year-old children with a parent or caregiver Business What: MEC Presents “Fauquier Business Talks” - A mini seminar series When: 9:30 to noon Wednesday, Dec. 7 Where: Mason Enterprise Center, 70 Main St., Suite 23, Warrenton Info: Featuring Brandi Norrell of Studio Luxe Boutique RSVP: 540-216-7100 Birds What: Bird Walk When: 8 to 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7 Where: The Clifton Institute, 6712 Blantyre

Road, Warrenton Cost: Free Info: For adults and children ages 12 and up, accompanied by an adult; registration required RSVP: info@cliftoninstitute.org or 540-3413651; bring mask Books What: Banned Books Book Club When: 6:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7 Where: The Open Book, 104 Main St., Warrenton Info: Meets at 6:30 p.m. every first Wednesday; this month’s pick is “Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda,” by JeanPhilippe Stassen.

Homework What: Homework Study Hall When: 2 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7 Where: John Marshall Branch Library, 4133 Rectortown Road and Warrenton Central Library, 11 Winchester St., Warrenton Info: Students in grades 1 to 5 use dedicated space to study; no registration required; basic school supplies available upon request Conservation What: John Marshall Soil and Water Conservation District technical review committee meeting When: 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7 Where: 98 Alexandria Pike, Suite 33, Warrenton Info: Call 540-422-8490 or email wendy. merwin@fauquiercounty.gov; COVID protocols Homework What: Homework Help for School-Age Children When: 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, Tuesday, Dec. 13, and Wednesday, Dec. 14 Where: Bealeton Branch Library, 10877 Willow St., Bealeton Cost: Free; no registration required Info: Homework help for elementary and middle school children by Liberty High School National Honor Society

members; students should bring in specific schoolwork for help ESL class What: English-as-a-second-language class presented by Piedmont Regional Adult and Career Education programs When: 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, and Wednesday, Dec. 14 Where: Warrenton Central Library, 11 Winchester St., Warrenton Cost: Free Info: Call 540-718-8243 Trivia What: 2022 Trivia When: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, and Wednesday, Dec. 14 Where: Barking Rose Brewing Company, 9057 Old Culpeper Road, Warrenton Trivia What: Trivia Night When: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, and Wednesday, Dec. 14 Where: Old Bust Head Brewing Company, 7134 Farm Station Road, Warrenton Info: Hosted by Fauquier Trivia Thursday, Dec. 8 Senior supper What: Senior Supper at the Bistro on the Hill When: 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8, and Thursday, Dec. 15 Where: Bistro on the Hill, 500 Hospital Drive, Warrenton Cost: $7.50 Info: For seniors 55-plus Polliwogs What: Piedmont Polliwogs When: 10 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 8 Where: The Clifton Institute, 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton Cost: $75, $90 Tickets: 540-341-3651 Info: For Pre-K children; monthly topic; story time; short nature walk See EVENTS, page 18

HOLIDAY EVENTS Concert What: Fauquier High School music production When: 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8 Where: Fauquier H.S. Auditorium Info: FHS Fauquier Ensemble Choir, Symphonic Choir, FHS Symphonic Ensemble Band/Orchestra; free Story time What: The Polar Express Pajama Storytime When: 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9 Where: The Open Book, 104 Main St., Warrenton Info: Wear festive pajamas and receive a sleigh bell to ring at other shops Pets What: Santa Paws When: Noon Saturday, Dec. 10 Where: Beer Hound Brewery, 201 Waters Place, Culpeper Info: Bring furry friend to get their picture taken with Mr. and Mrs. Santa Paws Concert What: Piedmont Symphony Orchestra Holiday ConcertMessiah sing-along When: 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11 Where: Highland School Center for the Arts, 597 Broadview Ave., Warrenton Cost: $35 Tickets: https://www.insidenovatix.com/events/psoholiday-concert-messiah-sing-along-12-11-2022/tickets Crafts What: Christmas Crafts-on-the-Go When: All Day Monday, Dec. 12 Where: Warrenton Central Library, Bealeton Branch Library, John Marshall Library Info: Pick up a bag of supplies to create a fun Christmas craft; bags are available for PreK/School Age

and Tween age groups; no reservation necessary; bags are available first come, first served while supplies last; one bag per child Story time What: Santa Story Time When: 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 12 Where: Warrenton Central Library, 11 Winchester St., Warrenton Info: Holiday stories, songs and a visit with Santa Registration required: https://fauquierlibrary.org/ services/kids/ Cookies What: Cookies with Santa When: 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13 Where: Craft and Crust Pizza Tavern, 204 E. Main St., Remington Info: With the purchase of a meal, get a cookie to decorate with the kids; visit Santa Story time What: Santa Story Time When: 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13 Where: John Marshall Branch Library, 4133 Rectortown Road Info: Holiday stories, songs and a visit with Santa Tea What: Victorian Christmas Tea When: 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13, 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18, and Wednesday, Dec. 21 Where: Crest Hill Antiques, 6488 Main St., The Plains Cost: $59 a person, includes food, taxes, $5 gratuity and entertainment Reservations required: www.cresthillantiques.com An evening with St. Nicholas What: Parents Night Out When: 6 to 8 pm Friday, December 16

Where: Christ Church Anglican, 95 Green St., Warrenton Info: Dinner, songs, games, crafts, visit from St. Nick; free Register: www.christchurchofwarrenton.com; (540)347-7634 Christmas Dinner and Concert What: Dinner and concert co-hosted by Warrenton and Remington Lions Club When: Saturday, Dec. 17. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.; dinner at 6 p.m. and concert at 7 p.m.

Where: 11326 James Madison Highway, Bealeton Info: Door prizes, raffle, concert by The Crestmen.

Menu is fried chicken, mashed potatoes, green beans, rolls, dessert, coffee and tea.

Cost: Adults, $30 for adults (advance sales only); Children under 12, $10.

Tickets: Contact Curtis Sorensen, 540-522-1891, or Allan Marlett, 540-522-3074.

Race What: 9th annual Jingle Bell 5K Run and Walk in Little Washington When: 7:45 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 17 Where: The Washington School, 567 Mt. Salem Ave., Washington Cost: $20, $25 Tickets: https://runsignup.com/Race/VA/Washington/ JingleBell5RunWalkRUNYOURBELLSOFF Info: Hosted by the Rappahannock County sheriff’s office; benefits the Rappahannock Sheriff’s Children’s Foundation “Shop with a Deputy” program Children’s event What: Santa’s Workshop When: 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21 Where: Environment Services Office, 6438 College St., Warrenton Info: Stories; make ornament; visit from Santa

18 CALENDAR EVENTS, from page 17 Potluck What: Young Professionals Year End Potluck When: 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8 Where: Farm Credit of the Virginias, 516 Fauquier Road, Warrenton Sign up: Bring a potluck item at: https:// www.perfectpotluck.com/meals. php?t=TPVU1050&welcome=1 Info: Theme is ugly sweater; prize awarded for the ugliest sweater; all ages; Kelly Noland.

540-257-5121 Art What: Art Cart When: All day Thursday, Dec. 8, and Thursday, Dec. 15 Where: Bealeton Branch Library, 10877 Willow Drive, Bealeton Cost: Free; no registration required Info: Preschool and elementary school aged children express creativity with the library’s art supplies Story time What: Stories for young children and caregivers with finger plays and sing-alongs When: 10:30 to 10:45 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 8, and Thursday, Dec. 15 Where: Virtual Cost: Free Required registration: https://conta. cc/3QvMCBR ESL class What: English-as-a-second-language class presented by Piedmont Regional Adult and Career Education programs When: 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8, and Thursday, Dec. 15 Where: Bealeton Branch Library, 10877 Willow Drive North, Bealeton Cost: Free Info: 540-718-8243 Friday, Dec. 9 Story time What: Story Time for the Littles When: 11 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 9, and Friday, Dec. 16 Where: The Open Book, 104 Main St., Warrenton Info: Stories for ages 3 to 6; 540-878-5358 Estimation station What: Holiday Estimation Station When: All day Friday, Dec. 9, to Friday, Dec. 23 Where: Bealeton Branch Library, 10877 Willow Drive, Bealeton, John Marshall Branch Library, 4133 Rectortown Road, Marshall and Warrenton Central Library, 11 Winchester St., Warrenton Info: Children to guess how many gumdrops and candy canes are in the jar; closest estimate wins a prize at each library location Book Cellar What: Book Cellar with books, movies, and music for all ages, sponsored by the Friends of Fauquier Library When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9, Saturday, Dec. 10, and Friday, Dec. 16 Where: John Barton Payne Building Basement, 2 Courthouse Square, Warrenton Volunteer: 540-341-3447 Live music What: Featuring Anthony Semiao When: 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9 Where: Barrel Oak Winery, 3623 Grove Lane, Delaplane Saturday, Dec. 10 Ribbon cutting What: Ribbon cutting at Energy of Being When: Noon to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10 Where: Energy of Being, 195 Keith St., Warrenton Grass What: Beginner Grass Identification workshop When: 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10 Where: The Clifton Institute, 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton Cost: $10; $8 for Friends of the Clifton Institute Info: All ages welcome; children must be accompanied by an adult Registration required: 540-341-3651

Fauquier Times | www.fauquier.com | December 7, 2022 Nature What: Family Nature Walk When: 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10 Where: The Clifton Institute, 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton Cost: Free Info: Families with children ages 6 or older Registration required: 540-341-3651 Live music What: Featuring Acoustic Ayre When: 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10 Where: Barrel Oak Winery, 3623 Grove Lane, Delapane Live music What: Featuring Anthomy Semiao When: 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10 Where: Philip Carter Winery, 4366 Stillhouse Road, Hume Sunday, Dec. 11 Football What: Football Sundays When: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11 Where: Barrel Oak Winery, 3623 Grove Lane, Delapane Info: Watch football on the big screens Yoga What: Bend and Brew When: 11 to 11:50 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 11 Where: Barking Rose Brewery, 9057 Old Culpeper Road, Warrenton Cost: $20, includes a 50-minute yoga class and a flight of beers Info: Any fitness level; bring yoga mat and bottle of water Live music What: Featuring David Davol When: Noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11 Where: Barrel Oak Winery, 3623 Grove Lane, Delapane Live music What: Featuring Ryan Jewel When: 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11 Where: Philip Carter Winery, 4366 Stillhouse Road, Hume Monday, Dec. 12 Mental illness What: Connections-mental health support group for people living with mental health challenges When: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 12 Where: Virtual Info: Hosted by National Alliance on Mental Illness Piedmont Registration required for online meetings: 540-347-9104 Crafts What: Adult Be a Maker Cart When: All day Monday, Dec. 12, to Sunday, Dec. 18 Where: John Marshall Branch Library, 4133 Rectortown Road, Marshall and Bealeton Branch Library, 10977 Willow Drive, Bealeton Cost: Free; drop-in; no registration required Info: Adults can learn, create and make their own project using the library’s craft and maker supplies Crafts What: Adult DIY Kits - Yarn hat ornament When: All day, Monday, Dec. 12 Where: Warrenton Library, Bealeton Branch Library, John Marshall Branch Library Cost: Free Info: Pick up kit while supplies last Art What: Art Cart When: All day Monday, Dec. 12 Where: John Marshall Branch Library, 4133 Rectortown Road, Marshall Cost: Free; no registration required Info: Preschool and elementary school aged children express creativity with the library’s art supplies Story time What: Tiny Tots Story Time When: 10:30 to 11 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. to noon Monday, Dec. 12 Where: Warrenton Central Library, 11 Winchester St., Warrenton Cost: Free Registration required: https:// fauquierlibrary.org/services/kids/childrensprograms Info: Indoor; songs, rhymes and simple

stories for infants to 2-year-olds with a parent or caregiver Tuesday, Dec. 13 Art What: Art Cart When: All day Tuesday, Dec. 13 Where: Warrenton Central Library, 11 Winchester Drive, Warrenton Cost: Free; no registration required Info: Preschool and elementary school aged children express creativity with the library’s art supplies Mental illness seminar What: Mental Health Support Group for family members of people living with mental illnesses When: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13 Where: Virtual Info: Hosted by National Alliance on Mental Illness Piedmont Registration required for online meetings: 540-347-9104 Reading What: Paws to Read with K-9 Caring Angels When: 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13 Where: Warrenton Central Library, 11 Winchester St., Warrenton Info: Children ages 5 to 10 read aloud to trained and certified therapy dogs; a caregiver must be present Wednesday, Dec. 14 Networking What: Ignite Fauquier When: 8:30 to 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14 Where: Warrenton Town Hall, 21 Main St., Warrenton Cost: Free to the public; specifically designed for businesses in Fauquier County Info: Meet people, learn, share and network Book club What: Marshall Afternoon Book Club When: 1 to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14 Where: John Marshall Branch Library, 4133 Rectortown Road, Marshall Cost: Free Info: Annual holiday meeting

Book club What: Bealeton Book Club When: 2:30 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14 Where: Bealeton Branch Library, 10877 Willow Drive, Bealeton Info: Joint holiday party with OWLs; no registration required Join meetings: email: martika.jones@ fauquiercounty.gov or call 540-422-8500, ext. 5 Older adults What: OWLS (Older, Wiser Learners) When: 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14 Where: Bealeton Branch Library, 10877 Willow Drive, Bealeton Cost: Free Info: For active, older adults who would like to make new friends, learn new things and share knowledge; no registration required; refreshments provided Thursday, Dec. 15 Book Club What: Mystery Book Club When: Noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15 Where: Warrenton Central Library, 11 Winchester St., Warrenton Cost: Free Info: “Year in Review and Book Chat” Join the virtual meetings: email pamela. lovera@fauquiercounty.gov or call 540-4228500, ext. 2 Friday, Dec. 16 Pet clinic What: Pet Wellness Clinic When: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16 Where: Fauquier SPCA, 9350 Rogues Road, Midland Cost: Fee for various services Appointment: 540-788-9000 x208 Live music What: Featuring Kimberly Burke When: 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16 Where: Barrel Oak Winery, 3623 Grove Lane, Delaplane

Christmas Dinner & Concert

Saturday December 17, 2022

Dinner 6pm (doors open 5:30pm) • Concert 7pm Co-Hosted by

Warrenton & Remington Lions Club Event Held at 11326 James Madison Hwy. Bealeton, VA 22712 Menu: Fried Chicken, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans, Rolls, Dessert, Coffee & Tea

DOOR PRIZES

Tickets: Adult $30 Advance Sales Only Children (under 12) $10 Limited number of tickets available

For Tickets: Contact Curtis Sorensen (540) 522-1891 Or Allan Marlett (540) 522-3074

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Take time to make the right decision on data center Take a deep breath.

The purpose of this letter is not to rehash past details of the controversy surrounding the proposed Amazon data center in Warrenton.

As residents, we want to ensure that the decision-making process is very

carefully thought out. In this era of technology, it’s too easy to make decisions that cannot be undone.

As I was shopping on Main Street on Dec. 1, I marveled at how much I loved this town. Progress is good, but it must be done in an

intelligent way.

It’s obvious that a large number of townspeople are opposed to a data center being built in the location currently proposed. To me, one of the basic roles of government in our country is to hear the people.

So, let’s be smart about this; take into account what’s happened in Prince William and Loudoun counties, and not let it happen here.

MARY JUDKINS Warrenton

Members of new group raise questions about data center approval process We write to express our dismay and alarm with the actions of Warrenton’s interim town manager -- working with the mayor but without action by the town council itself -- to sideline the planning commission from reviewing Amazon’s application for a special use permit for a data center on Blackwell Road.

That application is by Amazon’s own account incomplete and particularly deficient in the areas of greatest concern: the damages of noise and vibration, mitigation of which is the very essence of a special use permit.

Like most everyone else in Warrenton, we have grown accustomed to the extraordinarily irregular path of this application. But even we are shocked at this turn of events. The Amazon project is extremely unpopular and town residents have made it very clear that it is not wanted here.

Who are we? Three signatories on this letter are former members of the Warrenton Town

Council; three are former representatives of the town’s planning commission; one was the town’s professional legal counsel for nearly 20 years; two are attorneys; and all of us are very familiar with the proper functioning of the council and the planning commission.

Moreover, we are collectively the founders this autumn of the Warrenton Honest Government League, a name we picked advisedly after watching town business conducted in the shadows without public consent the past few years.

So, we write now to inform the community: 1. Under Virginia Law, planning commissions have a vital role and cannot be circumvented; 2. A planning commission recommendation must precede a town council action where zoning issues are implicated; 3. A town council may not direct a planning commission how or when to act; 4. A planning commission has broad discretion in

how to conduct its review and determinations prior to making a recommendation; 5. This discretion includes rejecting staff interpretations, even by the zoning administrator; and 6. Holding a public hearing on proposals that are changing raises due process concerns.

Like many, we anticipate all of this dubious conduct likely being placed before a circuit judge ultimately to deconstruct and evaluate. Perhaps only at that point will the gaslighting and misdirection end, and the law be followed.

In the meantime, we encourage residents to speak out against these outrages and to think about direct democracy, whereby the citizens assert themselves to clean up a mess made by elected officials. More on that will follow.

KEN ALM, CHRIS BONNER, YAK LUBOWSKY, DAVID NORDEN, TERRY NYHOUS, WHIT ROBINSON Members of the Warrenton Honest Government League

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University of Michigan junior Blake Corum rushed for 1,463 yards and 18 touchdowns and was the Big Ten Running Back of the Year.

His season ended early with a knee injury. The Fauquier County resident could return or declare for the NFL draft.

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“This blows all the other accomplishments we’ve had at Kettle Run out of the water,” said coach Charlie Porterfield about the Cougars’ run to Saturday’s Class 4 state championship game at Liberty University. No Fauquier County school has ever made it until now.

COUGARS ROAR INTO STATE FINAL

BY SHATTERING GLASS, 30-14 Rodgers, Quaker each score two TDs as Kettle Run becomes first county team to reach state championship

By Peter Brewington and Matthew Proctor

Fauquier County football teams in the state semifinals

Fauquier Times Staff Writers

With two huge first half touchdown receptions on long balls, big play receiver Sam Rodgers gave Kettle Run the adrenalin jolt they needed in Saturday’s dominant 3014 win over E.C. Glass in the Class 4 state semifinals.

“I know when it’s my time to make big plays. It happened today,” said Rodgers, whose 29- and 54-yard TDs from Abram Chumley at City Stadium in Lynchburg were the first of several knockout blows as Kettle Run (14-0) became the first team from Fauquier County to make a VHSL state championship game.

They’ll face off against perennial power Dinwiddie County (14-0) in the state final next Saturday, Dec. 10 at 4:30 p.m. at Liberty University in Lynchburg.

Colton Quaker’s 5-yard touchdown run gave the Cougars a 27-6 lead over E.C. Glass with 7:20 left in last week’s Class 4 state semifinal in Lynchburg.

Between Kettle Run, Fauquier and Liberty, the county’s three high schools had been 0-10 in state

football semis. Liberty was the last county team to make the state semis in 2014.

Good from 55? Curry crushes monster field goal

By Peter Brewington

Fauquier Times Staff Writer

Andrew Curry celebrates.

Senior kicker Andrew Curry put a huge exclamation point on the Cougars’ historic semifinal victory by drilling a 45-yard field goal with 3:38 left. The football cleared by at least eight yards, meaning it would have been good from 53.

Curry admitted he crushed it. “I probably could have had it from 55.

“I was feeling good,” he said.

He said the USA’s 3-1 World Cup loss to Netherlands that morning was partial motivation.

Said Curry, “So I’m a soccer guy.

I’m super into the national team, and on the way down to Lynchburg, I was watching the game on my phone. I wasn’t too pleased with the way we played and the result.

Coach Porterfield said ‘Curry, just remember the anger you felt about the USA’s loss.’”

2022: KETTLE RUN beats E.C. Glass 30-14 2014: LIBERTY lost to Salem 34-17 2012: KETTLE RUN lost to James Monroe 37-30 (3 OT) 2011: KETTLE RUN lost to James Monroe 14-7 2008: LIBERTY lost to Dinwiddie County 42-21 2001: LIBERTY lost to Lafayette 3-0 1998: LIBERTY lost to Lafayette 21-7 1989: FAUQUIER lost to Highland Springs 21-14 1988: FAUQUIER lost to Hampton 46-0 1987: FAUQUIER lost to Hampton 10-6 1971: FAUQUIER lost to John Yeates 7-0 “It’s a lot to take in being the first to do this in Fauquier County history,” said star receiver Jordan Tapscott. “This is probably going to be one of the most historic runs that many people are going to talk about for years. So, it’s an honor to be a part of that.”

“This blows all the other accomplishments we’ve had at Kettle Run out of the water. I told the guys, this feeling of being the first to do this never goes away,” said coach Charlie Porterfield.

The players don’t want their magical ride to end.

See KETTLE RUN, page 22

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Although Jordan Tapscott (near left) was held in check on offense, his phenomenal interception was one of the game’s signature plays.

Peyton Mehaffey (far right) pursues Glass quarterback George White.

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NEXT GAME: Saturday vs. Dinwiddie County (14-0) at 4:30 p.m. in Class 4 state championship at Liberty University in Lynchburg.

You better cover Sam Rodgers

By Peter Brewington

Fauquier Times Staff Writer

Coach Charlie Porterfield and the Cougars are one win from a historic state title.

Defense also shines in Cougars’ historic win KETTLE RUN, from page 21 “The amount of excitement is insane,” said quarterback Chumley.

“This is what we’ve been talking about all season. We never thought that we would make it this far, but once we started going, we started realizing that it was possible.”

Going into a visiting stadium for the second straight week, the Cougars weren’t intimidated. The Region C champs showed up and played focused and tough, sending an early message by stopping the run-based Glass offense dead in its tracks.

“They confused us a little bit,” said E.C. Glass coach Jeff Woody.

“We weren’t able to run the ball like we wanted to run the ball and establish that E.C. Glass style of football like we have the last six or seven weeks and we weren’t able to protect the quarterback as well as we wanted to. Give credit to them. They outplayed us, outcoached us.”

“We knew they run all the time,” said linebacker Peyton Mehaffey.

Thanks to the pair of Chumley to Rodgers bombs, the Cougars built a 14-0 halftime lead and increased it to 20-0 early in the third quarter on Colton Quaker’s 1-yard TD run.

After Class closed to 20-6, Jordan Tapscott’s acrobatic interception staved off a strong Glass surge.

Quaker’s 5-yard TD run with 7:20 clinched it, and kicker Andrew Curry later added a 45-yard field goal for emphasis.

Quaker said he felt the Cougars were unbeatable ahead 20-0. “I think coming out of the half we knew that if we scored again, we would have sealed

Sure, school record-holding receiver Jordan Tapscott scores gobs of touchdowns, but speedy fellow senior wideout Sam Rodgers has elite playmaking skills too.

Rodgers caught three long TD passes against Liberty, returned a punt 69 yards to the house against Sherando, and caught two long TDs in the playoff opening win against Heritage. In other words, don’t forget Rodgers.

The senior receiver/defensive back struck again with TD catches of 29 and 54 yards against E.C. Glass, moving the Cougars to the state championship.

Rodgers was so close to the back of the end zone on his first TD it was nearly an incompletion. “As soon as I caught it, I looked down and I got my right foot in, like, a foot from being

Sam Rodgers scores his second TD. out of bounds,” Rodgers said of the clutch fourth down score early in the second quarter.

“I saw they were lined up not really right. I knew I can kind of go break outside a little bit, and I saw an open spot, and they busted their coverage, and Abram just threw it on me pretty good,” he said.

Quarterback Abram Chumley released the ball just in time. “The line was giving me enough time to actually survey the field. And then I just saw Sam just waving his hand down the field and I was able to put it up there for him,” Chumley said.

Rodgers’ second TD on a 56-yard connection was also an ESPN-worthy highlight. Glass cornerback Michael Osei seemed to be in position in front of Rodgers, but the high ball eluded the Hilltopper cornerback with Rodgers not missing it.

It dropped into Rodgers’ hands and he raced into the end zone to complete a 54-yard TD. “I was just looking up and I knew he could have made a play on it, but he didn’t quite get the ball, and I just kept my hands out and caught the ball,” Rodgers said.

Most pundits favor Dinwiddie over Cougars

By Peter Brewington

Formidable Dinwiddie County (14-0) comes into Saturday’s Class 4 championship looking to win its second state title.

Located in a one high school county south of Richmond, Dinwiddie is a traditional power on a roll, outscoring their 10 regular-season opponents 516-73. They’ve had only one close game as they came from behind to edge King George 47-41 in overtime in the Region B final, then eliminated Warwick 28-0 in the state semis.

Dinwiddie has two 1,000-yard rushers in Harry Dalton (1,809 yards) and Raphael Tucker (1,357 yards).

“We know they got a lot of athletes,” said Kettle Run receiver Jordan Tapscott. “We got some athletes, too.

I just know that they’re going to be a really tough team to beat, and it’s just going to be a hell of a dogfight.”

The Generals are the No. 3 overall team in the state by Maxpreps behind No. 1 Freedom-Woodbridge (Class 6) and No. 2 Highland Springs (Class 5). Kettle Run is ranked No. 9.

The Generals won the Class 4 title in 2013 and lost the state final in 2016 and 2008.

In 2008 they hosted Liberty in the state semifinals, beating the Eagles 42-21, then losing the title game to Phoebus.

shape on his coverage. “ “My dude ran a fade and the quarterback rolled out to the right and the receiver started to drift over there, and I was on his hip,” said Tapscott.

“I had it pretty much wrapped up.

And then I saw the quarterback threw the ball, and at that moment, I knew I was going to pick that off when I saw the ball.”

Chumley led the Cougars on an 80-yard TD drive to seal it. Rodgers came through with a huge third down catch as the Kettle Run

sideline cheered in approval. Soon Quaker scored his second TD of the game on a 5-yard run with 7:20 left as the lead rose to 27-6.

Andrew Curry blasted a 45-yard field goal with 3:38 left to make it 30-6. Glass added a TD and twopoint conversion with 3:18 left to make it 30-14.

Trentin Shipe recovered the onsides kick with 3:17 left and the Cougars ran out the clock on three carries by Chumley and a 17-yard gain

by Mehaffey.

Fauquier Times Staff Writer

The Cougars now face Dinwiddie in the final. the game. And so, we look at it as, ‘If we score here, we win,’’’ he said.

But the game was not over as Glass closed to 20-6 and were driving when Tapscott thwarted the Hilltoppers’ hopes with a sprawling interception a yard or two inside the end zone for a momentum-killing turnover.

“I just didn’t understand how good a player he is,” said Glass QB George White of Tapscott, the Cougars’ record-setting receiver and defensive back.

“No. 9 is the truth,” said Glass coach Woody. “We thought we had a comeback coming.”

Tapscott said he was in great

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HOME SWEET HOME IMPROVEMENTS

With a new team, coach Pat Frazer says he’ll do a lot of roster experimentation.

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LIBERTY BOYS BASKETBALL PREVIEW

Eagles fly into season with new roster

By Peter Brewington

Fauquier Times Staff Writer

Liberty High boys basketball coach Pat Frazer said he had Eagle parents and colleagues come up to him after the Eagles’ season-opening win and say, “Hey, I like this team. They get after it. They’re spunky.”

It was music to Frazer’s ears.

Now in his 19th year, the veteran coach is crafting an all-new lineup after losing all the experienced players he had. Big man Zach Bailey graduated, as did Dakota Lindsay, Coy Shepard, Chris Richards, Landon Medley and James Fowler.

“We have to take time with things. They’re an inexperienced team, they’re young. Remember in their sophomore and freshman years they played seven games and had 12 practices,” said Frazer, citing the pandemic-affected seasons in 2020.

But he likes the team, which features four starting football players, and says they’re improving rapidly.

As motivation, the players are putting personal goals on their phone like, “I want to draw a charge in the game tonight” or “I want to calm down” or dedicate the game to a loved one.

“They come in and work every day. It’s a great group,” Frazer said.

Liberty won its opener 51-18 over Manassas Park.

The lineup features Joe Minor and John Logan as the starting forwards. Both bring rebounding and toughness.

The 6-foot-2 Minor is a junior who is a solid defender with a good outside shot. “Joe is going to be a big contributor. He did a nice job in the first game getting his hands and deflecting a lot of balls. He can shoot from the outside and runs the floor well,” Frazer said.

Logan, a 6-1 senior, was a backup on varsity last year and has emerged as a starter. “He’s a beefy guy that can score underneath, he’s got a post game and can rebound,” Frazer said, adding Logan has joined the track team as shot putter but that it won’t interfere with his hoops.

Xavier Banks, a senior who scored seven points in the season-opener, is a varsity returnee who can play inside at 6-1.

“He does a nice job getting position underneath. For a big guy he runs the floor well,” Frazer said.

Starting lineup

PG: Jayden Curtis, Jr. G: Tyreke Smith, Jr. G: Andrew Ryman, Jr. F: Joe Minor, Sr. F: John Logan, Sr. The starting point guard is Jayden Curtis, with Tyreke Smith also starting.

Curtis, who was a JV standout last year, had six assists in his varsity debut against Manassas Park. “He can distribute, score and shoot. I love Jayden. He’s a very, very, very intelligent kid. He knows the answers to any question you ask him and he’s a good point guard,” Frazer said.

Smith, who led the JV in scoring last year, is also a starting guard and brings high expectations after collecting 10 rebounds in the opener.

“He’s six-feet tall but he gets position and he’s strong. He can shoot the ball too and take it to rack,” said Frazer, who said Smith scored over 20 points in some of his JV games.

Fellow guards Andrew Ryman, C.J Burke, Jayden Ulloa, Zach Billick and Ka’von O’Bannion could get significant playing time.

Ryman, a junior who caught the winning touchdown pass against Sherando in Liberty’s biggest win of the season, is the backup point guard. “He’s a good defender, good ballhandler,” Frazer said.

The youngest player on the squad is sophomore C.J. Burke, who could emerge as the Eagles’ top 3-point shooter. “His job is to shoot the basketball. He’s a nice weapon to have,” Frazer said.

The 5-8 Ulloa is another standout Eagle football player. “He plays strong defense. He’s not big but he’s great when we want to mix it up and trap. That’s when his football instincts come in,” Frazer said.

O’Bannion, who had three interceptions in the Bird Bowl against Fauquier, “is another energy guy,” Frazer said.

Another point guard option is Billick, a 5-8 senior who was involved in the program as a freshman before the pandemic. “Like everyone else he’s inexperienced. He’s been working hard and brings great attitude and energy. He can shoot the ball.

He’s a defensive-minded guard as well. You’ve got to have those guys off the bench,” Frazer said.

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KETTLE RUN BOYS BASKETBALL PREVIEW

New coach Tapscott expects Mulhern-led Cougars to vie for regions

By Matthew Proctor

Robinson, Cooper Gohlmann, Damien Sirisena and Kolby White, all key members of the Demond Tapscott becomes the third Kettle Cougars’ 2021-22 playoff team, graduated.

While the team will look new, there’s vetRun High boys basketball coach in the school’s eran leadership and talent in speedy J.J. Mul14-year history this winter, succeeding Chrishern, the Cougars’ 5-foot-9 senior point guard tian Yancey, who left to teach at Burke School and primary playmaker. “I said it’s his team, after coaching the Cougars to two region aphe drives the boat.

He’s the point guard, we go pearances in his three seasons. as fast as he goes,” Tapscott said.

Tapscott, 43, has deep roots in Fauquier Big man Caleb Walker, who is 6-4, and JorCounty, playing at Liberty High for thencoach Paul Frye, then finishing his career dan Tapscott, a capable scorer, are also key at Fauquier in 1998 under legendary coach senior returnees.

Tapscott says the team is not tall, with Wayne Brizzi. The standout guard also played Walker the only big man. “We at NCAA Division II Shepherd got a lot of guys who can get (W.Va.) University.

Starting lineup down the court and play defense, “I’m a player’s coach, but my PG: J.J. Mulhern, Sr. so that was one of my things if players know my expectation. G: Damen Tapscott, Sr. We play hard, we have fun,” Tap- G-F: Conor Madigan, Jr. we’re going to go small, we can push the ball. That way if we do scott said. “I push them hard but F: Caleb Walker, Sr. play teams that are a little bigger, also give them the experience to F: Craig Riddle, Sr. they got to keep up with us on the kind of play free, to do the best opposite end,” he said. thing about their game.”

The starting lineup is enhanced by Conor Tapscott was a Kettle Run assistant coach for the last three years and a former assistant Madigan, a 6-2 junior guard who has emerged at FHS. He’s the father of football standout as the team’s top scorer with a team-high 17 Jordan Tapscott, who will play for his dad in points both in a win against Brentsville and a week or two after Saturday’s Class 4 state loss to Park View.

Plus, the program has welcomed two Fauchampionship. quier High transfers in senior guard Damen “I love the defensive part of basketball and getting in somebody’s face and making them Tapscott and senior forward Craig Riddle. uncomfortable,” said Tapscott. “Getting up Damen Tapscott put up a double-double and down the court and playing defense. Once against Brentsville with 14 points and 16 we get our full team back it will probably be a boards. Riddle “is probably our best defensive player. He loves taking a charge, loves getting lot of pressing, a lot of in your face.”

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Senior Trey Western is another football player whose arrival is anticipated. He can shoot and handle the ball.

Tapscott thinks the Cougars will compete for Northwestern District supremacy. “It’s early in the season, brand new offense, so we’ll have to work through some wrinkles. I’m hoping by Jan. 1 we’re starting to peak,” Tapscott said.

“The preparation is to get to the regional level, but not to just get there, but to at least win one game and try to get for that next step,” Tapscott said.

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“It’s his team,” says new Kettle Run boys basketball coach Demond Tapscott about standout senior point guard J.J. Mulhern. Kettle Run opened 1-1 after downing Brentsville 69-58 and falling to Park View 85-68.

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Land Transfers Lewis & CLark LLC reaLTy 6625 Electric Avenue,Warrenton, VA 20187 Phone: 540.428.1882 | Fax: 540.428.1883 | Cell: 703.517.2000

These property transfers, filed Nov. 22-29, 2022 were provided by Clerk of the Court of Fauquier County. (Please note that to conserve space, only the first person named as the grantor or grantee is listed. The kind of instrument is a deed unless stated otherwise.)

Top dollar sale: $1,800,000 in Scott District Cedar Run District General Lee White Jr. to Luis Zamora Villatoro, 1.05 acres at 4573 Midland Road, SE of Midland. $80,000 Dean R. Obrakta to Luis F. Regalado Calheno, Unit H at 11235 Torrie Way, Bealeton. $192,000 NVR Inc. to Jason Williams, 0.5772 acre at 2750 Travers Place, Warrenton. $969,340 Rockwood Homes Inc. to Terry Clyde Bohuslov, 2.6032 acres at 12201 Old Mill Road, Midland. $657,865 Erin Robey to Alexandra Morgan Barr, 1 acre at 4092 Goldmine Road, Goldvein. $359,000 Lee District Roy Lee Williams by Sub. Tr. to FFC Properties LLC, Trustee Deed of Foreclosure, 7.5625 acres at 7524 O’Keefe Road and 6.9375 acres on O’Keefe Road, Bealeton. $641,000 Nancy H. Marcinko to James Gillman Jr., 5.004 acres at 10444 Willowspring Drive, Warrenton. $465,000

Timothy Garritty to Allu Realty & Construction LLC, Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 on Lindsey Court off Davis Road, Remington. $68,000 Center District RFI CM LC to NVR Inc., 1.0236 acres on Oakland Drive, Warrenton. $265,000 Victor E. Bryant to Avalon Management Inc., 6417 Lancaster Drive, Warrenton. $301,200 RFI CM LC to NVR Inc., 1.3298 acres on Oakland Drive and Academy Hill Road, and 1.3370 acres on Oakland Drive and Woodstock Street, Warrenton. $530,000 Keith Allen Rooke to Peter Gerohristodoulos, Townhouse 186 at 186 Fairfield Drive, Warrenton. $315,000 Scott District

Kensington Farm LLC to Stable of Grace LLC, 42.8907 acres at 3636 Landmark Road, The Plains. $1,800,000 Marshall District Beth Marie Herrmann to Natalie T. Brown, 45,802 sq. ft. at 8582 Springs Drive nr. Warrenton. $1,050,000 Thomas M. Sherman to Falken Industries LLC, 59.9720 acres off Wilson Road. $337,550 Wilson Road LLC to Falken Industries LLC, 12.1252 acres at 7682 Wilson Road, 5 miles N. of Warrenton. $447,450 Haley Riley to Bethany A. Von Tomaszewski, 8561 Anderson Avenue, Marshall. $479,000

Ernest A. Dellinger to Stephen Gizinski, 7185 Riley Road nr. Warrenton. $400,000

William L. Beach to Kalsoom Sadaqat, 11.3265 acres & easement across Lot 2 to Fiery Run Road, Linden. $105,000

Joshua Ray Clark to Matthew R. Carroll, 0.76 acre at 7026 Kelly Road nr. Warrenton. $474,000

Bonnie L. Makely to Nathan Anderson, 0.2168 acre at 8407 Salem Avenue, Marshall. $430,000

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OBITUARIES Rev. Alphonso Ford Carter Rev. Alphonso Ford Carter, Sr.77, of Reston, Virginia, passed November 25, 2022.

Funeral services were held on Thursday, December 1, 2022, 12:00 pm, at Faith Christian Church, 6472 Duhollow Road, Warrenton, VA, 20187.

Online condolences can be given at www.joynesfuneralhome.com

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Howard L. Walker Howard L. Walker, 70 of Catlett, Virginia, passed away on Monday, November 28, 2022, after a brief battle with cancer at Prince William Medical Center in Manassas, VA. Born in Kittaning, PA on January 6, 1952, son of the late Dr. Frank and Cecelia Walker of Natrona Heights, PA. Graduated from Strayer College in VA; served in the Air Force and National Guard as a radio communications equipment repairman. Employed as an electronic engineer at Comsat Electronics. Started his own company, The Satellite News Watch Magazine and was active in installing satellite dishes locally.

He was preceded in death by his daughter, Jennifer Lynn Leasure and brother-in-law, Robert of Erie, PA. Survivors include his wife of 51 years, Mary Ellen Schmitt Walker formerly of Erie, PA, now residing in Catlett, VA; son, David C. Walker (daughter Jessica) and Shawn P. Walker of Catlett, VA; step-brothers, Les Leasure of Oakmont, PA and Larry Leasure of New York. He is also survived by two brothers-in-law and a sister-in-law, Charles T. Schmitt (Yedid) of Novi, Michigan; Douglas J. Schmitt of Erie, PA; Susan Dieteman Schmitt of Erie, PA, and several nephews, great-nephews, and a great-niece.

Burial will be private. In lieu of visitation, contributions are suggested to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, PO Box 5028, Hagerstown, MD, 21741-5028.

Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www. moserfuneralhome.com

Joshua (Josh) Hall Joshua (Josh) Hall passed away July 31, 2022 at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center, McKinney, TX from injuries due to a Skydiving Incident near Whitewrite, TX. Born September 27, 1984 at Portsmouth Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, VA. Josh graduated from Potomac High School, Dumfries, VA in 2002. He earned an Associates Degree from American Military University in 2019 and was studying for his Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Science. Josh was stationed at Fort Polk, LA. As a small child, Josh used to say he was going to be a “Firefighter and a Soldier and a Politician”. He enlisted in the Virginia National Guard in November 2001 following the 9/11 attacks. He was deployed to Afghanistan (Enduring Freedom), Kuwait and Iraq (Iraqi Freedom) with the National Guard. He was proud to be a volunteer firefighter with both Stafford and Prince William Counties before enlisting in the Army in August 2009. His many duty stations include South Korea and another deployment to Afghanistan where he earned The Bronze Star. He became AirBorne while stationed in Alaska, became a JumpMaster while at Fort Bragg and went on to teach AirBorne school at Fort Benning. Josh’s many military awards include The Bronze Star and St. Maurice Medallion.

Josh is survived by the love of his life, his son, Dax Anthony Hall, Phenix City, AL; Father Tim Hall, Woodbine, GA; Mom Sandi (Steve) Fox, Spotsylvania, VA; Sister Tymmie (FCA3, USN Dillon) Powell, Step brother Zach (Shari) Fox, Fredericksburg, VA; Step Sister Laura (Dan) Wolff, Rockville, MD; Grandmother Nancy LaCross, Front Royal, VA; Aunts Marcel Wagner Brazelton (Doug Crocker), Ormond Beach, FL; Ardis Hall, St Mary’s, GA; Uncles James Wagner, Cottonwood, AZ; Joe (Cindy) Wagner, Statesville, NC; William Waters, Baton Rouge, LA; Roger (Cindy) Hall Sanford, ME; Dana (Cindy) Hall, Lisbon Falls, ME; and Wendell Hall, Milo, ME; 6 nephews, 3 nieces and 20 cousins.

He is predeceased by his Maternal Grandfather John Wagner, Paternal Grandparents Roger Hall, Joan (Donald) Heckenliable, Uncle MSG John Wagner Jr, cousins John III and Jeremy Wagner.

Josh’s service will be held December 14, 2022 9:00 AM at Old Post Chapel 204 Lee Ave, Fort Myer, VA. Graveside service at Arlington National Cemetery. Followed by a gathering at Patton Hall, Fort Myer, VA.

Dolores Mae Celano Benda Dolores Mae Celano Benda passed away on November 5, 2022, surrounded by family and friends.

She is survived by her sons John (Beverley) and Joseph (Susan); grandchildren Jason (Caitlin); Krystal, Jennifer (Rob), Sean, Heather, Kyle Benda (his wife Breeze) and Cameron Benda; great-grandchildren Carson, Jocelyn, Braden, Aubrie; sister Josephine; numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband Ronald, son James, sister Gerry, brother Frank.

A Funeral Service will be held at Demaine Funeral Home, 520 S. Washington Street, Alexandria, Virginia, on Sunday, December 11. Family & friends visitation begins at 1pm followed by the service at 3pm. Her interment will take place the following day, Monday, December 12, at 1pm at Culpeper National Cemetery, 305 U.S. Avenue, Culpeper, Virginia.

Lewis William “Billy” Dodson Lewis William “Billy” Dodson, 76, of Sperryville, died Friday, December 2, 2022 at his residence surrounded by his loving family.

He was born April 5, 1946 in Rappahannock County, VA to the late Ollie Dodson and Eva Clark Dodson.

Billy worked hard all of his life and instilled those values in his children and grandchildren.

Even as he loved his family dearly, his passion in life was being surrounded by his horses and his hounds. Billy was a huntsman for Thornton Hill Hounds for many years and was well known for his exceptional horsemanship and fox hunting expertise. He had many articles written about him in several publications. Billy was considered the “Best of the Best.”

He is survived by his wife of fifty-six years, Gloria “Jean” Atkins Dodson; two sons, Gregory (Tooie) Dodson and Brian (Amy) Dodson; two daughters, Cindy (Kenneth) McGhee and Melissa Dawn Dodson; one grandson, Shawn Dodson, three granddaughters, Kayla McGhee, Megan Dodson, and Emily Wines Dodson; two sisters, Mildred Hutt and Dorothy Campbell; one brother, Jimmie Dodson (Mary Frances); Granddog, Cody; and a host of nieces, nephews, extended family, and friends.

In addition to his parents, Billy is preceded in death by his sister, Bonnie Sue Baldwin; brothers-in-law, J. B. Hutt, Luther Campbell, and Danny Ray Baldwin; and granddaughter, Sidney Dodson.

A graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 8, 2022, at Sperryville Cemetery, Sperryville, VA. with Pastor Jon Heddleston officiating.

Active pallbearers will be Kenneth Baldwin, Jason Atkins, Jeremy Christopher, Jimmy Yates, Donnie Keyser, and Allan Brown. Honorary pallbearers will be David Ingram, Charlie Brown, Larry Levy, and Tony Gammell.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Billy’s name to the ProMedica Hospice Heartland, 493 Blackwell Road, Suite #319, Warrenton, VA 20186 and/or Reynolds Memorial Baptist Church, 3748 Sperryville Pike, Sperryville, VA 22740.

An online guestbook and tribute wall are available at www. foundandsons.com Found and Sons Funeral Chapel of Culpeper is serving the family.

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Public Notice – Environmental Permit PURPOSE OF NOTICE: To seek public comment on a draft permit from the Department of Environmental Quality that will allow the release of treated wastewater and treated industrial process wastewater and industrial stormwater into a water body in Fauquier County, Virginia.

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: December 8, 2022 to January 6, 2023 PERMIT NAME: Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit – Wastewater issued by DEQ pursuant to applicable water laws and regulations.

APPLICANT NAME, ADDRESS AND PERMIT NUMBER: Smith-Midland Corporation, P.O. Box 300, Midland, VA 22728, VA0084298 FACILITY NAME AND LOCATION: Smith-Midland Corporation, 5119 Catlett Road, Midland, VA 22728 PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Smith-Midland Corporation has applied for reissuance of a permit for the private SmithMidland Corporation facility. The applicant proposes to release treated sewage wastewaters from this facility at a rate of 0.0015 million gallons per day and treated industrial process wastewater at a rate of 0.004 million gallons per day into a water body. Sludge from the treatment process will be transported to the Remington Wastewater Treatment Plant for dewatering and ultimate land application. Solids generated by the industrial process are removed from the facility and disposed of at a local quarry. The facility proposes to release the treated sewage water and treated industrial process wastewater into Licking Run in Fauquier County in the Potomac River watershed. A watershed is the land area drained by a river and its incoming streams. The permit will limit the following pollutants to amounts that protect water quality: bacteria, inorganics, physical and chemical properties, solids, and thermal.

HOW TO COMMENT AND/OR REQUEST A PUBLIC HEARING: DEQ accepts comments and requests for public hearing on the draft permit by hand-delivery, e-mail, fax or postal mail. All comments and requests must be in writing and be received by DEQ during the comment period. DEQ must receive hand-delivery and postal mail by close of business and email and fax comments by 11:59 p.m. on the last day of the comment period. Submittals must include the names, mailing addresses and telephone numbers of the commenter/requester and of all persons represented by the commenter/requester. A request for public hearing must also include: 1) The reason why a public hearing is requested. 2) A brief, informal statement regarding the nature and extent of the interest of the requester or of those represented by the requestor, including how and to what extent such interest would be directly and adversely affected by the permit. 3) Specific references, where possible, to terms and conditions of the permit with suggested revisions. A public hearing may be held, including another comment period, if public response is significant, based on individual requests for a public hearing, and there are substantial, disputed issues relevant to the permit.

CONTACT FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, DOCUMENT REQUESTS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The public may review the draft permit and application at the DEQNorthern Regional Office by appointment or may request copies of the documents from the contact person listed above.

Name: Susan Mackert; Address: DEQ-Northern Regional Office, 13901 Crown Court, Woodbridge, VA 22193; Phone: (571) 866 – 6514; Fax: (804) 698 – 4178; E-Mail: susan.mackert@deq.virginia.gov

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Notification of closure of The Village Veterinary Clinic of Warrenton and the retirement of Dr. Suzanne Cliver as of December 31st, 2022.

The practice will function normally until mid-December and, then, on a slightly reduced level until 12/31/2022.

You are encouraged to pick up your records or request their transfer to your new veterinarian of choice. If you are not able to do this prior to closing, you may request them by mail to the current clinic address. The requests will be forwarded to a P.O. Box where they will be retrieved and promptly addressed by Dr. Cliver and helper.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ018122-01-01;-02-01 FAUQUIER COUNTY J&DR-JUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re HORTON, KURYN The object of this suit is to: AMEND CUSTODY FOR HORTON, KURYN It is ORDERED that the defendant JENNA MAY appear at the above-name Court and protect his or her interests on or before 02/01/2023 8:30 AM K. Jones Deputy Clerk Place your ad today

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ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ017375-03-00-04-00 FAUQUIER COUNTY J&DR-JUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re KIRBYWRIGHT, VIENNA The object of this suit is to: ESTABLISH CUSTODY AND VISITATION OF THE MINOR CHILD KIRBY-WRIGHT, VIENNA It is ORDERED that the defendant SUSAN WRIGHT; JASON KIRBY appear at the above-name Court and protect his or her interests on or before 01/06/2023 8:30 AM K. Jones Deputy Clerk

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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE FAUQUIER COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION DECEMBER 15, 2022 The Fauquier County Planning Commission will hold a work session beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 15, 2022 in the Warren Green Building, First Floor Meeting Room, 10 Hotel Street, Warrenton, Virginia.

The Fauquier County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on the following item at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 15, 2022 in the Warren Green Building, First Floor Meeting Room, 10 Hotel Street, Warrenton, Virginia: 1. SPECIAL PERMIT – SPPT-22-018709 – 4582 CARTERS RUN, LLC (OWNER/APPLICANT) – HAWKE TOURIST HOME – An application for a Category 3 Special Permit to operate a Tourist Home. The property is located at 4582 Carters Run Road, Marshall District, Marshall, Virginia. (PIN 6969-82-2717-000) (Adam Shellenberger, Staff) 2. SPECIAL PERMIT – SPPT-22-018711 – LEW ALLYN BURKHOLDER, III, SANDY M. BURKHOLDER, TRUSTEE, SANDY M. BURKHOLDER REVOCABLE TRUST (OWNERS)/LEW & SANDY BURKHOLDER (APPLICANTS) – MOON HOLD COTTAGE – An application for a Category 3 Special Permit to operate a Tourist Home. The property is located at 6710 Olinger Road, Marshall District, Marshall, Virginia. (PIN 6955-18-1660-000) (Kara Marshall, Staff) 3. SPECIAL EXCEPTION – SPEX-22-017754 – RALPH & ELEANOR MANAKER AND SPRINGBROOK FARM, LLC (OWNERS)/RALPH & ELEANOR MANAKER (APPLICANTS) – MANAKER PROPERTY – An application to amend a previously approved Category 26 Special Exception (SPEX-21-015507) to reduce the Non-Common Open Space requirement. The properties are located at 2532 Atoka Road and 7863 Old Carters Mill Road, Marshall District, Marshall, Virginia. (PIN 6072-23-4617-000, 6072-34-5259-000 and 6072-34-2832-000) (Kara Marshall, Staff) 4. SPECIAL EXCEPTION – SPEX-22-018543 – SIOCHAIN, LLC (OWNER)/ EDEL KUNKEL (APPLICANT) – MOUNTAINSIDE MONTESSORI SCHOOL – An application to amend a previously approved Category 5 Special Exception (SEAM13-SC-009) to operate a primary school and a Category 5 Special Permit (SPPT12-SC-025) to operate a preschool. The property is located at 4206 Belvoir Road, Marshall District, Marshall, Virginia.

(PIN 6979-68-1334-000) (Kara Marshall, Staff) The application materials can be found on the Land Development Online Portal at: https://commdevpay.fauquiercounty.gov/Energov_Prod/SelfService#/home.

Approximately one week prior to the public hearing, staff reports for all items will be available online at: www.fauquiercounty.gov/meetingagendas. To arrange a time to review files in person, please contact the Department of Community Development’s Planning Office at (540) 422-8210, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

Members of the public who would like to provide comments at a regular public meeting of the Planning Commission are encouraged to send advance written comments to Fauquier County Department of Community Development, 10 Hotel Street, Suite 305, Warrenton, Virginia 20186 or email to meredith. meixner@fauquiercounty.gov. Citizens wishing to appear in person should arrive prior to the start time of the meeting. Comments are limited to three minutes. The meeting may be viewed on Fauquier County Government Channel 23 and is livestreamed at http://fauquier-va.granicus.com/ ViewPublisher.php?view_id=1.

Fauquier County does not discriminate on the basis of handicapped status in admission or access to its programs and activities. Accommodations will be made for handicapped persons upon prior request. Citizens requiring reasonable accommodation for disabilities should contact Ms. Meredith Meixner, Administrative Manager – Planning and Zoning, at (540) 422-8210.

TOWN OF WARRENTON NOTICE OF TOWN COUNCIL MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Town Council of the Town of Warrenton will hold their Regular Monthly Meeting on Tuesday, December 13th, 2022, at 6:30 PM in the Warrenton Town Hall Council Chambers (First Floor) located at 21 Main Street, Warrenton, Virginia. Town Council will hold a Public Hearing on the following item: ORDINANCE 2021-13: This Ordinance Amends Article I of Chapter 10, Section 10-5 of the Town Code as amended, related generally to speed limits. The ordinance change was initiated by two requests: The Fauquier County School Board requested to lower the speed limit to 15 mph during drop off and pick up at Warrenton Middle School, and the Principal of St. John the Evangelist requested creation of a school zone on Winchester St. and John E. Mann Street. This Ordinance change would reduce the current school zone speed limit for Warrenton Middle School from 25 mph to 15 mph and create a school zone for Saint John the Evangelist Catholic School of 20 mph on Winchester Street between 200 feet north of Richards Drive and John E Mann Street, and on John E Mann Street between Winchester Street and Robinson Street.

People having an interest in the above are invited to participate in the hearing and state their opinion regarding the above issues. The public may also choose to submit written comments through the Town’s website or by emailing citizencomment@warrentonva.gov during the public comment period, which will end at noon the day of the Public Hearing, December 13th, 2022. Copies of the ordinance are available for review at Town Hall located at 21 Main Street, Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. The Town of Warrenton desires to make its programs, services, facilities, and activities accessible to persons with disabilities. If you need accommodations or auxiliary services, please contact the Town as far in advance as possible.

TOWN OF WARRENTON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Planning Commission of the Town of Warrenton will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, December 20, 2022, at 7:00 PM in the Warrenton Town Hall Council Chambers (First Floor) located at 21 Main Street, Warrenton, Virginia, on the following item(s): Special Use Permit (SUP) 2022-03 Amazon Data Center – the owner/applicant Amazon Data Services, Inc., seeks a Special Use Permit under Article 3-4.12.3 of the Zoning Ordinance for an approximately 220,000 square foot data center on Industrial zoned parcel consisting of approximately 41.793 acre parcel identified as GPIN 6984-69-2419-000. Designated in the New Town Character District on the Future Land Use Map located off Blackwell Road and Lee Highway. The owner/applicant is requesting modifications for building height allowance and fence height allowance as part of the Special Use Permit.

This Public Hearing is a continuation of the November 15, 2022, Public Hearing which was continued to November 22, 2022, and then continued indefinitely. The Planning Commission may keep open the public hearing to a later date if the applicant requests it.

People having an interest in the above are invited to participate in the hearing and state their opinion regarding the above issues. The public may also choose to submit written comments through the Town’s website or by emailing citizencomment@warrentonva.gov during the public comment period, which will end at noon the day of the Public Hearing, December 20, 2022. Copies of the Special Use Permit application is available for review at Town Hall located at 21 Main Street, Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. Meeting materials are posted approximately one week in advance of a public meeting on the Town website at: www.warrentonva.gov/295/Meetings-Agendas-Minutes-Recordings.

The Town of Warrenton desires to make its programs, services, facilities, and activities accessible to persons with disabilities. If you need accommodations or auxiliary services, please contact the Town as far in advance as possible.

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ORDINANCE NO. 07-22 LEVY OF CIGARETTE TAX UPON THE SALE OR USE OF CIGARETTES AT A RATE OF $0.02 PER CIGARETTE SOLD OR $0.40 PER PACK EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1, 2022; ADOPT AMENDMENT TO THE REMINGTON TOWN CODE TO RELATING TO CIGARETTE TAX; APPROVE TOWN’S PARTICIPATION AND AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF AGREEMENT WITH THE NORTHERN VIRGINIA CIGARETTE TAX BOARD; DELEGATE TO THE NORTHERN VIRGINIA CIGARETTE TAX BOARD THE ADMINISTRATION, COLLECTION, AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE CIGARETTE TAX ORDINANCE; APPOINT CLERK OF THE TOWN OF REMINGTON, OR DESIGNEE, AS TOWN’S NORTHERN VIRGINIA CIGARETTE TAX BOARD REPRESENTATIVE. A complete copy of Ordinance Nos. 05-22, 06-22 and 07-22 may be obtained by contacting Town Hall at (540) 439-3220, 105 East Main Street, Remington, Virginia 22734. Following the public hearing, the Remington Town Council may take action to approve Ordinance Nos. 05-22, 06-22 and 07-22.

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JUST SOLD Gainesville | $658,000 When the time comes to buy or sell a home, finding a real estate professional who is not only experienced and skilled but also looking out for your best interest is essential. As a real estate professional, I have access to the latest resources and am constantly checking out the market to see what is new. Please call me if you or someone you know is considering a move.

Call Cathy Kane | 703.868.1976

UNDER CONTRACT Woodbridge | $350,000 I’ve just sold a home in your neighborhood and I can do the same for you. If you’re interested in selling, or just want to know the value of your house in the current market, please contact me or stop by my office. I’d be happy to discuss the sale of your home.

Call Cathy Kane | 703.868.1976

Hillsboro | $450,000 This property has just been sold with the help of Century 21 New Millennium. I can do the same for you. I’ll get the job done quickly, get you the best possible price and make the whole transaction as effortless and trouble-free as possible. If you or someone you know would like more information about the real estate market in your area, please give me a call. I would be happy to help with all of your real estate needs.

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JUST REDUCED Front Royal | $399,999 If you are looking for a perfect home, this is IT! All new paint and flooring thru out whole home. Spic and span and ready to move into. 3 bedrooms and 2 baths on main level. kitchen, dining room and living room, basement is fully finished with full bath and lots of room to expand.

Close to everything. Call today to see this diamond!

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Bealeton | $349,900 Great 3 level townhome in great location.

Settlements to coincide with sellers move to new build. Estimated date by end of year.

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Warrenton | $449,000 Lovely home in old town. 2 parking options.

Driveway with 1 car garage or behind the house there is parking for 2 cars. Fenced back yard. Lovely porch. Hardwood floors. Lots of charm in walking distance to everything in old town. Call today Call Brenda Rich | 540.270.1659

Reva | $355,000 I’ve just sold a home in your neighborhood and I can do the same for you. If you’re interested in selling, or just want to know the value of your house in the current market, please contact me or stop by my office. I’d be happy to discuss the sale of your home.

Call Robin Garbe | 703.307.5092

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UNDER CONTRACT Culpeper | $385,000 Welcome home to your little piece of paradise just under 2 acres however level , surrounded by trees to create a private place of serenity for family gatherings, play games or make a creative space of gardens, animals , whatever your pleasure. Nice private level lot fenced backyard,. Come make this house your home with plenty of parking and a woodstove in the basement!

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Spotsylvania | $359,999 Welcome home to your private little section of this NO HOA neighborhood, sellers happily raised children here - many backyard birthday, graduation, and cookout events - the yard is landscaped with perennials all around, fenced backyard to include a deck & side yard double gate - great commuting location, close enough to restaurants & shopping yet far enough away from the madness Call Kelly Davenport | 703.303.6416

Amissville | $599,000 Lot 1 and 5 Colvin Rd 4bd 3.5bath with Unfinished Basement No HOA Completion Date 3-4months New home with exceptional workmanship! Custom homebuilder now marketing homes to the Public -Do not Miss out! Care and attention to all details from top to bottom are noticeable throughout your New Home! All on the northern corridor of Culpeper and less than 12 minutes to Warrenton make the location perfect!

Snuggle on 2 acres to give you the yard everyone has dreamed about!

Call Mandy Brown | 540.718.2459

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FOR SALE 2055 Armstrong Terrace Lot #1080, Jeffersonton | $597,240 Open House Sat Dec 10, 11AM-5PM, Sun Dec 11, 1PM-5PM This Lexington floor plan offers main level living and features 3 bedrooms on the upper level and a finished basement with another bedroom and full bath and an area way. The main level has luxury vinyl plank flooring, a 4 foot extension, front porch, and a gourmet kitchen which features white cabinets with white ornamental granite countertops.

Estimated delivery April 2023.

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FOR SALE 2025 Whithorn Hill Lot# 1033, Jeffersonton | $557,240 Open House Sat Dec 10, 11AM-5PM, Sun Dec 11, 1PM-5PM This Plymouth floor plan features a front porch and a finished basement which offers an additional bedroom and full bath. The kitchen features white cabinets with white caramel fantasy granite countertops. The family room offers a gas fireplace.

For immediate delivery!

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Goldvein | $175,000 Come build your dream home on 7 acres of land!! Enjoy all that nature has to offer! The seller has already received VDOT approval for a driveway into the property. There is a recorded easement to access the property, the driveway is where the sign is located.

Call Christine Duvall | 540.270.6344

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