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Government

  • Board of Supervisors to meet Wednesday for budget discussions

    The Grayson County Board of Supervisors meets 5:30 p.m. today, Wednesday, in the Grayson County Courthouse boardroom for a budget work session.
    Items included on tonight's agenda are consideration of the Grayson County Public Schools' 2012-13 budget and forums and review of the county's 2012-13 budget.
    The work session is scheduled to end around 8 p.m.

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  • ELECTION UPDATE: Unofficial results for Grayson County's town council races

    Three new faces will join Fries Town Council, after citizens voted to oust three incumbents in the May 1 municipal election, and an incumbent council member who did not file for re-election was returned to council anyway in Independence.
    Ten candidates were seeking seven at-large seats in Fries.

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  • Board of Supervisors holds public hearings, approves zoning requests

    The Grayson County Board of Supervisors conducted several public hearings at its regular meeting April 12.
    There was no opposition to a request for a special use permit to construct and operate a place of worship and a community center on a seven-acre tract on Pipers Gap Road in the Oldtown District. The request was submitted by Richard Fitzgerald on behalf of the New Harvest Christian Worship.
    The Planning Commission recommended the supervisors approve the request.

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  • Grayson budget gap shrinking

    Grayson’s fiscal health appears to be improving, as the county supervisors found themselves only $287,000 away from a balanced budget during their initial budget work session for next year’s budget.
    While $287,000 is by no means easy to find, the county has faced much larger gaps between their projected revenues and expenditures in the initial stages of past budgets.

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  • No money for Grayson prison opening, but Gov. pledges support

    Virginia's budget approved by the Senate on April 18 doesn't include any money or plans regarding the prison in Grayson County, but a letter signed by Gov. Bob McDonnell that same day calls for recommendations from key agencies as to how “we can open our new, state-of-the-art correctional center and bring much needed jobs to Grayson County.”

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  • Yes, Virginia, there is a budget

    RICHMOND — A long, partisan fight over Virginia's state budget came to a sudden, surprising end Wednesday.
    The state Senate abruptly revived and passed a two-year, $85 billion compromise spending plan after Democrat Charles Colgan of Manassas broke from his party's caucus and delivered the decisive vote to end an impasse in the evenly-divided chamber.

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  • Supervisors set public hearing to decide Providence school fate

    The Grayson County Board of Supervisors set a public hearing for May 10 to help decide the fate of the old Providence School building.
    Mark Carrico, chief of the Fries Volunteer Fire Department, asked supervisors at their March meeting to expedite their plan to convey the now-closed property to the department.
    A new fire station is nearing completion in Fries to serve firefighters once a deal can be worked out with the general contractor of the building.

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  • Parents, students ask Grayson to pay for principals

    Students, teachers, administrators and support staff all asked Grayson County supervisors to consider funding the school system above the state’s minimum Local Required Effort to keep principals and aides at all division schools.
    Ten concerned citizens spoke during the public hearing earlier this month on the proposed 2012-13 school budget and most had the same message — they like their principals and don’t want to give them up.

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  • Board of Supervisors meets Wednesday for budget work session

    The Grayson County Board of Supervisors meets 5:30 p.m. today, Wednesday, in the Grayson County Courthouse boardroom for a budget work session.
    Items included on tonight's agenda are consideration of the Mount Rogers Pre-Disaster Hazard Mitigation Plan and a review of Grayson's 2012-13 budget.
    The work session is scheduled to end around 8 p.m.

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  • Grayson County Board of Supervisors to meet 6:30 p.m. Thursday (agenda attached)

    The Grayson County Board of Supervisors meets 6:30 p.m. April 12 in the Grayson County Courthouse boardroom.
    Click on the link below to print or view a copy of the meeting agenda.

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