A local man faces felony charges in two counties in conjunction with a suspicious substance which shut down Gordonsville Town Hall Sept. 15.

Superintendent surveys due Oct. 2

Half of Orange County’s workforce commutes

Proposed changes include returning word “rural” to vision statement

All eight Orange County Public Schools have been fully accredited making Orange one of the 96 school divisions in the state that have all of their schools receiving full accreditation.

Gordon-Barbour Elementary school fifth-grader Emmet Aylor hands over his donation to Sheltering Arms director Mary Lee Hensel.

5K/10K run scheduled Saturday

School events

The third time might be the charm for a tourism corridor overlay district because two citizens have collaborated to reach a common ground, and develop a plan that could appeal to the conservation community as well as the building and development sector.

A Ruckersville man died Monday as a result of injuries sustained in a skydiving accident in Orange Sunday, according to Virginia State Police.

A collection of what was discussed at the recent Orange Town Council meeting

Considering the park wall, former town shop, former police department

Board of Supervisors sets public hearing on proposed changes for Oct. 28

On a perfect September day, James Madison’s Montpelier celebrated its five-year, $24 million metamorphosis from sprawling DuPont mansion to 19th century presidential home.

Town establishes framework for zoning ordinance overhaul

Will help define superintendent profile

Landowners assembled last week for an information session about proposed changes to the county’s subdivision ordinance.

In their third conversation about council member compensation, the Orange Town Council voted down a motion to have no compensation for council members.
The issue of compensation came up months ago when new council members Kent Higginbotham and Ryan Gibson said that they did not wish to be paid.

Suspicious substance investigation continues

Teen charged in Howard shooting faces trial in December

The Emerson Charitable Trust, the philanthropic arm of St. Louis-based Emerson, announced Tuesday it is donating 100 acres of property in Orange County to the Orange County Fair Association, Inc.

This week’s Orange County Review reported principals’ reactions to recent Adequate Yearly Progress data. The principals appeared before the Orange County School Board and presented action plans to improve their school’s test scores. Each of the principals discussed areas of concern, stated objectives and mapped out improvement plans before inquisitive school board members. In the Review’s story, the remarks attributed to Unionville Elementary School Principal Jen Curtis were incomplete. Her comments, taken from the meeting recording, are reprinted below for clarification.

School notebook

But developing downtown Orange and the town’s economy was clearly a priority goal for council members.

The new east Orange County middle school project continues to creep forward and school officials hope to put the project to bid soon.

Gordonsville branch nearly halfway to $300,000 goal

Principals present improvement plans before school board

Montpelier
Constitution Day
Restoration Celebration
• Wednesday, Sept. 17
• 11 a.m.
(Gates open 9 a.m.)
• Admission is free

Community colleges must play an increasingly important role in training a highly skilled workforce if America is to compete with rising economic powers in the global marketplace, former Gov. Mark Warner told a crowd at Germanna Community College Thursday. 

Town design meeting Sept. 8