We are responding to the article written about our son, Stephen Caleb Smith.

Some of you may have noticed that the Orange County Review website (http://www.orangenews.com) looks a little different this week than it did a week ago. 

Hearty congratulations to you Jeff and to Phil Audibert, John Strader and Hannah Wever on your numerous Virginia Press Association awards ("Review recognized by Virginia Press Association,” March 20). 

The town is planning a dedication ceremony, along with a plaque naming the park in honor of Mr. Cooke.

I believe the board of supervisors should be able to come up with a compromise that would benefit the citizens of Orange County and their Rec Dept.

On Tuesday, March 11 at approximately 5:15 p.m. on a vote of 3 to 2, the Orange County Board of Supervisors voted to almost double Orange County’s debt service from a current $87.2 million to approximately $145 million.

Having the lowest possible real estate tax rate is not a sensible objective.

I am responding to supervisor Teri Pace’s column in the latest Orange County Review newspaper and request for input in the current budgeting process.

When the “new” PHMS was built, I was pleased. While the new PHMS is quite nice and appears to have been well-planned, I am wondering who “planned” the Route 15 entry into the school complex? 

There certainly was a lot of news in the February 28th edition of the paper; most of it bad for the Orange County taxpayer.

As a taxpaying citizen and lifelong resident of Orange County, I found it disturbing to learn that the board of supervisors is considering the elimination of The Child Garden in the 2008-2009 budget.

I write in defense of Jacqueline Gupton and her husband and against the unjustified and mean-spirited attack on them by Diane Boggs.

Gordonsville police are looking into several instances of vandalism that occurred at different locations within the town last weekend.

Most of us probably don’t think much about government services. We think about them when we need them. They go about their business--helping citizens--and we don’t really think too much about it all until it comes to paying for them.

The cost of life doesn’t go down.