I would like to announce my candidacy for school the District 4 seat on the Orange County School Board.

I am asking you to think while you can, because what they risked and died for just might be slipping away before your eyes.

A letter in the June 18 edition of the Orange County Review, “Better jobs out there than Walmart” got me thinking.

However, if Walmart is built near the Route 3/Route 20 intersection, we will shift our shopping there.

I am writing to address an alternate location that would not pose a threat to the historical battlefield grounds, not stress the existing congested intersection of Routes 3 and 20, and provide Orange County with the much needed tax base and employment.

At the planning commission’s Walmart hearing on May 21, I was taken by the fact that a number of the speakers spoke about the needed job opportunities offered by Walmart.

For those of you that do not yet know me, my name is Ronald T. Matalavage. Please call me Ron.

Two of these future sites are in the inundation zone for the dam on the small lake at Lake of the Woods.

Open your eyes!

The voters of District 1 have an opportunity to express their opinion of one who cannot.

I was greatly pleased to I learn I was certified as a candidate for District 1 Orange County School Board.

That letter was not about Mr. Jones. 

Dr. Edward de Bono once asked “If you never change your mind, why have one?“

The proposed Wilderness Walmart has evoked a national response reminiscent of the Manassas-Disney controversy.

I am convinced Ms. Pace is the right person to continue representing the voters of District 4

If Rea says that he believes Johnson is good for Orange County, then I do also.

I will dedicate myself to preserving the rural character of our county, while working to bring back clean industry where our citizens can be employed, and to restore that once bustling business we had in Orange and Gordonsville. 

I recently read about an unspeakable tragedy that was narrowly averted because of the courageous action of just one person

We definitely need the Walmart approved for Orange County.

Other than the fact that Mr. Jones seems to be among the last to know that Johnson intends to run again, he also cites virtues that others fail to observe.

I would like to offer my heartfelt thanks to the Orange Town Council for their generous support of the area’s only public pool.

The Orange-Spotsy boundary line is not the only one where there are inaccurate or incomplete records. These exist along many county lines in Virginia and it is about time that the lines were established!

The dogs and cats currently calling the Orange County Animal Shelter home have asked me to make use of my opposable thumbs and type a brief letter on their behalf

Although I have not met her, I am awed by her integrity, humility and blessed spirit.

It was with great dismay that I opened the paper, and saw that we had lost an iconic figure in our community

Phil Audibert’s excellent and insightful Insider article on Dennis Horton clearly spells out the immeasurable contribution this complex and fascinating man has made to the Virginia wine industry. 

Mark, please reconsider and run again. Orange County needs you!

Today the screams of those dying men echoing forever across the mists of time have fallen on Walmart’s deaf ears.

If the Walmart construction is approved by the Orange County supervisors, the entrance to Walmart should not require any major changes to the intersection of Routes 3 and 20

Someone asked me recently why Orange County voters are so complacent about what is going on. I have no answer because I wonder the same.