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Board wants new school added to bond referendum

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 10:19 am

MILFORD – The School Board wants to up the ante in a bond referendum they want the supervisors to set for school facilities. The School Board initially went to the supervisors with a request to set a $25 bond referendum to pay for two projects for Caroline High School and Madison Elementary School. At the panel’s regular meeting May 13, the School Board endorsed a recommendation of its capital improvements

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Board wants new school added to bond referendum

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 10:19 am

MILFORD – The School Board wants to up the ante in a bond referendum they want the supervisors to set for school facilities. The School Board initially went to the supervisors with a request to set a $25 bond referendum to pay for two projects for Caroline High School and Madison Elementary School. At the panel’s regular meeting May 13, the School Board endorsed a recommendation of its capital improvements

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  • Kings Dominion still looking to fill jobs

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 12:06 pm

    DOSWELL – Kings Dominion is in the midst of a hiring blitz, expecting to add another 400 seasonal workers as it gets ready to open this week for the summer. The amusement park is seeking applicants to fill job openings throughout the park, including food and beverage, games, merchandise, rides, water park, admissions and security departments. Entry-level, as well as supervisory positions, are available to qualified applicants. Applicants must be

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  • Benser remembered for serving community

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 11:31 am

    Frank Benser funeral

    BOWLING GREEN – Judge Frank L. Benser Jr. was recalled as a pillar of his adopted community, a man who was devoted to the town of Bowling Green as well as his family, still clothed in humility while wearing the robes of the judiciary. Benser was remembered at a funeral at a packed Bowling Green Baptist Church Sunday. A graveside service with military honors was scheduled at Mt. Nebo Cemetery

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Sports

CHS boys track team advances to 3rd among 21 schools

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 12:32 pm

CULPEPER—The Caroline High School boys track team advanced to third place in competition against 21 regional schools on Thursday. During competition at Culpeper High School, the boys team achieved a score of 77.5, following Lafayette in first place and Brunswick in second, said Sansberry A. Harvey, CHS track coach. A top Cavalier contender was Aason Pankey, who won in the 200 meter dash. He also placed fourth in the 100

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  • Cavaliers win, earn regional playoff spot

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 10:05 am

    The Caroline High School baseball team didn’t win the Battlefield District Tournament, but they earned a spot in the Region 1 tournament. The Cavaliers routed Courtland in last night’s district tournament consolation game at Spotsylvania, beating the Cougars 17-0. With the win Caroline earned a place in the regionals, and the Cavaliers will play at either New Kent or War Hill on Monday. Last night the Cavaliers pounded Courtland for

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  • Cavs win 3rd straight district track championship

    Posted on May 16, 2013 at 10:53 am

    CULPEPER – The Caroline High School boys track team earned their third straight Battlefield District championship in a row. The boys team garnered 135 points to beat out King George, which collected 112, in the Battlefield District Track Meet on Wednesday. Chancellor scored 71 points to round out the top three. The Caroline girls team finished fifth. The girls meet was captured by King George. For the boys, DaQuan Pollard

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Lifestyles

Foundation targets Caroline for grants

Posted on May 8, 2013 at 12:00 pm

The Community Foundation of the Rappahannock River Region will award grants to charitable organizations that strive to meet critical needs Caroline County. The foundation’s board of governors has singled out charitable organizations that serve Caroline County and its citizens as its priority to receive competitive grants through its community enrichment fund. By adding a matching opportunity for local donors to contribute at any level, the fund also allows residents of

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  • Planners take up rural resort, pigs

    Posted on May 8, 2013 at 11:52 am

    MILFORD – Concerns about future weddings at proposed rural resorts surfaced last week during a work session of the Caroline County Planning Commission. Commissioners also indicated that they feel pushed to hurry and put together proposed zoning ordinance amendments that would pave the way for the development of rural resorts. So they agreed to take the matter up again at their June 5 work session. Commissioners told county planner Angeline

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  • Festival of Feet walk-run Saturday

    Posted on April 24, 2013 at 2:34 pm

    BOWLING GREEN – The town of Bowling Green will host the sixth annual Festival of Feet Memorial Race April 27. The race memorializes former Virginia State Police Sgt. Mark Haygood, who died from brain cancer in 2008. Proceeds from the 5K-10K event benefit Caroline Relay for Life, which raises money for the American Cancer Society, as well as the Virginia State Police Association’s emergency relief fund and the town of

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Entertainment

‘CHiPs’ star to screen film at church

Posted on February 27, 2013 at 12:36 pm

SPARTA – Erik Estrada, who starred in six seasons of the TV show “CHiPs” in the 1970s and 80s, will speak Tuesday at Salem Baptist Church on behalf of his new movie, “Finding Faith.” The family friendly movie starts at 6:30 p.m., and the church is at 24032 Sparta Road. “Finding Faith” is a full-length narrative motion picture that tells the true story of how a family found faith in

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  • RG man, county fair honored by association

    Posted on January 9, 2013 at 3:55 pm

    The Caroline County Agricultural Fair won six state awards for communications, and fair manager Mack A. Wright Jr. was named Fair Person of the Year by the Virginia Association of Fairs. Seven members of the Caroline County Agricultural Fair Association attended the Virginia Association of Fairs Convention at The Homestead resort in Hot Springs Jan. 4-5 and took home the wards. The delegation included Mack and Debbie Wright, Herbert Tate,

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  • Christmas musical comedy kicks off Friday

    Posted on December 13, 2012 at 1:59 pm

    LADYSMITH – Get ready for a hilarious, grown-up comedy as Caroline Community Theatre presents the contemporary musical revue, “A Christmas Survival Guide.” The production will be performed at the group’s theater, located in the Caroline Diversified Learning Center on Ladysmith Road near Jefferson Davis Highway. Show times are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. This charming revue, conceived and written by James Hindman and Ray Roderick, pokes

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