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Planners set hearing on academy request

Posted on June 17, 2013 at 1:37 pm

The Caroline County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing this week on a request by Abundant Life Academy to establish a Christian boarding school for troubled teens at the former Remuda Ranch property. Many of the questions that arose in conjunction with the academy’s 2012 request have been answered in its new application, planner Angeline Pitts told the panel at its regular June 5 work session. Neverthless, “There are

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  • Supervisors OK school bond referendum

    Posted on June 13, 2013 at 11:56 am

    MILFORD – The Caroline County voters will decide on a $25 million school bond referendum in the November election. The Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed to put the referendum question on the ballot when the panel held its regular meeting Tuesday evening this week. The supervisors adopted a resolution asking the Caroline County Circuit Court to order a special election to put the question on the ballot. Virginians will vote

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  • Caroline high graduates 289

    Posted on June 10, 2013 at 11:37 am

    Richard Williams III receives his diploma from principal Charles Stevens.

    FREDERICKSBURG – A jubilant crowd of family and friends watched as the Caroline High School class of 2013 graduated in the school’s 36th commencement. Two hundred and eighty-nine graduates received diplomas at the commencement, which was held at the University of Mary Washington’s William Anderson Center Friday night. The valedictorian of the class of 2013 was Hiba Seager, and the salutatorian was Chandler Moison “You’ve reached the important milestone of

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  • Baccalaureate service to offer emotion, meal

    Posted on June 4, 2013 at 4:37 pm

    MILFORD – Seating will be plentiful at the Caroline High School baccalaureate service, which promises to pack an emotional punch complete with a childhood slide show and the ‘passing of the torch’ candle ceremony on June 6. Seating will be limited at the Caroline High School graduation ceremony June 7 at Mary Washington University, but seating will be plentiful at the baccalaureate service. The baccalaureate service will be at 6:30

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  • Academy seeks again to relocate to Caroline

    Posted on May 30, 2013 at 3:02 pm

    Abundant Life Academy wants a second crack at coming to Caroline County. The academy, a Christian boarding school that caters to troubled teens, is currently located in Utah. It is seeking a special exception permit in order to operate a boarding school at the former Remuda Ranch site, which is located off Passing Road about seven miles east of Sparta. The property, which is in the Bowling Green District, is

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  • School Board scales back bond issue request

    Posted on May 29, 2013 at 1:39 pm

    MILFORD – The Caroline County School Board, which voted just weeks ago to ask the Board of Supervisors to increase a proposed school bond referendum, did an about face and canceled its request to put another building project on the November ballot. The School Board, while meeting in a joint session with the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday of this week, voted to withdraw its request to add a second

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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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