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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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  • State Fair will pay county taxes, says president

    Posted on May 17, 2013 at 3:58 pm

    DOSWELL – The State Fair of Virginia will continue to pay real estate taxes to Caroline County, the nonprofit organization’s president told members of the county’s business community Thursday night. “We are paying property taxes and will continue to do so,” Jeff Dillon told an annual gathering of business owners at a reception at The Meadow Event Park hosted by county officials. The previous corporation that owned and operated the

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  • Deputies, firefighters urge new radio system

    Posted on May 15, 2013 at 4:35 pm

    MILFORD – More than 100 law enforcement and fire-rescue personnel crowded an auditorium Tuesday night and insisted that Caroline County officials replace the county’s outdated radio system. Led by Caroline Sheriff Tony Lippa, some of the workers crowded in front of the stage, where members of the Board of Supervisors, were seated and asked the board to sign a contract with Motorola for a new $6.5 million radio system. The

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  • Funeral set for Judge Benser

    Posted on May 15, 2013 at 1:04 pm

    (updates throughout) A funeral service will be held Sunday for Caroline County General District Court Judge Frank L. Benser Jr. Benser, who lived in Bowling Green and also presided over General District Court in King George, died Wednesday after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 67. Sunday’s funeral will be held at 2 p.m. at Bowling Green Baptist Church, 225 N. Main St. in Bowling Green. A reception

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  • Group seeks removal of remains

    Posted on May 13, 2013 at 4:08 pm

    James Lafferty, chairman of the Virginia Anti-Shariah Task Force, calls for federal government to disinter terrorist's remains, transport them to Russia.

    DAWN – The body of the Boston Marathon bomber, buried in a private Muslim cemetery in Caroline County, should be removed and sent to Russia, an activist said at a news conference at the cemetery on Monday. The burial of Tamerlan Tsarnaev is the first step in bringing to the site an Islamic shrine in honor of the jihadist movement, charged James Lafferty, chairman of the 200-member Virginia Anti-Shariah Task

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  • Burial was legal, Lippa indicates

    Posted on May 12, 2013 at 8:17 am

    The burial of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev in a cemetery in Caroline County apparently was legal and carried out properly, according to Caroline Sheriff Tony Lippa. His office reviewed documents related to Tsarnaev’s burial last week in a private Muslim cemetery in the Dawn community, Lippa said in a statement issued by his office Saturday night. Those documents included the death certificate, burial permit, a permit from Massachusetts

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  • Crash kills Bowling Green man

    Posted on May 10, 2013 at 3:09 pm

    RAPPAHANNOCK ACADEMY – A Bowling Green man was killed early today when the car he was driving on U.S. 17 crossed into the path of an oncoming tractor-trailer. The victim was identified as Joseph R. Jones, 27, of Duck Lane. He was driving a 2007 Hyundai Accent north on U.S. 17 when he crossed into the southbound lane and struck a 1996 Peterbuilt tractor-trailer, reported Sgt. Thomas Molnar of the

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