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Add Front Royal to the list of Virginia localities where the Board of Zoning Appeals was accused of being too generous. Warren County Circuit Judge Dennis L. Hupp this week nullified a 2-year-old variance that would have allowed a tall addition to the Afton Inn in Front Royal, as reported by the Northern Virginia Daily.   The problem […]

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A Fluvanna County developer who wanted to try a new sewage treatment system for a cluster development took his case to court after being shut down by a tie vote of the county’s board of supervisors. Judge Paul M. Peatross Jr. declared that the denied special use permit was unnecessary, according to the Charlottesville […]

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A Giles County grand jury has determined that a power company project to dump 254,000 cubic yards of coal ash on property beside the New River in Narrows is not a public nuisance. The Roanoke Times has the story here.
The law that permits citizens to ask for a grand jury investigation of alleged public […]

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The federal Food and Drug Administration has issued salmonella warnings about raw tomatoes and food products containing them. Grocers and restaurants have responded by yanking the tomatoes from the shelves, reports the Richmond Times-Dispatch. The FDA is seeking to determine where the salmonella came from; at least 23 people across the country have been hospitalized […]

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