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15 hrs ago | The Free Lance-Star

Wal-Mart unmoved by Orange land offer

Eastern Orange County's largest landowner, the King family, has made Wal-Mart an offer its members believe would defuse the national controversy over the retailer's proposed store in the Wilderness battlefield area.

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Thu Jul 09, 2009

American Spectator

Wal-Mart in the Wilderness

So, here I am at the Ponderay, Idaho Super Wal-Mart. It is beautiful. They've totally redesigned it to be far more wide open, with immense aisles, immaculately clean surfaces, and somehow still a fabulously good selection of items.

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Tue Jul 07, 2009

The Orlando Sentinel

Residents halt Orange school plans to fence off ponds

Once upon a time , there were some happy homeowners who had an unobstructed view of some ponds behind a nearby high school .

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The Daily Times

Is it important to celebrate the Fourth of July as the birthday of our nation?

In June, after my Navy ship reunion in Norfolk, Va., a friend and I visited the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Va., the Jefferson and Monroe presidential family homes near Charlottesville and Madison's near Orange, Va.

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Sun Jul 05, 2009

The Free Lance-Star

Orange OKs cash for station site

Orange County supervisors have unanimously approved spending $1,000 to secure an option on land for a new combined fire and rescue station.

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Sat Jul 04, 2009

The Free Lance-Star

Orange fires county administrator Orange County supervisors fire County Administrator Bill Rolfe

After an hour of discussion in a closed session last night, Orange County supervisors took two minutes to fire County Administrator Bill Rolfe and to appoint Julie Jordan as acting county administrator.

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Fri Jul 03, 2009

The Free Lance-Star

Orange to scold county leader

Orange County supervisors are taking the county administrator to the woodshed tonight over his suggestion that they explore other possible sites for a Wal-Mart Supercenter.

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Thu Jul 02, 2009

WMDT

VA--Summary

Billionaire R. Allen Stanford is wearing handcuffs and leg chains as he arrived at a federal courthouse in Houston to face fraud and conspiracy charges.

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Tue Jun 30, 2009

The Free Lance-Star

Madison Museum unveils rare portrait

The James Madison Museum honored the father of the Constitution last week by showing one of the only five portraits of the fourth president painted from life.

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Sun Jun 28, 2009

Fredericksburg.com

2,000 Bicyclists Draw Festival Visitors Who 'are Loving it'

Carter Nicholas was pouring wine with one hand and making change with the other.

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Fri Jun 26, 2009

The Daily Times

VIRGINIA: Vote expected on Wal-Mart near battlefield

ORANGE, Va. - Wal-Mart's proposal to build a Supercenter near a hallowed Civil War battlefield is headed to its first vote Thursday.

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Thu Jun 25, 2009

Orange County Review

Sixth Picnic in the Park will be July 4

The skies above the Orange will be lit up July 4 thanks to Celebrate Orange's sixth annual Picnic in the Park.

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Tue Jun 23, 2009

The Free Lance-Star

Orange throws a large party Bike Virginia riders stop in Orange for...

Terry Detrie of Washington, Pa., rolled over in his tent at 5 a.m. yesterday and began packing up his gear.

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Mon Jun 22, 2009

The Free Lance-Star

Learn More

The town of Culpeper's ongoing celebration of its 250th anniversary will get a boost today from some 2,000 bicyclists riding across central Virginia.

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Sat Jun 20, 2009

WCAV

Pilot Charged in Orange Skydiving Accident

A Virginia man has been charged with reckless operation of an aircraft after he clipped a skydiver's parachute.

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Thu Jun 18, 2009

Fredericksburg.com

Put a New Spin on Fun in Orange

County home, at least for one night. The Bike Virginia riders will arrive in town June 23.

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Orange County Review

Orange solicits old shop ideas

Local citizens will soon get the opportunity to voice their opinions about the future use of the old public works lots in the Town of Orange.

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Tue Jun 16, 2009

The Free Lance-Star

Orange dogs need foster care Orange Animal Shelter looking for people ...

The Orange County Animal Shelter is looking for people to take in its dogs for two weeks starting at the end of the month while the facility's 50 kennels get a needed fix-up. "We'll be resurfacing the concrete floors and cinder-block walls," said shelter Director Beth Hamilton.

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Mon Jun 15, 2009

WMDT-TV Salisbury

VA--Summary

The director of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum says their security training helped save lives when guards quickly shot an elderly gunman who opened fire with a rifle.

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Sat Jun 13, 2009

Fredericksburg.com

State backs Park Service

Orange County should resolve the National Park Service's concerns about the Wal-Mart retail center proposed in the Wilderness battlefield area, a state agency says.

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