Stevensburg News

AT&T* today announced the expansion of its third generation mobile broadband network to 27 cell sites in the Northern Piedmont area of Virginia, opening the door to a new era of mobile services, devices and feature-rich audio and video content for customers throughout the region.

The following candidates won uncontested races in yesterday's election. HOUSE OF DELEGATES 54th House District Bobby Orrock 88th House District Mark L. Cole 97th House District Christopher Peace CAROLINE COUNTY School Board Madison District Mack Wright Jr.

On Tuesday, hours before hosting Culpeper County Chairman Bill Chase's election-night victory party, a new restaurant at the Lord Culpeper Hotel was cited by the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.

After eight years in exile, the Republican Party finally has a Virginia governor.

Poll workers report that voter turnout so far today is steady in the Stevenburg Distirct, where a three-way race for the Board of Supervisors seat is underway.

Governor: Bob McDonnell vs. Creigh Deeds Republican McDonnell recently visited Culpeper twice in a week.

The Star-Exponent editorial board endorses these candidates in Tuesday's contested races ... * School Board, Cedar Mountain District: We back incumbent Elizabeth Hutchins over Richard Goff for her leadership, expertise, hard work and commitment to quality education in Culpeper County.

Dewayne Payne has been busy since he decided to run for the Culpeper County Board of Supervisors.

As the days dwindle down to Nov. 3, Culpeper County residents were able to get another look at four of the five candidates running for the Board of Supervisors Friday morning at the Culpeper Country Club.

A man involved in a March 22 head-on collision that killed four people in Culpeper County now faces manslaughter charges.

Gardiner Mulford was living in a coastal territory of the United States 1,500 miles away from Culpeper in a town he referred to as "paradise." He said he left Puerto Rico for the farmlands of his home state.

Bill Chase will be trying to establish a record in the Nov. 3 election. Not since the beginning of Reconstruction in 1872 has any person been elected to the Culpeper County Board of Supervisors for more than seven terms.

All six Culpeper County School Board candidates gathered Tuesday night at Eastern View High School for a public forum sponsored by the Culpeper County Education Association's Committee for Children and Public Education.

Appointed by the Culpeper County School Board in July to represent the West Fairfax District, Bob Houck will try his hand at winning over the voters during the Nov.

Old House Vineyards near Stevensburg hosts its 8th Annual Chili Cook Off Saturday.

Before a standing-room-only crowd of about 60 people, the Culpeper County Board of Supervisors unanimously granted an exemption - with strings attached - to zoning rules that could have forced 77-year-old Alice Johnson off her Stevensburg-area property.

The three-way matchup pits incumbent chairman Bill Chase against challengers Gardiner Mulford and Dewayne Payne.

After a public hearing, the Board of Supervisors Tuesday night is expected to decide the fate of an elderly woman seeking an exemption from zoning rules that could force her off the Stevensburg-area property she's occupied for decades.

Culpeper County Parks and Recreation Department staff conducted a needs assessment in 2006, working extensively with Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in developing a method to collect statistically valid results from households throughout Culpeper County.

In continuing the research about the women of Culpeper, I wondered if perhaps I should write of the women of national fame? I could tell about George Washington's sister, Betty Lewis who died while visiting her daughter who lived on a farm near Stevensburg and was buried on the property.