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Family Dollar looks at Mineral

Posted on June 13, 2013 at 10:08 am

Residents may soon have another shopping option available in and near the town of Mineral. Family Dollar has filed an application to build an 8,320-square-foot retail store in the town on 1.10 acres fronting Mineral Avenue. The town’s planning commission reviewed the application and plans at its meeting on Thursday, June 6 and unanimously agreed to forward the project to the Mineral Town Council for further review and a decision.

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  • Louisa’s housing boom

    Posted on June 6, 2013 at 11:23 am

    Waverly.Place

    A groundbreaking ceremony was held on June 4, where a new apartment complex, Waverly Place, will be built in the town of Louisa. The complex will be located between the Food Lion and the New Life Community Church on Main Street. Denise Etheridge Lacour, president of Dencio Development in Charlottesville, has been working with the Town of Louisa Planning Commission, Louisa Industrial Development Association and the town council for the

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  • Louisa market first of its kind in Virginia

    Posted on June 3, 2013 at 11:49 am

    Jessie Jones, of Garris Signs in Powhatan, replaces the Farmer Foods sign with the Food Depot sign on Tuesday, May 28.

      A new grocery shopping experience is in store for Louisa County residents when Food Depot opens its doors for the first time on Monday, June 3 in the Triangle Shopping Center. The pilot store is the first of its kind to open in Virginia. “We are doing something very unique in the grocery industry,” Buster Madison, chief operating officer of Farmer’s Foods, said.  “It offers the single best value

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  • Small horse farm offers big opportunities

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 3:56 pm

    A unique horse-themed ministry, Beautiful Brokenness, located at Sonrise Farm in Louisa teaches girls and women love, acceptance, identity, security and significance. Katy Pistole, executive director and an ordained minister, says that Beautiful Brokenness, an independent, non-denominational, non-profit organization, is a disciple ministry that incorporates horses and ministries through teaching, counseling and demonstrations. “The program consists of students and women coming to the farm to start a relationship with the

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  • Local business helps keep Louisa connected

    Posted on May 17, 2013 at 6:13 pm

    A locally based Internet provider is staying abreast of cutting-edge technology in an effort to help Louisa County residents and business owners  get connected to the rest of the world by Internet. CVALINK, established by Brian Gilbreth in 2001, is on the brink of testing new technology which could bring the Internet into households all over the county and in the region. The Louisa County Chamber of Commerce held a

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  • Vote for our ‘Farm Mom’ Betty Rosson

    Posted on May 8, 2013 at 5:37 pm

    Betty Rosson, of Louisa, has been named Monsanto’s 2013 America’s Farmers Mom of the Year regional winner for the Southeast. One of five regional winners, Rosson was selected by judges from American Agri-Women and Monsanto in recognition of the contributions she makes to her family, farm, community and the agricultural industry. Along with the four other regional winners, Rosson’s nomination will be featured on www.AmericasFarmers.com through May 11, where online

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  • Lake Anna surveyor sizes up the land

    Posted on May 2, 2013 at 1:38 pm

    Scott Leiffer of Alpha Land Surveys LLC depends on a transit for his specialized work.

    When Scott Leiffer decided to establish his own business two years ago, it was because the surveying company he was working for could not guarantee him enough hours to live on and care for his family. Determined to make a living for himself and his family, the recession did not deter Leiffer from striking out on his own to establish Alpha Land Surveys LLC. While building his new company, the

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