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Lawyers rally for fairness in court

Posted on June 19, 2013 at 8:53 am

Currently the Supreme Court of Virginia is considering proposed amendments to Rule 3A:11 which would allow defense attorneys complete access to police reports, witness statements, which would include names and addresses, and forensic video interviews. The Virginia State Bar’s Indigent Defense Task Force has asked the court for policies governing discovery, the formal process by which the defense and prosecutors exchange information, to be overhauled. Louisa County Commonwealth’s Attorney Rusty

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  • Neighborhood thefts in Tanyard

    Posted on June 17, 2013 at 4:00 pm

    A series of thefts were reported in Tanyard Country Club Subdivision during April and the first part of May. Little information can be released at this time as the cases are under investigation by the Town of Louisa Police Department. Town Chief of Police Jessie Shupe said the department wants to take a pro-active approach against crime and it begins with residents and the community. People know who lives in

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  • Turning cancer on its heels

    Posted on June 17, 2013 at 3:59 pm

    Twelve-year old cancer survivor Mariah Dulaney is this year’s Relay For Life of Louisa’s honorary chair. The event will be held this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at Louisa County High School’s football stadium.

    It is a safe assumption to say that the first few years of 12-year-old Louisa native Mariah Dulaney’s life were slightly different than that of most girls. At an age when most children’s toughest daily tasks range from picking which crayon color to use or what doll to play with, Dulaney was fighting a battle against an overwhelming enemy. That enemy was cancer. At the unwary age of three and

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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

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    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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Editorial

A salute to the red, white and blue

Posted on June 13, 2013 at 11:09 am

Our American flag, also nicknamed “Old Glory” will celebrate her 236-year-old birthday on Friday, June 14 and is the official National symbol of the United States of America. Many citizens of this country have no idea what Flag Day is, how it was started or what it means.  Many do not know what the flag colors represent, but many know that in the field of battle or in the triumph

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  • Throwing people under the bus?

    Posted on June 6, 2013 at 11:44 am

    Many Louisa County residents don’t have a car.  Those who can’t afford this luxury, or who can’t drive for other reasons, use JAUNT services to get to work, visit doctors offices, pick up prescriptions, buy groceries and get to dialysis treatments. These people are deeply worried about not being able to do these things when JAUNT services in Louisa are cut on July 1 because of a budget shortfall. The

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  • Heroes of a new generation

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 2:47 pm

    There is a memorial to soldiers overseas that says “when you go home, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow, we gave our today.”  That is what Memorial Day is all about.  Each year we see World War II, Korea and Vietnam veterans gather on Memorial Day to honor their comrades who paid the ultimate sacrifice.  There are movies displaying the heroism of many of the bravest from

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