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          <title>Bill seeks to reduce Amherst school board salaries after error</title>
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A bill that is pending in the General Assembly seeks to fix &#8220;an honest mistake&#8221; that led to Amherst County School Board members being paid more than state law allows, said Brian Ratliff, schools superintendent.
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          <title>Obituaries &#45; March 10, 2010</title>
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          <title>Crime Log &#45; March 10, 2010</title>
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          <title>Public records &#45; March 10, 2010</title>
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Property transfers and building permits           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:07:36 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letters to the Editor &#45; March 10, 2010</title>
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          <title>A better way to pay for Va. roads</title>
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At least one member of the General Assembly agrees that the state needs to increase its gasoline tax to keep the highway trust fund from going broke. But that doesn&#8217;t mean he has been able to sell the idea to tax-averse Republicans who dominate the House of Delegates.
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          <title>Former Hunters for the Hungry board member dies</title>
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Richard Earl Stinson, 84, of Madison Heights, who was an original advisory board member of statewide Hunters for the Hungry organization, died March 3 at Guggenheimer Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was the beloved husband of Sammie Holley Stinson.
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          <title>Auction set for Poplar Grove Golf Club gear</title>
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The Amherst County Sheriff&#8217;s office has seized equipment from Poplar Grove Golf Club for sale to help pay some of the club&#8217;s debt.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Schools budget to come out this week</title>
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The superintendent is scheduled to present his proposed 2010-11 operating budget to the Amherst County School Board this week, after awaiting definitive budget decisions from the Virginia General Assembly.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:00:57 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Board stands by  attorney search</title>
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Amherst supervisors have not announced any new developments after directing County Administrator Lee Lintecum to begin advertising for a new county attorney last week.
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          <title>Update: Dates set for Dixie Youth tourney</title>
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The dates have been set for the return of the Dixie Youth O-Zone World Series in Madison Heights. The tournament will be Aug. 5-Aug. 11, 2011.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Obituaries &#45; March 3, 2010</title>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:49:12 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Madison Heights man charged with felony child neglect</title>
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A charge of felony child neglect against a Madison Heights man was certified to the grand jury Monday morning after a judge ruled there was enough evidence to send the charge forward, Amherst County Deputy Commonwealth&#8217;s Attorney Cary Payne said.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Public records &#45; March 3, 2010</title>
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Property transfers and building permits           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:45:07 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Crime Log &#45; March 3, 2010</title>
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Here is a synopsis of crimes reported to the Amherst County Sheriff&#8217;s Office during the past week.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:44:11 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>The piglets are rooting around</title>
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The number of earmarks in the federal budget has dropped since last year, but that&#8217;s not the full story.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Rotary Club plans pancake fundraiser</title>
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The Amherst Rotary Club&#8217;s 38th all-day pancake fundraiser is Friday at the Ascension Episcopal Church ou South Main Street, which in the past has raised thousands of dollars for scholarships and other local needs.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Old school remembered fondly</title>
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The Amherst Training School, also known as ATS, originally called the Amherst Negro School, was the first high school for black students in Amherst County. It was built on School Street with black community contributions in 1921 or 1922. ATS educated students in first through 11th grades, from the northern half of Amherst County. Madison Heights had no high school until the 1940s. Small elementary schools fed into ATS for high school.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Amherst schools posts may stay vacant</title>
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A handful of Amherst County Public Schools positions could go unfilled in a tentative plan to cut costs, but the plan would be to take advantage of attrition, schools Superintendent Brian Ratliff told school board members in a retreat last week.           ]]></description>
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          <title>County officials examine budget line by line</title>
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Facing shortages in both county tax revenues and state funding, Amherst supervisors began looking for ways to reduce the county&#8217;s spending last week.
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          <title>Obituaries &#45; Feb. 24, 2010</title>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:43:41 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Crime Log &#45; Feb. 24, 2010</title>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:39:29 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Time for tough choices is here</title>
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The other shoe dropped in Richmond last week, and it was a 12EEE, heavy-duty work boot.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:38:37 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letters to the Editor &#45; Feb. 24, 2010</title>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:38:10 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Public records &#45; Feb. 24, 2010</title>
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Property transfers and building permits           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:37:53 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Residents donate to Amherst County education foundation</title>
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Residents donated $3,500 to the Amherst County Public Schools Education Foundation at an annual luncheon last week at Winton Country Club.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:34:02 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Amherst County jail crowded with state prisoners</title>
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Housing convicted felons for long periods in a small jail like Amherst is both a financial burden and a safety risk for Amherst County residents, says Sheriff Jimmy Ayers.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:33:18 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Amherst County residents can speak on budget at two forums</title>
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Two forums will give Amherst County residents an opportunity to express their thoughts about the county&#8217;s next fiscal year budget.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:14:19 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Obituaries &#45; Feb. 17, 2010</title>
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          <title>Crime Log &#45; Feb. 17, 2010</title>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:35:29 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letters to the Editor &#45; Feb. 17, 2010</title>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:34:36 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Guns, bars still a deadly combo</title>
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Virginia could be on the verge of celebrating the days of the old Wild West. That&#8217;s because a State Senate committee has approved legislation that would allow bars to admit people carrying concealed weapons.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:33:03 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Saloons may have led to Amherst town</title>
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Life in Amherst at the time of incorporation was not easy. Recollections of everyday affairs, nevertheless, offer a picture of hard work that made lives for the 650 residents as comfortable as possible.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Budget choices prove slim</title>
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No longer can Amherst County government expect to save itself from this year&#8217;s budget crisis through its own revenue.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:29:53 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Amherst school board to select budget priorities amid shortfall</title>
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The Amherst County school board members will hold a retreat next week to figure out how to contend with a projected $3.1 million budget shortfall for the next fiscal budget.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:44:08 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Weather delays school fundraiser luncheon</title>
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Snow has delayed the Amherst County Public Schools Education Foundation fundraiser luncheon, which was scheduled for Friday and now will be held at noon Feb. 19 at Winton Country Club.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Amherst Chamber of Commerce event delayed</title>
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Snow has delayed the Amherst County Chamber of Commerce membership kickoff luncheon scheduled for today.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Amherst schools could lose more than $36k under governor&#8217;s plan</title>
          <link>http://www2.neweraprogress.com/nep/news/local/article/amherst_schools_could_lose_more_than_36k_under_governors_plan/24032/</link>
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Amherst County Schools could lose another $36,700 in state money if a proposal by Gov. Bob McDonnell goes through, numbers released this week from the state Department of Education show.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:56:33 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Obituaries &#45; Feb. 10, 2010</title>
          <link>http://www2.neweraprogress.com/nep/news/obituaries/article/obituaries_-_feb._10_2010/23979/</link>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:02:06 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Crime Log &#45; Feb. 10, 2010</title>
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Here is a synopsis of crimes reported to the Amherst County Sheriff&#8217;s Office during the past week.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:57:35 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Helping United Way helps us all</title>
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These are tight economic times for the country, and there&#8217;s nothing different here in Central Virginia.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:56:06 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Amherst County property transfers &#45; Feb. 10, 2010</title>
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Property transfers           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:55:57 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>NFL player visits Elon Elementary</title>
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Brad Butler - who at 6-foot-7 and 315 pounds dwarfs elementary school students - recently visited Elon Elementary School.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:51:41 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Survey on historic properties progresses</title>
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A survey of historic buildings in Amherst County is well under way, with dozens of nominations made so far.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:51:24 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Interim official may run</title>
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Amherst County&#8217;s interim treasurer, Evelyn Martin, hasn&#8217;t publicly stated that she will seek the post vacated by her former boss, Donald Wood, when he retired last year. But she&#8217;s taking demonstrable steps to do just that.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:50:53 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Rental inspections draw complaints</title>
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The Amherst County supervisors on Feb. 2 mulled whether to change the rule that requires all rental properties to receive inspections annually.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:47:42 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Few overnight crashes in Amherst County</title>
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The night was relatively quiet in Amherst County, with few weather-related crashes, said Amherst Public Safety Director Gary Roakes.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:40:16 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>CVEC reports power outages</title>
          <link>http://www2.neweraprogress.com/nep/news/local/article/cvec_reports_power_outages/23872/</link>
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The snowfall that continues this morning has caused more power outages, knocking out 11,000 meters within the Central Virginia Electric Cooperative, an increase of about 6,000 since Friday night.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 07:59:03 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Amherst jail cancels inmate visitation</title>
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Scheduled visitation for inmates at the Amherst County Jail has been canceled due to &#8220;safety concerns for those attempting to travel,&#8220; according to an Amherst County Sheriff&#8217;s Office news release.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:20:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Amherst man arrested after police seize dozens of pot plants</title>
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An Amherst man was arrested after authorities said they seized 59 marijuana plants while searching his home Thursday.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:37:51 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Obituaries &#45; Feb. 3, 2010</title>
          <link>http://www2.neweraprogress.com/nep/news/obituaries/article/obituaries_-_feb._3_2010/23765/</link>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:13:39 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Crime Log &#45; Feb. 3, 2010</title>
          <link>http://www2.neweraprogress.com/nep/news/local/article/crime_log_-_feb._3_2010/23761/</link>
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Here is a synopsis of crimes reported to the Amherst County Sheriff&#8217;s Office during the past week.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:05:39 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Let the public in on ethics probes</title>
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Ethics investigations in the General Assembly have generally been one of the best-kept secrets in the legislature. A citizen or lawmaker can file what he or she believes to be a legitimate complaint about a conflict of interest, for example, and that&#8217;s the last anyone beyond the ethics panel hears of it.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:03:49 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letters to the Editor &#45; Feb. 3, 2010</title>
          <link>http://www2.neweraprogress.com/nep/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/letters_to_the_editor_-_feb._3_2010/23760/</link>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:03:47 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Appalachian Power offers another payment option</title>
          <link>http://www2.neweraprogress.com/nep/news/local/article/appalachian_power_offers_another_payment_option/23758/</link>
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Appalachian Power has added an additional payment option to its existing payment plans to help customers manage their monthly electric bill.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:02:43 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>One judge and the Anti&#45;Saloon League</title>
          <link>http://www2.neweraprogress.com/nep/news/local/article/one_judge_and_the_anti-saloon_league/23757/</link>
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The road to incorporation of the village of Amherst to a town 100 years ago this year was filled with bumps. One of them was Amherst trial judge Clarence J. Campbell and his encounter with a representative of the Virginia Anti-Saloon League.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:01:13 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Snow complicates plans to replace sewer pipe</title>
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Town of Amherst officials were still contending with replacing a washed out sewer pipe from last week&#8217;s heavy rains when snow buried everything last weekend.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:55:50 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Amherst police officer injured in car collision</title>
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A Town of Amherst police officer was injured last week when her patrol car was struck by another vehicle, police said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:53:58 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Officials recognize schools, staffers</title>
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As troubling as the budget outlook is for the next fiscal year, Amherst County school officials paused from that tough business at the school board meeting last week to recognize schools and staffers who earned state honors.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:48:24 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Roads in Amherst, Nelson counties especially icy, VDOT warns</title>
          <link>http://www2.neweraprogress.com/nep/news/local/article/roads_in_amherst_nelson_counties_especially_icy_vdot_warns/23751/</link>
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Residents of Amherst and Nelson counties should be especially cautious while driving this morning.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:50:35 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>UPDATE: Accident on U.S. 29 in Amherst County cleared</title>
          <link>http://www2.neweraprogress.com/nep/news/local/article/traffic_alert/23710/</link>
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Traffic alert            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:54:14 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Power restored to 13k CVEC customers</title>
          <link>http://www2.neweraprogress.com/nep/news/local/article/power_restored_to_13k_cvec_customers/23667/</link>
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Power was restored to more than 13,000 Central Virginia Electric Cooperative customers by late Sunday, according to a company spokesman.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:05:30 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Thousands of CVEC customers lose power</title>
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About 11,000 Central Virginia Electric Cooperative customers lost power this morning when a transmission line failed that supplies multiple CVEC substations, an official said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:20:52 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Amherst County schools&#8217; projected deficit is now $3.1 million</title>
          <link>http://www2.neweraprogress.com/nep/news/local/article/amherst_county_schools_projected_deficit_is_now_3.1_million/23623/</link>
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The projected Amherst County Public Schools deficit for the next fiscal year is now $3.1 million, the superintendent told school board members Thursday night.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:58:19 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Madison Heights water main break interrupts service</title>
          <link>http://www2.neweraprogress.com/nep/news/local/article/madison_heights_water_main_break_interrupts_service/23576/</link>
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A 21-block area of Old Town Madison Heights lost water service early today when a water main split, and a crew fixed it by 1:30 p.m.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:38:48 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>SLIDESHOW: Flooding in Amherst and Nelson counties</title>
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Check out photos from Lee Luther Jr. of the flooding Jan. 26 caused by heavy rains.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:21:19 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Obituaries &#45; Jan. 27, 2010</title>
          <link>http://www2.neweraprogress.com/nep/news/obituaries/article/obituaries_-_jan._27_2010/23528/</link>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:33:49 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letters to the Editor &#45; Jan. 27, 2010</title>
          <link>http://www2.neweraprogress.com/nep/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/letters_to_the_editor_-_jan._27_2010/23525/</link>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:28:50 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Make texting ban stronger</title>
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Virginia&#8217;s ban on texting behind the wheel, enacted last year, was a good first step. But, highway safety advocates argue, it is basically a toothless law that needs some muscle. That&#8217;s because its status as a secondary offense can&#8217;t in itself prompt a traffic stop.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:25:54 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>County seeks partner for broadband expansion</title>
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In a step along a mutual path to usher in broadband service to rural areas of Central Virginia, Amherst and Bedford counties are seeking to partner with DigitalBridge Communica-tions Corporation.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:24:57 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Heavy rains cause flooding as the Piney River swells over its banks</title>
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Amherst County awoke to a deluge Monday morning, with some roads washed away and others closed, but no injuries were reported.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:22:10 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>County board to oversee train depot project</title>
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Amherst County Board of Supervisors members took action on a long-standing dilemma at their board meeting last Tuesday night and voted to accept responsibility for the Amherst train depot project from the Friends of the Historic Amherst Train Station, said Assistant County Administrator David Proffitt.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:21:05 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Financial study to help Amherst replace pipes</title>
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The Amherst Town Council has agreed to obtain a financial planning study as the town prepares to replace millions of dollars worth of water and sewer lines during the next decade and beyond. 
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          <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:20:13 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Former supervisor to run for post</title>
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Former Amherst County Supervisor Garry Friend, a banking industry veteran, has announced that he plans to run for treasurer as an independent in a special election later this year.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:16:22 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Pregnant paper carrier survives flood, finishes route</title>
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AMHERST &#8212; Patricia Tyree had just started her 80-paper route for The News &amp; Advance about 4 a.m. Monday when she turned onto Wagon Trail Road off Buffalo Springs Turnpike in Pedlar Mills.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:16:04 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Several roads in Amherst, Nelson counties flooded</title>
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Several major and smaller roads were flooded in Amherst and Nelson counties during the deluge sparked by last night&#8217;s rainfall, officials said this morning. Schools in both counties were closed. No injuries were reported.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:02:06 EST</pubDate>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:08:14 EST</pubDate>
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Here is a synopsis of crimes reported to the Amherst County Sheriff&#8217;s Office during the past week.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:02:46 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>A big chance for regional tourism</title>
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When city and state officials worked toward getting a second Amtrak train from Lynchburg to Washington, D.C., the idea was to get travelers to Washington. There&#8217;s so much to see and do in the nation&#8217;s capital. At the same time, business travelers always seem to be heading north.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:57:26 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>The story of Lord Jeffery Amherst</title>
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Historians who search for a connection between the town of Amherst and its namesake, Lord Jeffery Amherst, will continue to be disappointed. The Lord of Amherst, as he came to be known, never set foot in the Virginia colony, let alone the town that bears his name in Central Virginia.           ]]></description>
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The Amherst Fire Department plans to pay off its new fire engine by 2014, the chief told the Town Council Wednesday night.           ]]></description>
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Preliminary figures show that the Amherst County Public Schools will have about $2.5 million less for the 2010-11 fiscal year, the superintendent told the school board last week.           ]]></description>
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Robert Bruce Levalley, 21, of Old Wright Shop Road in Madison Heights, was arrested Thursday and charged with reckless disregard of a child, authorities said.           ]]></description>
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A 15-percent reduction in Amherst County department budgets would translate to across-the-board personnel cuts, salary reductions and a thorough slashing of public services, the county administrator says.           ]]></description>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:41:39 EST</pubDate>
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Here is a synopsis of crimes reported to the Amherst County Sheriff&#8217;s Office during the past week.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:36:18 EST</pubDate>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:34:49 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>A wrong turn  on public prayer</title>
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Del. Charles W. Carrico, R-Grayson County, believes the rights of what he calls the Christian majority are being trampled by an administrative order requiring Virginia State Police chaplains to deliver non-denominational prayers at official public events. He wants the General Assembly to do something about it.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:34:35 EST</pubDate>
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Katie Meeks of Rebec Vineyards will be the Amherst County Chamber of Commerce president this year.be            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:32:19 EST</pubDate>
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Lena Morrill, a junior government major, has become chairwoman of the College Republican Federation of Virginia, and she also will be a representative to the College Republicans National Committee. She also becomes a member of the Republican Party of Virginia.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:31:24 EST</pubDate>
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Amherst board members are considering loosening the inspection requirements for rental homes in Madison Heights.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:30:17 EST</pubDate>
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For the first time, Virginia&#8217;s general fund has experienced negative growth for two consecutive years, setting the stage for what could be a historically difficult budget year, Del. Ben Cline said last week.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:26:38 EST</pubDate>
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Two juveniles are facing an arson charge after a fire Sunday that burned hay bales.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:55:27 EST</pubDate>
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A teenager convicted of robbery last year in Madison Heights will be held in the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice until he&#8217;s 21.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 07:02:51 EST</pubDate>
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AMHERST &#8212; A teenager convicted of robbery last year in Madison Heights will be held in the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice until he&#8217;s 21.           ]]></description>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:25:13 EST</pubDate>
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 Here is a synopsis of crimes reported to the Amherst County Sheriff&#8217;s Office during the past week.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:09:07 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>State&#8217;s highway needs in a bind</title>
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Virginia&#8217;s outgoing Transportation Secretary Pierce Homer could not have been more blunt about the state&#8217;s transportation woes than he was last month when he said the latest round of budget cuts was eating significantly into road maintenance. The bulk of that is road repaving, which has been cut by some $45 million.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:08:24 EST</pubDate>
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The year 2010 will mark the centennial of the incorporation of the Town of Amherst. Various commemorations are being planned throughout the year.&nbsp; A series of stories reflecting the town&#8217;s rich and colorful history is one of them.           ]]></description>
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