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          <title>MADISON WINS STATE!!!</title>
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Madison County&#8217;s boys basketball team prevailed in grand fashion over Altavista, 41-38, in front of tons of raucous Mountaineer faithful in the Group A, Division 1 final at VCU&#8217;s Siegel Center on Friday to claim its first state title in 33 years. The senior-laden bunch put on a memorable last performance &#8212; which was threatened late in the game &#8212; in front of the mostly blue-and-white-clad crowd to capture the trophy.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:20:51 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>MC kennel changes scrapped</title>
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Madison County home breeders of dogs and cats can once again sell their young animals without needing a special use permit. The Madison County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to return to the original ordinance after a public hearing last week that was part of the supervisors regular joint meeting with the Madison County Planning Commission. Supervisors decided against amending the county&#8217;s kennel zoning ordinance after listening to accounts from county residents. They had previously voted to delete the last line at the recommendation of the planning commission at their regular meeting Dec. 8, 2009 meeting.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:14:07 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>MC in state final Friday</title>
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UPDATE&#8212;Madison County&#8217;s boys basketball team defeated the Castlewood Blue Devils 51-38 March 11 to advance to the Group A, Division 1 state final game March 12 in Richmond&#8217;s Sigel Center, according to the http://www.berrysports.com Web site. Madison&#8217;s Logan Terrell led all scorers with 14 points, followed by fellow Mountaineers Jerel Carter and David Falk with 9 each, Casey Campbell with 8, Matt Garr with 6, Trey Hensley with 3, and Patrick Lucas with 2.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:05:15 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>MC in state hoops action Sat.</title>
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Madison County will play in the Group A boys basketball state tournament vs. Surry County 5 p.m. Saturday, March 6 at James Madison University in Harrisonburg. Tickets for the JMU Convocation Center game are $8 at JMU the day of the game only.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:23:21 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Houck: Up conflict of interest kick&#45;in level</title>
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State Sen. R. Edward Houck, D-Spotsylvania, said the bill (inspired by a Madison County Sheriff&#8217;s Office conflict of interest case) simply modernizes the salary threshold at which Virginia&#8217;s conflict of interest law kicks in. &#8220;The last time this thing was updated was 1994,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The subcommittee felt this update was certainly acceptable.&#8221;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:15:46 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Judge denies bond for Canosa</title>
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A juvenile and domestic relations court judge denied bond Feb. 22 to a Madison County woman charged of shooting and murdering her estranged husband, an Orange County Sheriff&#8217;s Office investigator, in an apparent crime of passion Dec. 11, 2009 at his residence in rural Unionville.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:57:54 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>MC sewer &#8216;taps&#8217; scarce</title>
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Building in Madison County may present some unexpected challenges to potential residents or businesses. No more places to connect to sewer lines or &#8220;taps&#8221; remain in the areas of the county that offer water and sewer lines Rapidan Service Authority Chairman Steve Hoffman said. He explained the current state of water and sewer lines in Madison at the Madison County Board of Supervisors regular Feb. 9 meeting.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:53:37 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>County tax hike considered</title>
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Possible funding cuts to county services threw a wrench into the county&#8217;s upcoming fiscal year budget works and may mean a tax increase for Madison residents. The Madison County Board of Supervisors final 2010 budget workshop Feb. 22 started with the supervisors acknowledging that reworking might be necessary. The rethinking of the planned budget, a balanced draft of which was presented at the supervisors regular meeting Feb. 9, came after Governor Bob McDonnell&#8217;s budget proposals were released last week.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:28:35 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Madison County arrests/summonses</title>
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          <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:38:51 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>MC schools mull missed days</title>
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Madison County school officials are in the process of creating emergency transportation plans to get students to school when current bus routes remain blocked. Madison&#8217;s school calendar has 15 days marked as potential make-up days depending on the number of days missed during the school year. However, officials are still seeking to prevent further canceled classes, according to Madison County Superintendent of Schools Brenda Tanner said at the board&#8217;s regular Feb. 8 meeting. The extra days are ones that can be added without significant change to the current calendar according to Tanner           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:11:12 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Sheriff probe: No &#8216;knowing&#8217; violation</title>
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A special prosecutor has cleared Madison County Sheriff Erik Weaver of criminal wrongdoing in a conflict of interest case involving his wife&#8217;s longtime job as the sheriff&#8217;s office administrator. Prince William County Commonwealth&#8217;s Attorney Paul Ebert had been appointed to look into whether Weaver knowingly violated Virginia&#8217;s conflict of interest statute by employing his wife, Terri, in his office at an annual salary of $34,910.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:01:32 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Fuel flows into Madison creek</title>
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UPDATE&#8212;Hundreds of gallons of escaped fuel flowed about an eighth of a mile along Fairground (Route 687) and into a small creek near Pratts Feb. 12. Officials said the fuel had been &#8220;contained&#8221; sometime the next day, but it was unclear how much of it had flowed downstream before environmental clean-up crews installed various barriers in the creek, which is apparently unnamed (it flows east through a farm field from the 500 block of Fairground). The fuel is being described as biodiesel or blended biodiesel. (Biodiesel is a fuel made from oily plants or waste cooking fat, but it is usually mixed with petroleum diesel fuel.)           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:48:26 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>MC school out 2:30 p.m. Monday</title>
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BREAKING NEWS&#8212;Madison County Public Schools will close 2:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 15, according to a MC E911 annoucement early Monday afternoon.
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          <pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:36:05 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Route 687  re&#45;open after spill</title>
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Fairground Road (Route 687) near Madison Primary School was re-opened to traffic over the weekend after being closed for several hours following a Feb. 12 fuel spill in the area. The spill, which officials say involved 200 gallons of biodiesel fuel, apparently originated at the Madison County Public Schools bus shop.
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          <pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:40:38 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Town gets tough on signs</title>
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Signs like the ones that stand outside downtown Madison&#8217;s This Little Quilt Shop and The Last Nickel can no longer be constructed within the town. 
The Madison Town Council updated the rules controlling sign sizes, numbers and styles within the town limits at its regular Feb. 4 meeting. The updated ordinance no longer allows some sign styles in an effort to make sure that future signs are attractive and add to the town&#8217;s appearance, according to Councilman Dan Painter.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:46:06 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Scott bill could reverse pay cut</title>
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A bill sponsored by Del. Ed Scott, R-Madison County, that arose out of concerns over a conflict of interest in the Madison County Sheriff&#8217;s Office cleared a major hurdle Feb. 9 on its way to final approval.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:39:37 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>MC gets two&#45;foot&#45;plus snow</title>
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Madison County residents are digging out from the weekend&#8217;s snowstorm, which&#8212;in Madison&#8212;apparently surpassed the Dec. 18-19 nor&#8217;easter, itself a huge storm. Unofficial measurements in downtown Madison show that it snowed a total of 25 inches this past Friday and Saturday (Feb. 6 and 7).            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:26:24 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Heavy snow blankets Madison</title>
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All roads across Piedmont Virginia, including in Madison County, are snow-covered as snow continues to fall throughout the region. Interstate 64 and all primary highways in the Charlottesville area are in moderate condition, snow-covered but passable with caution, while I-66 and all primary highways north of Culpeper are reported in severe condition with significant amounts of snow that may block portions of the road and driving is hazardous.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 09:46:47 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Madison County Arrests / Summonses</title>
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Jan. 23-29, 2010           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:57:17 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Supes: Some new furniture OK</title>
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The Madison County Board of Supervisors backed away some from earlier moves to cancel $250,000 in furniture for the refurbished courthouse. The panel agreed at its workshop last week that it will have to OK buying some furniture, just not $250,000 worth. &#8220;The intent of the (earlier) motion was not to not buy any furniture, the intent of the motion was to make sure that we used everything that we had so we don&#8217;t have a bunch of furniture left over that was going to go off somewhere else and possibly end up in a landfill,&#8221; Supervisor Pete Elliot said at the Jan. 28 workshop.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:47:02 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Pay cut, sheriff&#8217;s wife stays</title>
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Madison County Sheriff Erik Weaver&#8217;s wife, Terri Weaver, will apparently continue to work full-time at the sheriff&#8217;s office, but with a big cut in salary and change in title. Her pay has been cut by more than a third &#8211; reduced to $22,400 a year from $34,910 &#8211; and she is now a &#8220;secretary one&#8221; instead of an &#8220;office manager.&#8221; County officials OK&#8217;d the changes after receiving advice from the state auditor of public accounts and a special prosecutor.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:42:16 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Week&#8217;s third snow looms</title>
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As the third snowstorm in a week approaches Madison County, people are talking about the weather and trying to prepare as best they can. The National Weather Service on Wednesday issued an official winter storm watch on an approaching weekend storm that has had people talking since they dug out of Tuesday&#8217;s three-inch snowfall.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:18:04 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Missing Old Rag hiker found</title>
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BREAKING NEWS UPDATE           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:20:45 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Madison County Arrests / Summonses</title>
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          <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:38:53 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Teacher pay worries officials</title>
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Madison County school officials say it will be harder to attract qualified teachers to Madison, since Madison salaries are lower. They look to county officials to help make up funding shortfalls to solve this and other problems.The school system needs another $269,375 to balance its budget, Madison County Public Schools Superintendent Brenda Tanner told supervisors at a special Jan. 18 joint supervisors-school board meeting.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:15:24 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>$250,000 courthouse furniture nixed</title>
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Madison County&#8217;s Board of Supervisors did some belt tightening at its first 2010 regular meeting on Jan. 12. Supervisors froze &#8220;discretionary&#8221; spending, halted hiring some new employees and canceled $250,000 in new furniture for the courthouse. Three incoming board members&#8212;Dave Allen, Jerry Butler and Pete Elliott &#8211; had all campaigned on the idea of bringing greater fiscal responsibility to Madison. Accordingly, Butler and Elliott both proposed some of the new rules that covered department spending, staff raises and hiring and furniture purchases for the courthouse. 
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          <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:08:18 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Madison County Arrests / Summonses</title>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:16:27 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Pay for sheriff&#8217;s wife put on hold</title>
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Madison County officials have cut funding for the job held by Sheriff Erik Weaver&#8217;s wife, Terri Weaver, over concerns that her job in his office is a conflict of interest. The funding, which pays about a fourth of Weaver&#8217;s wife&#8217;s salary, will be suspended effective Jan. 31, Board of Supervisors Chairman Eddie Dean said            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:12:02 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>MC man in Haiti for quake OK</title>
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The 7.0 earthquake that hit in Haiti Jan. 12 temporarily stranded one Madison County man on the Caribbean island off Cuba&#8217;s southeast tip. The Rev. Cary Lane, pastor of Shiloh Free Will Baptist Church in Criglersville, was in Port-au-Prince to attend a conference at a Bible institute, when the quake hit.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:04:26 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Big MC school cuts loom</title>
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Proposed cuts in the state education budget mean a potential loss for Madison County Public Schools next year of 12 staff positions and more than $1 million. Schools Superintendent Brenda Tanner related the preliminary budget numbers to the school board members at their regular Jan. 11 meeting. She is currently involved in working on the school budget for the next year. 
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          <title>Leon crash claims life</title>
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A Leon crash claimed the life of a Reva woman last week. Virginia State Police spokesman Sgt. Les Tyler said authorities were called to the Jan. 7 accident scene on North Seminole Trail (U.S. 29) at James City Road (Route 612) around 5:15 p.m. Thursday.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:54:22 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Let law put brakes on Malvern speeders?</title>
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Madison County residents asking for sheriff&#8217;s deputies to enforce speed restrictions in the Malvern community have themselves hit a speed bump.
Officials say a public hearing is necessary before a final decision can be made. The Madison County Board of Supervisors scheduled one on the subject for the 7:30 p.m. session of its regular Tuesday, Feb. 9 meeting.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:48:52 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Old Syria&#45;Etlan link saved</title>
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Old Shotwell Hollow Road (the eastern end of Route 611) remains a road and has the support of the majority of the Madison County Board of Supervisors. 
Supervisors voted against proceeding with abandoning a portion of the road at their regular joint Jan. 6 meeting with the Madison County Planning Commission. They scheduled the vote for that meeting because if they had further postponed it, there would not have been time to advertise the public hearing, which was the next stage before their regular Tuesday, Feb. 9 meeting.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:45:55 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Dean retains chairmanship</title>
          <link>http://www2.madison-news.com/mce/news/local/local_govtpolitics/article/dean_retains_chairmanship/50904/</link>
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Eddie Dean has retained his chairmanship of the Madison County Board of Supervisors.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:33:39 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Madison County Arrests / Summonses</title>
          <link>http://www2.madison-news.com/mce/news/local/article/madison_county_arrests_summonses7/50721/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[
Nov. 24-Dec. 18, 2009           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:39:34 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>MC schools scramble for money</title>
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In an effort to partly counteract likely substantial upcoming budget cuts, Madison County Public Schools are seeking grant money to boost funding for literacy, college preparation and career readiness programs. Madison could receive $153,000 from the federal program.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:19:52 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Suspense surrounds selection</title>
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It&#8217;s a cliffhanger rivaling an Oscars movie awards ceremony or Miss America beauty pageant: Whom will the Madison County Board of Supervisors &#8211; which includes a majority of new members &#8212; pick as its chairman? The chairman vote is expected to take center stage right at the start of the supervisors&#8217; next regular meeting, which is set for 3 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12 in the Madison County Administrative Center&#8217;s auditorium.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:57:04 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Authorities: MCHS site of marijuana dealing; two nabbed</title>
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Madison County Sheriff&#8217;s Dep. Drew Eanes, the school resource officer at Madison County High School, received confidential information that two MCHS students were about to participate in an illegal drug transaction on school grounds Dec. 15, according to a Madison County Sheriff&#8217;s Office news release.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:15:42 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Plow and Hearth buyer named</title>
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Richmond-based home d&#233;cor manufacturer-distributor Evergreen Enterprises Inc. is purchasing Madison County-based home, yard and garden retailer Plow and Hearth for $17 million from P and H parent company 1-800-Flowers.com, it was announced this month. The reported deal concludes several months of deliberations and is scheduled to become final in January 2010.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:06:39 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>MC superintendent retiring</title>
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Writing the new school budget is no longer the only issue occupying the Madison County School Board &#8212; it has to find a new superintendent. Current superintendent Brenda Tanner announced last week that she would retire effective June 30, 2010. 
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          <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:56:03 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Nor&#8217;easter blankets Madison</title>
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Madison County received about a foot and and a half to just over two feet of snow starting Friday evening and ending Saturday afternoon, depending on the exact location. With temperatures staying below freezing overnight and just topping freezing during the day, roads in the county are expected to remain treacherous much of this week.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:45:10 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Lawmen: MC woman shot estranged spouse</title>
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Rochelle resident Brenda Canosa &#8212; the estranged wife of an investigator with the Orange County Sherifff&#8217;s Office &#8212; was arrested Dec. 11, charged with shooting him multiple times at his home in Unionville.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:38:38 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Houck cautions MC officials</title>
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State Sen. Edd Houck, D-Spotsylvania, compared the commonwealth&#8217;s current economic situation to that experienced during the Great Depression. Houck, whose district includes all of Madison County, made the comparison while addressing the Madison County Board of Supervisors last week.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:27:23 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Supervisors clash on spending</title>
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Madison County Board of Supervisors Vice Chairman James Arrington said he wants to freeze some types of non-essential county spending, but his fellow supervisors seem reluctant to go along with his idea. Citing the slumping economy, Arrington proposed that the board of supervisors should stop spending money on projects like the Hoover Ridge athletic complex, or at least keep a closer watch on the money the county does spend. However, none of the three other supervisors present at the regular Dec. 8 meeting where Arrington made the proposal seconded his idea, so his proposal died.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:00:34 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>MC food stamp rise &#8216;huge&#8217;</title>
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The Madison County Department of Social Services has stretched its budget to cover the increasing number of Madison County residents requiring financial help. In 2008, the department spent $831,000 helping struggling families through its food stamp program, now called SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), while through the end of October this year, it had already spent just less than $1.3 million.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:55:50 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Madison County Arrests / Summonses</title>
          <link>http://www2.madison-news.com/mce/news/local/article/madison_county_arrests_summonses5/49672/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[
Nov. 14-27           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:03:39 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Grinchy weather zaps parade</title>
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The Madison Chamber of Commerce-Town of Madison Christmas celebration set for Saturday, Dec. 5 has been canceled, due to wintry conditions.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 09:06:20 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>MC supervisors grapple with kennel issue</title>
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The Madison County Board of Supervisors has run into some challenges while attempting to redefine Madison&#8217;s &#8220;kennel&#8221; ordinance. The issue of what constitutes a kennel started in the board&#8217;s regular October meeting when a letter by Criglersville resident Bonnie Dixon raised the subject, according to County Attorney V.R Shackelford. The board decided at that time that the current definition was not adequate for protecting the rights of neighbors to kennels or potential kennels and the issue was sent to the Madison County Planning Commission in hopes of creating a new, more enforceable definition of kennel, according to Shackelford. People running kennels have to apply for a county special use permit.&nbsp;            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:45:46 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Authorities: MC sex offender failed to re&#45;register</title>
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A case involving convicted Madison County sex offender Robert Lightburn, 52, is due to head to court this month after authorities say he failed to re-register. A hearing in the case involving the Shelby resident is set for 1 p.m. Dec. 22 in Madison District Court.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:25:36 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>MC schools in funding crisis?</title>
          <link>http://www2.madison-news.com/mce/news/local/education/article/mc_schools_in_funding_crisis/49538/</link>
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Virginia officials are asking Madison County to pay a larger amount of the Madison County Public Schools budget. The new financial burden has Madison County Superintendent Brenda Tanner looking at next year&#8217;s school budget and possible layoffs. The superintendent is concerned about the impact on services and staff with the potential drop in funding from the rise in the &#8220;composite index&#8221; coupled with the possibility of more budget cuts from the state.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:34:25 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Madison County arrests / summonses</title>
          <link>http://www2.madison-news.com/mce/news/local/article/madison_county_arrests_summonses4/49292/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[
Oct. 13-Nov. 13, 2009           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:51:59 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Reward in Uno flag trashing</title>
          <link>http://www2.madison-news.com/mce/news/local/article/reward_in_uno_flag_trashing/49105/</link>
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A tipster can now receive a $200 reward for giving information that leads to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for destroying a patriotic display in Uno off South Blue Ridge Turnpike (Route 231) on the night before Halloween, the Madison County Sheriff&#8217;s Office announced last week.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:31:58 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Grayson heads state rescue group</title>
          <link>http://www2.madison-news.com/mce/news/local/article/mcs_grayson_now_heads_state_rescue_group/49099/</link>
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&#8220;The reward for a job well done is a harder job.&#8221; It is a saying Madison County resident Steve Grayson exemplifies. Drawing on his experience with the Madison County Rescue Squad he was elected president of the Virginia Rescue Squad Association at the end of September.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:06:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Officials eye old Syria&#45;Etlan link</title>
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Drivers now have only one direct single-road link between the Madison County communities of Syria and Etlan. But they may get a second one. The Madison County Board of Supervisors is considering whether to resume maintaining the eastern half of Shotwell Hollow Road (Route 611) that connects Syria and Etlan.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:46:22 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>MC falls in duel of the undefeateds</title>
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The only thing missing for Madison County&#8217;s football squad was a black cat running across a soggy Eddie Dean Field on Friday night. What was running up and down the field was the twin combination of Sam and Zach Shiley, as Clarke County captured the Bull Run District championship with a 47-7 win over the Mountaineers in a battle of previously unbeaten teams.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:01:49 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>MC E911 receives $165,000</title>
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The Madison County E911 Operations Center was awarded a $165,000 grant though the commonwealth to give Madison and its surrounding area better emergency radio coverage. The announcement came at the Oct. 29 board of supervisors&#8217; workshop.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:51:19 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Madison County arrests / summonses</title>
          <link>http://www2.madison-news.com/mce/news/local/article/madison_county_arrests_summonses3/48800/</link>
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          <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:43:08 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>MC schools flu plan hits snags</title>
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Madison County Public Schools is still working to offer H1N1 vaccinations to all of its students, but is experiencing a hiccup or two along the way.
Although an initial plan called for students to have had at least one dose of the &#8220;swine flu&#8221; vaccine by Oct. 29, shortages have prevented this. So far, only students at Madison Primary School have received the vaccination. 
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          <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:28:59 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>MC &#8220;unstoppable&#8221; in 41&#45;0 win</title>
          <link>http://www2.madison-news.com/mce/news/local/article/mc_unstoppable_in_41-0_win/48627/</link>
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When the Manassas Park Cougars lined up for Nov. 6 football action vs. Madison County, they stared right into the eyes of a senior running back with something to prove. After sitting out last week against Strasburg, Logan Terrell was both an unstoppable force and an unmovable object as the Mountaineers rolled to a 41-0 win.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:53:37 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Lawmen hunt Uno vandals</title>
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Authorities are seeking information on vandals who destroyed a lighted patriotic display on South Blue Ridge Turnpike (Route 231) in Uno Oct. 30 or 31. The display featured an American flag and a military flag.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:10:56 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Madison County arrests / summonses</title>
          <link>http://www2.madison-news.com/mce/news/local/article/madison_county_arrests_summonses2/48540/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[
Sept. 29-Oct. 5           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:02:14 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Local sheriff car buy OK&#8217;d</title>
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The Madison County Board of Supervisors voted last week to approve a purchase of nine vehicles for the Madison County Sheriff&#8217;s Office. The unanimous vote came at the supervisors regular Oct. 29 workshop meeting (supervisors Bob Miller and Clark Powers were absent).           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:46:05 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Shelby crash injures three</title>
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A  two-vehicle Nov. 3 crash at a Madison County intersection notorious for wrecks sent three people to an area hospital.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:39:55 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Allen, Elliott, Butler win</title>
          <link>http://www2.madison-news.com/mce/news/local/local_govtpolitics/article/allen_elliott_butler_win/48431/</link>
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UPDATE           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:35:13 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>MC stops Strasburg 28&#45;7</title>
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Madison County remains undefeated, defeating Strasburg 28-7 in Oct. 30 Bull Run District football action at Eddie Dean Field.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:59:21 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>&#8216;Bump fists&#8217; with Carson at Madison Inn</title>
          <link>http://www2.madison-news.com/mce/news/local/local_govtpolitics/article/bump_fists_with_carson_at_madison_inn/48254/</link>
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The independent candidate for the District 30 Virginia House of Delegates takes another shot at meeting Madison County voters today (Oct. 30) at an informal event. Matt Carson missed the candidates forum Monday in downtown Madison because he had the flu, so he returns at 6 tonight for a casual meet-and-greet at the Madison Inn restaurant, 217 N. Main St.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:04:41 EST</pubDate>
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          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:54:16 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Speedy Malvern solution eludes officials</title>
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Malvern residents are still waiting to hear if deputies will be allowed to ticket speeders and enforce other traffic laws there. The delay continues because the Madison County Board of Supervisors wants more information before it schedules a public hearing on the issue. The meeting is likely to be arranged after the next regular supervisors meeting Tuesday, Nov. 10. However, it is not immediately clear what the timeline will be.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:28:48 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Lawmen seek Syria arsonist</title>
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Authorities are seeking new leads to solve a Syria arson case from the summer. Several large stacks of firewood near a house at 3022 Weakly Hollow Road (Route 600) in Syria were intentionally set on fire sometime between 4 and 5 a.m. July 10, Madison County Sheriff&#8217;s Office Investigor Greg Garrett told The Eagle.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:16:09 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Link MCHS, Food Lion with overpass?</title>
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Drivers going from Madison County High School to the Madison (Food Lion) Plaza directly across U.S. 29 could be using an overpass to get there if the Virginia Department of Transportation has its way. A VDOT committee is working on the Route 29 Corridor Study that will include ideas on ways to make the flow of traffic smoother on U.S. 29, according to Project Manager Charles Rasnick. The changes do not meet with everyone&#8217;s approval, according to Madison County Board of Supervisors member Bob Miller, who voiced concerns with the plan&#8217;s goals in Madison County and its funding.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:59:37 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Supervisor hopefuls share Criglerville ideas</title>
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These are the responses by the eight Madison County Board of Supervisor candidates on what, if elected, the position they would take on the county&#8217;s Criglersville school property. The election is Nov. 3.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:13:56 EST</pubDate>
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Eight candidates are running for three Madison County Board of Supervisor seats up for grabs in the Nov. 3 election. These are their Madison Eagle questionnaire responses.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:03:21 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Carson ill, to miss forum</title>
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BREAKING NEWS

The two candidates running for delegate to the 30th District of the Virginia General Assembly&#8212;Matt Carson and Ed Scott&#8212;were scheduled to participate in a candidates forum set for 7 p.m. today, Monday, Oct. 26, in the Madison County Administration Center&#8217;s auditorium at 414 N. Main St. in downtown Madison. However, in an e-mail sent to the (Culpeper) Star-Exponent Monday afternoon, Carson&#8217;s wife, Heather, said her husband &#8220;has officially come down with the flu after knocking on doors and shaking hands for six-plus weeks.&#8221;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:00:30 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>MC lodging tax hike advances</title>
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The Madison County Board of Supervisors is again looking at increasing taxes on tourists and part-time residents staying in Madison County.Proposed legislation previously discussed at a February supervisors meeting, would let the county to raise taxes for visitors who rent rooms or campground spaces in Madison County for less then 30 consecutive days, according to information published by the Madison County Finance Committee. Instead of paying up to two percent taxes on a room at a hotel, motel, bed and breakfast or for a campground space, guests could have to pay up to five percent, Supervisors Chairman Eddie Dean said at the board&#8217;s regularly scheduled Oct. 13 meeting.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:36:40 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Supervisor candidates forum Oct. 22</title>
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Rural Madison&#8217;s Madison County Boartd of Supervisors forum is set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22 Madison County High School&#8217;s auditorium.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:09:52 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>H1N1 vaccines reach MC</title>
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The H1N1, or &#8220;Swine Flu,&#8221; vaccine has come to the Madison County Health Department. The vaccine has already started to be available in Virginia although it has gone to healthcare workers first, according to the Dana Bradshaw of the Madison County Health Department. &#8220;We got a very small initial shipment of one type (of the vaccine),&#8221; said Bradshaw. &#8220;It was targeted to healthcare workers or emergency medical care workers. However, we are expecting to get an increasing amount on a weekly basis. It will go to the high risk candidates and the schools.&#8221;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:04:29 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>School flu vaccinations set</title>
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The Madison County School Board voted unanimously to work with the Madison County Health Department to provide the H1N1 or &#8220;swine flu&#8221; vaccine during the school day. The vote came during the board&#8217;s regular monthly meeting Oct. 12. The dates proposed will be Friday, Oct. 23 for Madison Primary School and Waverly Yowell Elementary School and Thursday, Oct. 29 for Wetsel Middle School and Madison County High School.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:52:14 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>MC will have festive weekend</title>
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Madison County will host three big separate festive events this weekend and in the process spotlight apples, art and quilts. Rolling into downtown Madison is The Tour de Quilt and the Mad Arts Gallery is opening its new show just down the street. And if you go on just a short drive further out into the country to Madison&#8217;s Syria community, you can experience Graves Mountain Lodge&#8217;s Apple Harvest Festival.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:06:57 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Madison County Arrests / Summonses</title>
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Madison County Arrests / Summonses, Sept. 8-14           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:57:19 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>MC topples &#8216;Wall, 48&#45;7</title>
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Madison County defeated Stonewall Jackson 48-7 in Oct. 9 homecoming football action at Eddie Dean Field.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:42:10 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Planners clash on certification</title>
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Madison County Planning Commission members disagree on whether or not they should be certified and how much money from their $1,500 education budget should go to pay for it. Planning commission member Jacki Eisenberg backs certification, even though some of her fellow commission members do not.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:03:14 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Madison defeats Page, 35&#45;6</title>
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Madison County ventured west to take on a valley foe for the second week in a row and this time the Mountaineers took their attack defense with them. The Mountaineer defense sacked Page County quarterback Dakota Wolf nine times on its way to a 35-6 football win Friday night at Panther Field in Shenandoah.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:13:18 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Malvern reps: Put brakes on speeders</title>
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The roads in Madison County&#8217;s Malvern community remain a hot topic for residents there. At the Madison County Board of Supervisors workshop meeting last week, Malvern Homeowners Association representatives asked the Madison County Board of Supervisors to help give Malvern&#8217;s roads a designation needed to allow sheriff&#8217;s deputies to ticket speeders there and perform other types of traffic enforcement currently not possible on the community&#8217;s private roads. Although this is not the first time the group has approached supervisors on the issue, not all Malvern residents agree further regulations of Malvern&#8217;s roads is the way to go.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:38:03 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>School Bible trailer mulled</title>
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The future of Bible classes for some Madison County public school students remains uncertain while the board of supervisors considers new places for the classes to meet.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:04:59 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>MC lawmen uncover pot operation</title>
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Authorities discovered a Madison County-based marijuana growing operation Sept. 21, according to a Madison County Sheriff&#8217;s Office news release.
The operation, which was in the 2000 block of Leon Road, included an undisclosed number of marijuana plants with a reported street value of $18,000, as well as 1.5 ounces of dry marijuana.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:30:06 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>MC leashes Luray &#8216;Dogs, 28&#45;20</title>
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Madison County&#8217;s Mountaineers (4-0, 0-0) defeated the Luray Bulldogs (1-3, 0-0) in Sept. 25 football action at Bulldog Field.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:18:03 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Oct. 5 last day to register</title>
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Start with eight candidates running for seats on the Madison County Board of Supervisors, throw in a governor&#8217;s race and a delegate&#8217;s race, and you may have a recipe for a big turn-out for the upcoming Nov. 3 election, officials say. &#8220;Usually we have a good turnout in Madison (County),&#8221; said Voter Registrar Diana A. Eanes, adding that 60 percent or higher turnouts are not unheard of in Madison. If you aren&#8217;t registered to vote but still want to get in on the action, there is still time, but don&#8217;t wait too much longer. Unregistered citizens have until 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 5 to register.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:06:44 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Madison County arrests</title>
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The following is a list of individuals arrested in Madison County Sept. 1-7.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:43:11 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Madison blanks Nelson, 35&#45;0</title>
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Madison County (3-0, 0-0) shut out Nelson County (0-3,0-0) 35-0 Friday night in football action at Eddie Dean Field.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:07:31 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>MC schools plan for H1N1</title>
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A Madison County School Board meeting presentation Monday on H1N1 helped illuminate issues surrounding the disease commonly known as &#8220;swine flu,&#8221; but it also shone a light on conflicts that are cropping up over how best to defend against it.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:46:03 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>MC slays Greene&#8217;s Dragons</title>
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Greene County&#8217;s Dragon Fest quickly morphed into Madison County&#8217;s Touchdown Fest in football action Friday night at Martin Mooney Field. Madison senior Logan Terrell led the Mountaineers with 126 yards on nine attempts and four touchdowns in Madison County&#8217;s 57-7 win over Greene&#8217;s William Monroe.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:59:18 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Bohannon Road clean&#45;up Sept. 12</title>
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A two-mile section of Bohannon Road (Route 600) in Syria was newly adopted this year by the Friends of Bohannon, a new group of a dozen Madison County citizens dedicated to maintaining the scenic nature of the beautiful winding road that runs along the Robinson River. The group is participating in the annual statewide litter clean-up, starting at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 12.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:45:39 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>MC Habitat needs family</title>
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Madison County Habitat for Humanity has the land to build its ninth house. And it has the money to buy the bulk of the home&#8217;s building materials. But it lacks one key ingredient &#8211; a family to live there.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:57:49 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Madison over Fluvanna, 26&#45;20</title>
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Madison County (1-0, 0-0) came out on top 26-20 in a hard-fought, triple overtime victory over the Fluvanna Flucos in the Mountaineers&#8217; Sept. 4 regular season football opener.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:39:35 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>MCSO car purchase stalls</title>
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An earlier plan to purchase new Madison County Sheriff&#8217;s Office patrol vehicles from an out-of-county source is now on hold as county officials eye ways to instead involve a local dealer. The project took a new turn last week when the Madison County Board of Supervisors discussed opening it to sealed bidding, apparently at least partly in a move to save money.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:51:23 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>MCHS grading change eyed</title>
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Some Madison County parents are asking school officials if it is fair that their students are being held to higher standards than students at other Virginia schools. They are calling for the officials to &#8220;level the playing field,&#8221; said Don Davis, one of the parents on a special exploratory committee looking at the situation.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:02:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>MC schools miss benchmarks</title>
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Madison County Public Schools failed to achieve Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) benchmarks for the 2008-2009 school year, nor did three of the system&#8217;s four schools, the Virginia Department of Education announced last week. Only Madison County High School met the standards.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:52:29 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>MACE to host candidates</title>
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A Madison County group that focuses on promoting equality is offering an opportunity to learn more about the candidates that are seeking seats on the board of supervisors and school board. MACE &#8211; Madison Association for Continued Equality &#8211; will host a town hall-style meeting in which the office-seekers all answer three or four set questions, then field questions posed from audience members. The meeting is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25 in the fellowship hall of Antioch Baptist Church at 1165 Mud Road in downtown Madison.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:03:51 EST</pubDate>
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Madison County Public Schools recently released its school lunch menus for Aug. 26-Sept. 4.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:31:17 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Madison schools supply lists announced</title>
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Madison County Public Schools recently released supply lists for kindergarten through 12th grade students from the 2009-2010 school year. Madison public school students are set to return to classes this Wednesday, Aug. 19.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:15:34 EST</pubDate>
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