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Updated every weekday as availableMadison Eagle, January 25, 2012
"Three farms comprising nearly 300 acres in Madison County were protected by conservation easements in 2011, adding to a total of approximately 13,400 acres, or 7.5 percent of the county’s total land outside the Shenandoah National Park. “The landowners who have voluntarily protected this land from development are helping all of us keep land to grow local foods, filter clean water, and to preserve the rural heritage our ancestors worked so hard to create,” said Wolftown resident Beth Burnam, Piedmont Environmental Council’s (PEC) Land Conservation representative in Madison."
Weekly News
Updated every week as availableMadison Eagle, February 9, 2012
"Numbed by sticker shock, officials with Madison County are eyeing ways to shave off an annual schools utility bill that totals nearly a half a million dollars...Energy Systems Group rep Patrick Pettit told the Madison officials that by replacing lightbulbs and the chiller and boiler, installing sensory lights, low-flush toilets, a new control system, insulation in roofs and other tricks of the trade he can save the county 25-30 percent on its utility bill."
Madison Eagle, January 11, 2012
"After listening to Madison County residents’ comments, the Virginia Department of Transportation has reportedly “downsized” a proposed $4.8 million bridge on Route 231 near Aylor. Many residents who attended a Sept. 21, 2011 public hearing on the Mulatto Run Bridge received a letter dated Dec. 27, 2011 from VDOT Commissioner Gregory Whirley describing likely changes to the new bridge’s design."
Quotes PEC's Beth Burnam.
Farmers help conserve Hazel watershed
Rappahannock News, December 29, 2011
"The clean-up of the Chesapeake bay is an important issue in Virginia – one that often stirs up controversial debates and finger pointing rather than action. In Rappahannock and neighboring counties, however, farmers are tackling water quality problems, now, with innovative solutions... More than eight miles of riparian fencing have been installed in Rappahannock to date, along with more than five miles in Culpeper, Madison and Orange. More than 1,000 cattle have been fenced out of streams and provided with alternative sources of clean drinking water. "
By PEC's Katherine Vance
Madison Eagle, January 4, 2012
"Bucolic Madison County meets an Internet age innovator. Billionaire Steve Case of America Online (AOL) fame and founder of the Case Foundation with his wife Jean have purchased Sweely Estate Winery near Wolftown in one of the most expensive property sales in the county’s history."
