The Appomattox Court House National Historical Park will be one of 10 Virginia parks offering three free weekend visits this summer.

Appomattox County Schools Superintendent Aldridge Boone, who has only been at the helm of the division for about two years, announced Thursday he will resign, although not immediately.

From now through June 1, law enforcement agencies across Central Virginia will be out in force as part of the statewide “Click It or Ticket” campaign.

APPOMATTOX — The real estate tax rate in Appomattox County will increase by four cents, a much lower increase than the Board of Supervisors advertised for its budget public hearing held last week.

Keeping public comments in mind, Appomattox supervisors said Monday that before they vote, they would spend the next week examining the county’s proposed fiscal year 2010 budget and real estate tax rate increase of up to 10 cents.

The recent Virginia Supreme Court ruling against the city of Lynchburg could have immediate and long-term impacts on local government budgets statewide.

Area mapping databases will soon be upgraded and linked thanks to almost $800,000 in grants from the Virginia Wireless E-911 Board. Area public safety agencies also received grant money for various projects.

Appomattox County supervisors have decided to start the process of forming a public service authority to manage the county’s planned water system.

Another town of Appomattox wastewater treatment plant has a metal problem, this time with high amounts of zinc in water discharged from the Water Reclamation Facility.

Appomattox’s Dylan Fanney made a nice running catch just short of the fence in centerfield to rob Heritage’s Allen Seufert’s bid to tie the game in the bottom of the seventh inning and preserve the Raiders’ 7-5 non-district victory, Wednesday night at Heritage.

“That ball was hit pretty good,” Raiders coach Joe Caruso said. “(Fanney) is a JV player that I brought for this game. He did a terrific job in center for us. He got a really good jump on a couple of balls. We always preach defense and pitching and we got it (tonight).”

Vandals trashed a piece of Civil War history at Appomattox Courthouse National Historical Park last month, causing thousands of dollars worth of damage to the Peers House, said park superintendent Reed Johnson.

Service reductions and organizational changes are a major component of the Virginia Department of Transportation’s plan to cut $2 billion from its budget over the next six years.

This week’s big snowfall meant as many as three days off for lots of Lynchburg-area schoolchildren.
Now, some systems will amend calendars to make up days, while others already had inclement-weather time built into the schedule.

Smoke climbed above the charred and blackened field at the Appomattox Court House National Historical Park as firefighters burned a swatch of land.

Appomattox’s first community education program sponsored by the Museum of the Confederacy will focus on traditions of love during the Civil War.