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• Amherst budget hearing draws four responses

  Only four Amherst residents commented on the county’s 2010-11 budget at the public hearing held by county supervisors Thursday night at Amherst County High School.

  04/30/2010 3:53 AM

• Voters guide: Appomattox town elections

  Appomattox Town Mayor Paul Harvey and the town’s former mayor, John Wilson, will once again contest one another for the seat on Tuesday.

  04/30/2010 12:04 AM
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  Amherst County High School principal retiring

  Amherst County High School Principal Ernest Guill announced Thursday he will retire June 30 after 41 years at the school.

  04/29/2010 6:56 PM

• Sheriff offers funds for Amherst train depot

  Amherst County Sheriff Jimmy Ayers approached supervisors Tuesday night with an offer to pay the sum remaining on the Amherst County Train Depot project through his office’s collected fine revenues.

  04/21/2010 4:49 AM

• Amherst faces additional shortfall

  Unanticipated funding reductions from the state compensation board threaten to deepen Amherst County’s shortfall by $127,000, and the county may have to impose a one-day furlough on local constitutional officers in the current budget year.

  04/21/2010 4:46 AM

• Appomattox approves zoning changes

  Appomattox County supervisors unanimously voted to approve changes to the county’s zoning ordinance, but did not consider establishing a new ordinance, at their regular scheduled meeting Monday night.

  04/20/2010 1:48 AM
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  Amherst documentary chronicles historic black school

  The first full-time African-American judge in Virginia, the first female black Air Force colonel and a Town of Amherst magistrate can all trace their roots back to a one-story frame building on School Street in the town of Amherst.

  04/16/2010 11:17 PM

• Amherst schedules budget hearing

  Amherst board supervisors have scheduled a public hearing to discuss the county’s 2010-11 budget for 7 p.m. April 29 at Amherst County High School.

  04/07/2010 2:34 AM
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  Postmaster's retirement end of an era for Monroe

  After putting in 10 years as postmaster of Monroe and another 25 at other area post offices, the boss, Larry Pollard, recently retired his mailroom (and coffee-making) duties.

  04/06/2010 3:54 AM

• Local jails worry about state budget's impact

  Two items in the state’s proposed budget could worsen problems for regional and local jails already overcrowded with inmates awaiting transfer to state prisons.

  04/04/2010 11:50 PM

• Design work for Civil War trail begins

  Design work for a trail that will highlight Appomattox’s Civil War history is in its initial stages, said County Planner Johnnie Roark.

  03/28/2010 3:35 PM

• Memorial garden planned at Appomattox High School

  A memorial garden to honor three teenage shooting victims, as well as others, is in the works at Appomattox High School.

  03/27/2010 3:07 AM

• Amherst to advertise for legal services

  Amherst Supervisors in a 3-0 vote Wednesday directed County Administrator Lee Lintecum to begin advertising for a law firm to perform interim legal services for the county while the board considers hiring an in-house county attorney.

  03/25/2010 2:48 AM

• Amherst to consider balanced budget

  Amherst County Administrator Lee Lintecum on Wednesday presented supervisors with a $34 million balanced budget for 2010-11 that included no furloughs or layoffs for county employees.

  03/25/2010 2:46 AM

• Increased enrollment could lessen budget blows for Appomattox schools

  An enrollment increase of 80 students in the Appomattox County school system this year will soften the blow state education cuts will have on the county in the coming year, said Superintendent Dorinda Grasty at a joint meeting between the school board and county supervisors Monday night.

  03/23/2010 4:59 AM
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  Former Amherst County attorney responds to supervisors

  Former Amherst County Attorney Vaden Hunt on Wednesday challenged statements supervisors made Tuesday regarding his termination earlier this month.

  03/18/2010 1:45 AM
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  Amherst supervisors strike motion to reinstate attorney; former administrator blasts board

  MADISON HEIGHTS — Amherst supervisors voted to strike the resolution to reinstate former County Attorney Vaden Hunt in a 3-2 vote before they approved their agenda at Tuesday’s regular meeting.

  03/17/2010 1:26 AM

• Appomattox votes on town manager's suspension

  Appomattox Town Council voted to place Town Manager Bart Van Nieuwenhuise on unpaid administrative leave for eight days during a special session Tuesday.

  03/17/2010 1:10 AM

• Appomattox planner says water line users would pay less

  Partnership between the town and county of Appomattox on the U.S. 460 water line project would result in cheaper rates for water users in both areas, County Planner Johnnie Roark told supervisors Monday night.

  03/16/2010 4:54 AM

• Attorney: Appomattox Town Manager not on unpaid leave

  Appomattox Town Manager Bart Van Nieuwenhuise has not been placed on administrative leave, but was not in the office Friday, Town Attorney Frank Wright said.

  03/13/2010 6:36 AM