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2 days ago | 
winchesterstar.com | Mickey Powell
BOYCE — Monday night, White Post residents overwhelmingly told Clarke County planners they want their village to remain rural and peaceful, with little to no development. About 70 people took part in a public meeting at the Boyce Volunteer Fire Company's Social Hall to give the planners input into developing a Rural Lands Plan for the county.
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3 days ago | 
winchesterstar.com | Mickey Powell
BERRYVILLE — The Clarke County Conservation Easement Authority (CEA) wants you to take a hike. Literally. It has developed a flier titled “Take a Hike!” detailing a dozen trails — at locations both in and near the county — for people with varying levels of hiking skills. The trails range from short, flat ones that are easy to traverse to paths that are longer and more challenging. Accompanying the details is a map showing where the trails are located. Some of the trails are well-known.
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4 days ago | 
winchesterstar.com | Mickey Powell
BERRYVILLE — Berryville Town Council is looking to expand the town's boundaries in hopes of boosting the local tax base. At least one member of the Clarke County Board of Supervisors is concerned, based on a resolution the council adopted during its April 8 meeting. The resolution asks the Berryville Area Development Authority (BADA) to recommend amendments to the Berryville Area Plan (BAP).
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1 week ago | 
winchesterstar.com | Mickey Powell
BERRYVILLE — Clarke County officials have taken another step to try and get drivers to slow down along Va. 7 (Harry Byrd Highway) on Blue Ridge Mountain. Electronic speed monitoring signs have been installed beside the eastbound and westbound lanes near Valley Springs Lane. The so-called "radar signs" display the speeds of passing vehicles and flash when drivers exceed the 55 mph limit. They're mounted on poles below traditional speed limit signs.
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1 week ago | 
winchesterstar.com | Mickey Powell
BERRYVILLE — Groundwater in parts of Clarke County is at emergency levels amid the drought. No restrictions on water use have been imposed. But the Clarke County Board of Supervisors is encouraging people to conserve water. The U.S. Drought Monitor website on Wednesday showed most of the county is under a moderate drought, but areas along the West Virginia line are under severe drought.
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1 week ago | 
winchesterstar.com | Mickey Powell
BERRYVILLE — Public meetings are scheduled to get input from residents on the future of two unincorporated Clarke County villages. The first, regarding White Post, will be held at 7 p.m. April 21 at the Boyce Volunteer Fire Company's social hall on Greenwood Avenue (U.S. 340). The second, regarding Millwood, will be held at 7 p.m. April 28, also at the social hall, which is less than 4 miles from either village.
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1 week ago | 
winchesterstar.com | Mickey Powell
BERRYVILLE — On the day that federal and state taxes were due, the Clarke County Board of Supervisors raised local taxes. Tuesday afternoon, the board adopted resolutions establishing the budget, making appropriations from it and setting tax rates for the new fiscal year that will start July 1. The votes were unanimous with little comment. The $56.4-million spending plan includes a 2½-cent hike in the real estate tax rate and a 75-cent spike in the rate for business machinery and tools.
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1 week ago | 
winchesterstar.com | Mickey Powell
BERRYVILLE — A project to improve water service in the Bel Voi Drive neighborhood of Berryville got underway Monday. A water main four inches in diameter, which currently serves 19 homes and businesses on the street, will be replaced with one eight inches in diameter. Two new fire hydrants will be installed. One will be near 10 Bel Voi; the other will be near 16 Bel Voi, according to Town Manager Keith Dalton.
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1 week ago | 
winchesterstar.com | Mickey Powell
BERRYVILLE — A local book manufacturer remains a strong economic force for the entire Northern Shenandoah Valley as it approaches its 70th anniversary in Berryville. BPG USA (Berryville Graphics) looks forward to a bright future in the community, having invested roughly $60 million in new equipment during the past four years, said President and CEO Christof Ludwig. Except for two machines, all of the current equipment has been installed during that time frame, Plant Director Tim Cotter noted.
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2 weeks ago | 
winchesterstar.com | Mickey Powell
BERRYVILLE — Town Council on Tuesday adopted a new ordinance aimed at keeping yards from becoming overgrown. Basically, the ordinance rephrases and reorganizes policies already specified within the town code. Officials hope it will help them enforce the measures more easily. The rules apply to occupied, vacant and undeveloped properties alike. They were reexamined, in part, to consider their effects on pollinator gardens.
