2014-06-12

Town budget drops 20%



MONTEREY — Monterey Town Council will consider adopting a $353,575 budget for 2014-15, down $89,750 — 20 percent from the current year’s budget of $443,325. A budget meeting will take place at 7:30 p.m. June 26 in the public library. Most of the budget decrease is due to a reduction in capital projects and completion of the town sewer system […]

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Awareness of proposed gas pipeline grows across region



MONTEREY — Highlanders are just beginning to grapple with the potential effects of Dominion’s proposed gas pipeline through the county. But elsewhere in Virginia, folks are taking a firm position and rallying in opposition. There was an uptick last week in media coverage and opinions voiced in places where Dominion will soon survey for its proposed Southeast Reliability Project gas […]

What is natural gas?



MONTEREY — A fossil fuel growing in use worldwide, natural gas is produced when buried plants, gases and animals have been exposed to intense heat and pressure over thousands of years. Many people in Highland are familiar with propane, but they might not know that propane is actually a byproduct of natural gas refinement, and both store the energy that […]

Dominion explains more about pipeline



MONTEREY — This week, The Recorder again spoke with Jim Norvelle, spokesman for Dominion Resources, concerning the proposed development of a gas pipeline from West Virginia to North Carolina and crossing Highland. Certified letters advising landowners of surveys have been mailed in the first phase of the process of studying a possible pipeline corridor. There have been questions about the […]

Gas company can cross protected land



MONTEREY — When McChesney Goodall recently received a letter from the surveyors for Dominion Resources to access his family property, he responded quickly. Goodall denied the surveyor access within the 15 days of receiving the letter, as required by law. The Goodall property in the Laurel Fork area of Highland has a strict conservation easement on it, managed by The […]

Hospital nears campaign goal



HOT SPRINGS — How do you raise $4 million in one of the least populated counties of Virginia? Bath Community Hospital is doing it, and doing it fast. It has almost reached its fund-raising goal for the “Bring It Home” campaign. In about six months, the campaign raised $3,912,000 of the $4.2 million needed for the hospital’s expansion project. “It’s […]

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There’s a truth about Bath County few want to talk about. Bath has a fair share of wealthy residents and landowners. The county also has, in majority, a working class — folks who live paycheck to paycheck, or operate on generally modest means. How can we bring these two seemingly incompatible factions together? We suggest starting at the most basic […]

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