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Warrenton officials push back on secrecy complaints
Nonprofit appeals FOIA ruling, cries foul over redacted Amazon site plan
By Peter Cary — Sep 27, 2023 Updated Sep 27, 2023
A rendering of the Amazon data center approved for Blackwell Road in Warrenton.
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Vint Hill land sold for 4-building data center campus fetches $2M an acre
Price rivals that of data center land in Prince William, Loudoun counties
By Peter Cary — Sep 1, 2023 Updated Sep 6, 2023
Vint Hill is already home to the OVH Cloud data center, which recently bought 10 acres to expand.
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Power crunch prompts planning for new, high-voltage lines
Latest projects to fuel data centers will likely impact residents, businesses
By Peter Cary — Aug 30, 2023
A 230-kilovolt line runs behind a Dominion Energy facility on Meetze Road near the Warrenton town limits.
Photo by Coy Ferrell
4Js Farm and Brewery aims to be a community hub
By Aaron Wright — Aug 30, 2023
4Js Farm and Brewery owners Jessica and Jonathan Waldron. 4Js is located north of Warrenton off of U.S. 17 at 7595 Keith Road.
Photo by Aaron Wright
Amazon data center opponents amend lawsuit to challenge 2021 zoning text change
By Peter Cary, Jul 19, 2023 Updated Jul 19, 2023
A rendering of the Amazon data center proposed in Warrenton.
Fauquier Times, Prince William Times name new publisher
Longtime journalism innovator to lead Piedmont Media LLC
By Shannon Clark Fauquier Times Staff Writer, Jun 15, 2023 Updated Jun 16, 2023
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Warrenton Town Councilman David McGuire, in blue shirt, greets Tim Cywinski, of the Sierra Club of Virginia, during a May 24 protest against the rapid expansion of data centers in Northern Virginia outside Bisnow's DICE East data center conference at Tysons Corner.
By Doug Stroud
Opponents of data center sprawl picket industry conference
By Peter Cary - Updated May 31, 2023
Gainesville's Hillwood Camping Park slated for data centers
Tucked behind the McDonald's on U.S. 29, the privately owned campground is the subject of a rezoning to allow for up to 80-foot-tall data centers
By Peter Cary - May 25, 2023 Updated May 25, 2023
Hillwood Camping Park, one of the few area campgrounds that allows longer-term stays for those living in camping trailers, is the subject of a rezoning application to allow for 1.8 million square feet of new data centers that would be up to 80 feet tall.
Jill Palermo
Warrenton opts to keep tax rates flat on vehicles, real estate
Proposed $41.2 million budget for 2023 still a work in progress
By Peter Cary - May 11, 2023 Updated Jun 14, 2023
Warrenton Town Hall
Warrenton mulls buying historic horse show grounds
9.5-acre property would become a public park
By Peter Cary — Apr 18, 2023 Updated Apr 18, 2023
Pairs class winners Wilson Lee Lawson, left, and partner Clara Dart celebrate a performance at Warrenton Horse Show.
Photo by Betsy Burke Parker
Virginia environmental regulators drop plan to allow data centers to rely on diesel generators
By Peter Cary — Apr 13, 2023 Updated Apr 13, 2023
During a late February public hearing, Spencer Snakard, president of Protect Fauquier, speaks in opposition to the DEQ proposal to lift data centers' pollution control permits to allow themn to rely on their diesel generators for power when utility regulators declare a period of significant stress on the electrical grid.
Doug Stroud
New data centers proposed for Catlett set for initial meeting with Fauquier County planners
By Peter Cary — Apr 6, 2023 Updated Apr 10, 2023
Up to five new data centers are proposed for a 66-acre site in Catlett near Gaskins Lane and Va. 28, also known as Catlett Road. The project would need a rezoning from the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors.
Map by Coy Ferrell/Fauquier Times
New bat rules coincide with tree-cutting at data center site
Peter Cary — Apr 7, 2023 Updated Apr 8, 2023
Tree-cutting at data center site continues to raise concerns
Residents say the tree-cutting violates the town's zoning rules; town officials disagree
By Peter Cary — Mar 22, 2023 Updated Apr 4, 2023
A contractor hired by Amazon Web Services has cut down hundreds of trees at the Blackwell Road site in Warrenton slated for a new data center.
Nonprofit, residents sue Warrenton Town Council over data center approval
Citizens for Fauquier County alleges violations of town zoning laws
By Peter Cary - Mar 17, 2023 Updated Mar 19, 2023
Kevin Ramundo, president of Citizens for Fauquier County, addresses the Warrenton Planning Commission Dec. 20.
Tree-clearing at Warrenton data center site riles residents
Town officials say permits are not needed for the work
By Peter Cary - Mar 8, 2023 Updated Mar 10, 2023
State environmental regulator limits plan to allow data centers to rely on diesel generators
Only Loudoun County subject to proposed change
By Peter Cary - Mar 7, 2023
New data centers could come to Maple Tree Farm near Warrenton
Owners requesting boundary line adjustment to bring land into town
By Peter Cary - Feb 22, 2023, Updated Feb 23, 2023
The owners of Maple Tree Farm just outside Warrenton are attempting to attract data center developers.
Town council wrestles with data center conditions
Morning work session results in no changes to noise requirements
By Peter Cary - Feb 14, 2023 Updated Feb 15, 2023
At the Warrenton Town Council’s Tuesday morning work session, Amazon provided an updated version of what the proposed data center could look like.
Amazon update: Power line updates from VDOT and the General Assembly
By Peter Cary — Feb 13, 2023 Updated 21 hrs ago
Regulating data center noise via land-use rules raises legal questions
By Peter Cary — Feb 2, 2023 Updated Feb 9, 2023
Amazon Web Services operates at least four data center campuses in Prince William County, including these buildings along Prince William Parkway outside Manassas. The company’s estimated 41 data center campuses worldwide made $18.5 billion in profit in 2021.
Roger Snyder
Town council members share thoughts on the Amazon data center
By Peter Cary - Jan 17, 2023 Updated Jan 17, 2023
No council vote on Amazon data center; public hearing held open for 30 days
By Peter Cary - Jan 12, 2023 Updated 20 hrs ago
Much to the delight of her audience, Christine Snow sang a data center-inspired version of "My Favorite Things" at Tuesday night's Warrenton Town Council public hearing. She loves Warrenton shops, but the data center makes her sad.
Fauquier Times Staff Photos by Robin Earl
Residents claim council members may be talking with Amazon representatives in private meetings
By Peter Cary - Jan 10, 2023 Updated Jan 10, 2023
John Foote, attorney for Amazon Web Services, addressed a Nov. 15 meeting of the Warrenton Planning Commission.
Fauquier Times Staff Photo by Robin Earl
Warrenton Town Council decides to postpone data center vote
Amazon presents new sound mitigation strategy, agrees to conditions for compliance with noise ordinance
By Peter Cary - Jan 10, 2023 Updated Jan 16, 2023
Resident points to councilman’s potential conflict of interest regarding proposed Amazon data center
Jay Heroux said the question has been presented to Warrenton’s town attorney
By Peter Cary - Jan 4, 2023 Updated Jan 6, 2023
Warrenton Town Councilman Jay Heroux
The Amazon data center application: A bumpy road
By Peter Cary - January 4, 2023
The proposed Amazon data center site.
UPDATED: Warrenton Planning Commission votes to recommend denial of data center application
Amazon's proposal will go before town council in January
By Peter Cary - Dec 22, 2022 Updated Dec 22, 2022
Members of the Warrenton Planning Commission -- Steve Ainsworth, Vice Chair James Lawrence, Chair Susan Helander, Ali Zarabi and Ryan Stewart -- hear from Jessica Pfeiffer, a land-use planner representing Amazon, before the start of the public hearing.
Warrenton town staff releases ruling on noise ordinance
Amazon data center would have to decrease sound levels by 10 to 15 decibels to meet standards
By Peter Cary - Dec 20, 2022
John Foote, attorney for Amazon Web Services, addressed a Nov. 15 meeting of the Warrenton Planning Commission. At that meeting he said that after working through some draft conditions, the town and his client had reached a "happy place" on noise issues.
Warrenton Planning Commission votes to pause consideration of Amazon data center
By Peter Cary - Nov 23, 2022
At a Nov. 22 meeting, Warrenton Planning Commissioner James Lawrence put forward a motion to put aside indefinitely the commission's consideration of the Amazon data center proposal.
Contentious planning commission meeting on proposed data center addresses noise, power line issues
By Peter Cary - 10/31/2022
Gerald Johnston, who was a Warrenton planning commissioner, has resigned from the board.
Local groups rally opposition to Warrenton data center
By Peter Cary - 10/31/2022
The "landscape plan" included in Amazon Web Services' April 13, 2022 special use permit application
Anti-data-center group ‘Protect Fauquier’ endorses Renard Carlos for Warrenton mayor
By Peter Cary - 10/27/2022
As Protect Fauquier activist Cindy Burbank looks on, Warrenton mayoral candidate Renard Carlos records himself on his phone during an Oct. 24 press conference to announce an endorsement from the anti-data-center group.
Lights, camera, action, with an emphasis on ‘action’
By Abby Zimmardi - 10/27/2022
Rodman Randolph, a Liberty High School graduate, will appear in “Black Adam,” starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
Predicting tax revenue from data centers challenging
By Peter Cary - 10/25/2022
Land near University Boulevard and Interstate 66 was cleared in 2021 for Gainesville Crossing, a major data center development in western Prince William County.
Tracking the spread of data centers in Prince William County
By Christopher Stern - 10/25/2022
This data center, shown here under construction in May 2021, is one of a cluster on Hornbaker Road near Prince William County's Innovation Park.
Data centers’ secrecy often keeps residents in the dark
By Peter Cary - 10/05/2022
Some residents are concerned about the level of secrecy that has surrounded the Warrenton Amazon data center proposal.
Fauquier resident trains for 2022 Special Olympics Virginia
By Abby Zimmardi - 09/29/2022
Casey McCorkindale, 30, trains for the 2022 Special Olympics Virginia. He will play flag football, and he has been practicing with his brother Cuyler McCorkindale.
Animal control officer aims to educate community about preventing animal cruelty
By Abby Zimmardi - 09/22/2022
Melynda Barker sits with Nesta, a dog seized during a May 4 Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office case. A Sumerduck man faced two felony criminal charges and one misdemeanor charge of animal neglect. Nesta has since been adopted.
Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build team preparing – in-person – for an October project
By Abby Zimmardi - 09/21/2022
Amazon study says its data center noise will meet town standards
By Peter Cary - 09/14/2022
Noise levels at Prince William data centers worry opponents of proposed Warrenton facility
By Peter Cary - 08/31/2022
A sign displayed at the Aug. 29 protest at an Amazon data center complex near Manassas.
Inspired by her older brother Jack, Juliana became a Hawk lacrosse legend
By Abby Zimmardi - 08/11/2022
Juliana Silvernale is the 2022 Fauquier Times Highland School Girls Athlete of the Year.
Just call her captain: Abby led Owls’ volleyball, basketball, soccer squads
By Abby Zimmardi - 08/04/2022
Abby Christensen is the 2022 Fauquier Times Wakefield School Girls Athlete of the Year.
Supervisors propose a legislative solution to overhead transmission towers, but some object
By Peter Cary - Jul 19, 2022 Updated Jul 19, 2022
Cindy Burbank speaks at the Warrenton Town Council meeting July 12. She asked council members to vote against the Amazon data center proposal when the application comes up before them.
In addition to Amazon-purchased land, two other sites in Warrenton are being marketed for data centers
Owner David Dobson suggests 8 data center buildings could be built at the 2 locations
By Peter Cary - Jul 2, 2022 Updated Jul 2, 2022
Base map: U.S. Geological Survey/Parcel data: Fauquier County GIS
Amazon Web Services proposes 1,000-foot-long data center in Warrenton
Transmission lines that would fuel the facility remain contentious
By Peter Cary - Jun 8, 2022 Updated Jun 8, 2022
Data center dread spreads to Nokesville
Rural area residents wary about proposed new industrial zone on Fauquier’s border
By Peter Cary - Jun 2, 2022 Updated Aug 24, 2022
This map shows the Nokesville area map with potential data center sites. The proposed “conservation residential” designation would allow for the construction of more than 250 homes, nearly five times the number allowed on those parcels today.
Map by Coy Ferrell/Fauquier Times
Data show Prince William County is on track to overtake Loudoun in data center development
By Peter Cary - May 12, 2022 Updated Dec 8, 2022
An aerial photograph of the Gainesville Crossing data center complex, one of the county’s largest at 2.5 million square feet, which is now under construction outside the data center overlay district along Interstate 66.
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Old Bust Head unveils new carbon capture technology
By Liam Bowman - Apr 1, 2022 Updated Apr 1, 2022
Old Bust Head brewmaster Jay Bergantim explains carbon capture technology to visitors March 13.
Cara O'Neil
New Baltimore man charged with rape
By Liam Bowman and Coy Ferrell/Fauquier Times Staff Writer - Feb 3, 2022 Updated Apr 27, 2022
Parker Ross Webb
Wong Yong Jung, convicted of murdering Marshall monk, sentenced to 20 years
By Liam Bowman - Mar 16, 2022 Updated Mar 16, 2022
The Culpeper Street entrance to the Fauquier County Circuit Court building in Warrenton
Coy Ferrell
Community remembers beloved teacher
By Liam Bowman - Feb 2, 2022 Updated Feb 15, 2022
More than 200 people attended a vigil for Bengü Beachley in the Mintbrook subdivision in Bealeton Jan. 26. Supervisor Chris Butler (green jacket) was among those attending.
Fauquier Times Staff Photo by Robin Earl
Elementary school teacher, ex-husband found dead in ‘apparent murder-suicide’
3rd person left seriously injured in Bealeton shooting
By Liam Bowman - Jan 26, 2022 Updated Feb 15, 2022
Police investigate a shooting in Bealeton Sunday night.
Fauquier County Sheriff's Office
Bealeton woman indicted on murder charge after allegedly killing husband with vehicle
By Liam Bowman - Jan 26, 2022 Updated Jan 26, 2022
Kimberly Dragich
Town of Warrenton receives grant to reduce stormwater pollution
By Peter Cary - Jan 12, 2022 Updated Jan 12, 2022
A stormwater drain in Old Town Warrenton
Trial date set in child sex abuse case
Liam Bowman - Jan 7, 2022 Updated Jan 7, 2022
Kevin Mettinger
Volunteer advocates provide link between foster children and courts
By Peter Cary, Piedmont Journalism Foundation - 12/29/2021
Judge Melissa Cupp presides in the 20th Judicial District’s Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court.
Warrenton seeks to expand town boundaries by 60%
By Peter Cary, Piedmont Journalism Foundation - 12/15/2021
Current Warrenton boundaries
Former drama teacher indicted on child sex abuse charges
Second alleged victim identified
By Liam Bowman - Nov 23, 2021 Updated Jan 7, 2022
Kevin Mettinger
NFL Hall of Famer Sam Huff dies at 87
By Liam Bowman, Piedmont Journalism Foundation - 11/10/2021
Sam Huff of Middleburg played professional football for the N.Y. Giants and the Washington Redskins.
Pianist wants to change attitudes about jazz
By Liam Bowman, Piedmont Journalism Foundation - 11/03/2021
“When some people hear the word ‘jazz,’ they immediately turn off,” said Joshua Espinoza. The 32-year-old pianist wants to change that.
Del. Guzman holds on in 31st District, defeating Republican challenger
By Liam Bowman - Nov 2, 2021 Updated Nov 3, 2021
Elizabeth Guzman
Any county, town data centers must use ‘recycled water,’ but what does that mean?
By Peter Cary — Oct 27, 2021 Updated Jun 22, 2023
These colorful pipes are responsible for carrying water in and out of Google’s data center in The Dalles, Oregon. The blue pipes supply cold water and the red pipes return the warm water back to be cooled.
Source: Google
Kettle Run student charged with brandishing BB gun on school property
By Liam Bowman - Oct 26, 2021 Updated Oct 26, 2021
Supervisors approve Midland asphalt plant
By Liam Bowman - Oct 20, 2021
A sign at the intersection of Catlett and Old Carolina roads protests the recently approved Midland asphalt plant. The plant has faced significant public resistance, mainly over traffic concerns.
LFCC student comes to teacher’s aid during seizure
By Liam Bowman - Oct 18, 2021 Updated Oct 18, 2021
Julia Waltman, 18, of Jeffersonton is a freshman at Lord Fairfax Community College. A certified EMT with the Little Fork Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company, she is studying nursing with the goal of becoming a flight paramedic.
Liam Bowman Piedmont Journalism Foundation
Funding for stormwater projects eases pain of ‘unfunded mandate’
By Peter Cary — Oct 6, 2021 Updated Oct 7, 2021
The Town of Warrenton has received two grants totaling $130,000 to construct and improve a retention pond and wetland adjacent to Garrett Street.
Times Staff Photo/Coy Ferrell
Fauquier historic sites receive state recognition
Vint Hill also added to Virginia Landmarks Register
By Liam Bowman — Oct 4, 2021 Updated Oct 4, 2021
Built in 1860 as a private residence, the mansion that now houses the Inn at Vint Hill was renovated and expanded several times before the area was taken over by the U.S. military during World War II. The building served as Vint Hill Farms Station’s officers’ club and quarters until 1992.
Times Staff Photo / Coy Ferrell
Despite ‘extraordinary efforts’ to clean up local waterways, streams remain polluted
By Peter Cary — Sep 23, 2021 Updated Sep 24, 2021
Carter Run in north-central Fauquier has been on the list of impaired streams since before 2014.
Times Staff Photo/Coy Ferrell
More coverage: Avenging 9/11 and Pearl Harbor
By Christopher Connell - Sep 7, 2021 Updated Sep 14, 2021
Eric Johnson with photographs, medals and mementos from his military career
Times Staff Photo/Coy Ferrell
Rainforest Trust at Vint Hill has global impact
By Peter Cary - Sep 30, 2021
Rainforest Trust/Facebook
Culpeper woman receives 2-year sentence for assaulting police officer
Judge: Defendant must pay restitution to officer for medical bills
By Liam Bowman - Sep 29, 2021 Updated Sep 29, 2021
Cherie Cotton, 35, of Culpeper
A wounded warrior remembers battling the Taliban in Afghanistan
As told to Christopher Connell — Sep 15, 2021 Updated Sep 20, 2021
Inspired by the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, Marine Cpl. Larry Bailey II served in Afghanistan battling the Taliban. He now lives in Sumerduck.
Times Staff Photo/Coy Ferrell
Miller Carpets to outfit Main Street parklets with carpeting
By Liam Bowman - Sep 9, 2021 Updated Sep 11, 2021
Car crashes into Warrenton Library
By Liam Bowman - Sep 3, 2021 Updated Sep 3, 2021
Workers at the library in Warrenton board up damage from a car crash on Thursday afternoon.
Liam Bowman / Piedmont Journalism Foundation
Warrenton man arrested on child pornography charges
By Liam Bowman - Aug 23, 2021 Updated Aug 23, 2021
Obscenity case against southern Fauquier man is dismissed
Judge says Mike Hawkins’ signs were obnoxious, but not obscene
By Peter Cary - Aug 20, 2021 Updated Aug 20, 2021
Michael Hawkins continues to import fill dirt onto his southern Fauquier property, despite citations from Fauquier County.
Supervisors vote to disallow companion animal retailers in Fauquier
By Liam Bowman - Aug 16, 2021 Updated Aug 16, 2021
Feb. 5, 2020 – A Doberman pinscher puppy, one of 76 dogs seized from the kennel owned by Irina Barrett, of Broad Run, at the Fauquier SPCA.
Times Staff Photo/Robin Earl
UPDATE: Bealeton man killed in car crash; wife charged with murder
Kimberly Dragich also accused of driving while intoxicated
By Liam Bowman - Aug 12, 2021 Updated Aug 12, 2021
Kimberly Dragich
New pet bakery opens in Old Town Warrenton
By Liam Bowman, Piedmont Journalism Foundation - 07/30/2021
Charity Furness, executive director of Experience Old Town Warrenton, Warrenton Town Councilwoman Heather Sutphin (Ward 1) and Councilman James Hartman (Ward 4) help Clarissa Dery (center) officially open her Four Leaf Clover Holistic Pet Bakery.
The commerce of conservation
The Plains-based conservation finance firm wants to expand Piedmont operations
By Liam Bowman — Jul 16, 2021
Robert Banner
Another solar farm project looks for a nod from the planning commission
By Peter Cary — Jul 8, 2021 Updated Jul 22, 2021
Warrenton businesses emerge stronger from pandemic
Community support and outdoor seating helped keep businesses afloat
By Liam Bowman — Jul 1, 2021 Updated Jul 20, 2023
Pablo Teodoro, owner of the Great Harvest Bread Company, at his bakery and restaurant in 2021.
Photo by Liam Bowman/Piedmont Journalism Foundation
Zoning board upholds ag road construction permit to Wildcat Mountain resident
BZA finds insufficient evidence that racetrack was planned
By Peter Cary - Jun 4, 2021 Updated Jun 4, 2021
Attorney David Konick attempted to convince the Board of Zoning Appeals that the road planned for a property on Wildcat Mountain was going to be used as a racetrack.
Coy Ferrell
Board of Zoning Appeals will hear arguments in Wildcat Mountain dispute Thursday
By Peter Cary - Jun 2, 2021 Updated Jun 2, 2021
Proposed solution could prevent commercial development in Aldie
By Peter Cary - Mar 18, 2021
The Aldie Tavern, built around 1820, sits on the eastern end of a parcel that Loudoun County was proposing to give to a developer for commercial development. The company says it would renovate the tavern and turn it into a fine dining site.
Photo by Cal Cary
'Know Their Names' project unearthing histories of enslaved people in Fauquier
Nearly half of Fauquier County's population was enslaved in 1860
By Angela Roberts — Mar 10, 2021 Updated May 11, 2021
Karen White, one of the founders of the Afro-American Historical Association, in the AAHA’s museum in The Plains
Photo by Carson McRae/McRae Visual Media
'The other Wesley' rose from slavery and inspired a legacy of teachers
By Nichelle Calhoun — Mar 24, 2021 Updated May 11, 2021
Fauquier High School history teacher Charles Wesley Lewis is a descendant of Wesley Washington.
Times Staff Photo/Coy Ferrell
New solution proposed that would prevent commercial development in Aldie
By Peter Cary - Feb 10, 2021 Updated Feb 10, 2021
This map shows the area in Aldie that the county owns.
Coy Ferrell
Remembering 9/11: The day the world changed
By Christopher Connell - Sep 1, 2021 Updated Sep 14, 2021
This photo of the Pentagon after 9/11 first appeared in the Loudoun Times-Mirror.
Photo by Heather Hughes
Wildcat Mountain neighbors want to know: Is new construction for a farm road or a racetrack?
By Peter Cary - May 19, 2021 Updated Jun 1, 2021
At a time of racial reckoning, the Gray Ghost becomes grayer
By Christopher Connell - 09/16/2020
Built in 1801 to 1802, Goose Creek Bridge was a feature in the Battle of Upperville during the Civil War.
For Gerhardt, the quest for broadband is personal
By Christopher Connell — Aug 21, 2019 Updated Jul 20, 2021
Cedar Run Supervisor Rick Gerhardt has been working for a broadband solution since he took office in 2015.
TIMES STAFF PHOTO/JAMES IVANCIC
Supervisors agree to work with Data Stream for comprehensive broadband solution
By James Ivancic Times Staff Writer and Christopher Connell Piedmont Journalism Foundation — Aug 9, 2019 Updated Jul 28, 2020
Data Stream broadcasts signals from 15 towers in the county.
By Robin Earl
Landlords and loyal customers help shops and restaurants weather the pandemic
By Christopher Connell, Piedmont Journalism Foundation - 06/17/2020
Dawn Borusky, owner of Village Flowers in Old Town Warrenton, works on an arrangement of roses with her dog, Bree
Home buying and selling is pinched -- but not stifled -- by the pandemic
By Christopher Connell, Piedmont Journalism Foundation - 04/29/2020
Sample House for sale
Recovery: A slow, painful road
By Randy Rieland - Sep 18, 2019 Updated Nov 13, 2019
'This has touched almost everyone'
Randy Rieland - Aug 28, 2019 Updated Nov 13, 2019
Chris Connell, who took in her grandchild when her daughter could no longer care for her, is now a recovery coach for SpiritWorks in Warrenton.
Kenneth Garrett
For Gerhardt, the quest for broadband is personal
By Christopher Connell - Aug 21, 2019 Updated Jul 20, 2021
Cedar Run Supervisor Rick Gerhardt has been working for a broadband solution since he took office in 2015.
TIMES STAFF PHOTO/JAMES IVANCIC
Supervisors agree to work with Data Stream for comprehensive broadband solution
By James Ivancic Times Staff Writer and Christopher Connell - Aug 9, 2019 Updated Jul 28, 2020
Ingenuity – and an ATV – brings broadband to parts of Fauquier
By Christopher Connell - Jul 25, 2019 Updated Aug 7, 2019
Paul Conlin of Blaze Broadband checks his dish and batteries on Rattlesnake Mountain. Also shown: a third of the mast and microwave there in Hume.
Photos by Christopher Connell
The internet still crawls in parts of Fauquier, frustrating homeowners and businesses
By Kevin Carty and Christopher Connell - Jun 5, 2019 Updated Aug 7, 2019
Emma Gorg, Whitney Clark, and John Anderson use the wireless internet at Happy Creek Coffee & Tea in the Plains to work on their laptops.
Photo by Randy Litzinger