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| Welcome to Staunton.Biz - the "Web 2.0" website serving the Staunton, Virginia, and Augusta County, Virginia communities. Watch this site as we roll out new features. Register as a user and take advantage of the opportunity we offer to promote your business, share news and announcements of your group or organization, interact with fellow residents of Staunton, Virginia via the internet, and keep abreast of what's going on in Staunton, Virginia.
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[2009/12/3]
GOVERNOR KAINE BREAKS GROUND FOR NEW WESTERN STATE HOSPITAL
~ City of Staunton will develop land formerly occupied by hospital ~
RICHMOND – Governor Timothy M. Kaine today helped break ground for the new Western State Hospital (WSH) in Staunton, Virginia. The $125 million, 246-bed hospital will be more efficient to operate and has been designed based on modern, person-centered therapy for individuals with mental illness.
“This new facility, and the partnership that made it happen, will be a win for everyone,” Governor Kaine said. “This state-of-the-art facility will improve the quality of care for Western State Hospital’s patients and offer the City of Staunton an opportunity for further economic development and job creation in a time when it is most...
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[2008/4/13]
Staunton FAQ Feature Launched!
We have launched our Staunton FAQ - a feature designed to enable users to ask and answer questions, to share their knowledge of Augusta County, Virginia, the City of Staunton, and the Towns and communities of Churchville, Craigsville, Crimora, Dooms, Fishersville, Fort Defiance, Greenville, Jolivue, Lyndhurst, Mount Sidney, Mount Solon, Sherando, Spring Hill, Steeles Tavern, Stuarts Draft, Verona, and Weyers Cave, and to create a knowledge base of frequently asked questions about Augusta County, Virginia. Visitors and residents are welcome and encouraged to submit questions. If you know the answer to a posted questions, please feel free to share your knowledge and submit an answer. If you beleive a posted answer is wrong, or could be improved, please post a comment.
The Staunton...
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[2008/3/15]
Recycle Computers & Electronics
Staunton, Augusta County, and Waynesboro residents can now recycle computers and computer accessories, small kitchen appliances and cell phones at Goodwill Industries of the Valley's Northern Division stores.
Previously there were no facilities for the recycling of such equipment and it inevitably ended up in landfills. Electronics contain hazardous chemicals such as lead, mercury, cadmium and chromium. By recycling, chemicals will not only be kept out of the landfill, but components will be recycled and unusable parts will be placed back into the manufacturing stream.
Goodwill Industries of the Valleys, headquartered in Roanoke, serves 14 cities and 31 counties in central and southwest Virginia. Its mission is to help people in the community achieve a better life...
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[2008/3/15]
Staunton Public Works schedules Heavy Trash and Brush/Limb Pickup
Annual Spring, City-Wide
Heavy Trash and Brush/Limb Pickup
The Staunton Public Works Department provides a city-wide free heavy trash pickup program once per year. Our aim is to help residents dispose of items that cannot be disposed of by the regular refuse pickup.
This year, 2008, the pickup will be the week of April 21 to 25. Please have items out at the curb by 7:30 a.m. on Monday the 21st to make sure it will be picked up.
Collected items will be limited to household items and yard trimmings. Household furniture/appliances will be picked up first; brush/limbs will be picked up separately. Tires, stumps, rocks, concrete, vehicles and building materials will not be picked up.
A special tire disposal drop-off will be held 9 to 5 Saturday,...
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[2007/7/1]
Civil Remedial Fees for "dangerous driving behavior" - HB 3202 and New Virginia Code 46.2-206.1
from the Virginia Supreme Court:
HOUSE BILL 3202/CHAPTER 896
CIVIL REMEDIAL FEES
New Virginia Code 46.2-206.1
This is a general explanation of the new civil remedial fees. It has been prepared
by staff of the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court, which is the
administrative office of the Virginia court system. It has not been reviewed by the
Justices of the Supreme Court of Virginia. It does not represent an order of or statement
by the Supreme Court of Virginia. This general explanation is meant neither as legal
advice nor as a how to guide. Any questions regarding a courts assessment of the civil
remedial fee in a particular instance should be directed to your attorney or to the court
assessing the...
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[2007/7/1]
News versus News from the Community
Understanding the difference between our "News" feature and "News from the Community.
News from the Community is intended to be an organized community "blog" which enables all registered users to submit and self approve for posting news and announcements on a variety of topics relevant to daily life in Staunton. That feature is unmoderated, thus registered users have the flexible ability to post news and announcements relative to the topic. Submissions to that category will be "pruned" after a reasonable period of time. We will, upon request, create a new topic category or subcategory for use by any Staunton neighborhood or community based organization so that members of that group may readily find and post news of their organization or neighborhood.
The "news" feature is...
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Recent News & Announcements from the Community
- Terms of Use for News and Announcements from the Community (2007/3/17)
The News and Announcements from the Community portion of Staunton.biz is made available as a public service. In order to post, you must be a registered user of the website. Posting is subject to our Terms of Use as linked from the "About" link on the top menu bar of our Home Page. By posting, you adopt and agree to our Terms of Use and News from the Community Policies as a binding legal agreement. These include (i) a representation by you that the post is accurate, does not contain any copyright content of any third party unless you have the right to post it, (ii) a prohibition against any posting that is slanderous, illegal, containing "hate" material," (material expressing racial, religious, sexual orientation or other bigotry) or known to you to be untrue, and (iii) a representa...
- How to make use of our News and Announcements from the Community feature (2007/3/17)
One exciting feature of the new Staunton.Biz is our "News and Announcements from the Community" feature. This feature permits registered users of the website to submit and self approve news and announcements in a variety of categories. Available categories include "Community & Civic Organizations", "Churches & Religious Groups", "Charitable Organizations", "Local Business News", "Local Schools & Educational Institutions", "Sports & Recreation", "Death Notices & Obituaries", "Job Promotions, Awards & Honors", "Governmental", "Birth Announcements", "Marriages", "Fairs & Festivals", and "Local News." This feature also allows us, upon receipt of a request from you, to create a special subcategory for any individual group, and the ability to post and approve news under this subcategory...
- Hints for Use - Subcategories (2007/3/17)
We have the ability to create subcategories under each of our main categories. If your organization, business, sports team, or other group desires to make regular use of this website feature, please contact us and request that we establish a separate subcategory under the appropriate category - this will aid visitors and your members to locate the latest news and announcements of your group. If you send us an electronic .gif or .jpg picture or image of your facility or logo, we can post that so that it appears with the Section devoted to your organization or group.
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