York County Finds Land It Didn't Know It Had
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By Matt Sabo, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Feb. 21--YORK -- Since 1973, Rev. Dorothy Moore and members of her congregation have planted flowers and trees and mowed the grounds of a historic tract of land home to the crumbled foundational remains of Old Charles Parish Church.
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By Harry Franklin, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga.  Mar. 13--Two of Columbus' oldest and wealthiest families are joining forces to develop an 1,100-acre planned community in south Harris County.   The Woodruff Companies and the children and grandchildren of W.C.
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By Denis Cuff, MEDIANEWS  When Contra Costa County crews cleared silt from the Walnut Creek channel 11 years ago, environmentalists accused them of scraping away soil and plants where birds and animals were living.
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By Wade Rawlins, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 15--AURORA -- A massive Beaufort County strip-mining operation wants to expand its extraction of phosphate ore in one of the state's most environmentally fragile areas.
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By Daniel Witter, Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.  Feb. 13--Up to 50,000 gallons of untreated sewage spilled out of a holding pond at a Yuba County foothills subdivision over the weekend, prompting county officials on Monday to warn downhill residents to test their water.
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Under a rarely used provision of Georgia's Greenspace Act, a developer  has asked that 6.5 acres of Columbia County land purchased with state funds  as permanent greenspace be released for development.
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By Christian Berg, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Sep. 18--On Sept. 8, a Lehigh County jury found a North Whitehall landowner partly responsible for injuries to a woman who was hit by a stray bullet fired by a hunter on his property.
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By Matt Garfield, The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C. May 25--What can you do? Rock Hill, Fort Mill and York County joined a growing list of Carolinas communities on Thursday asking customers to reduce water use.
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By Matt Garfield and Monica Chen, The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.  Feb. 11--York County and Rock Hill are fighting again.   In 1999, it was over taxes on Cherry Road. A lawsuit took almost eight months to settle and cost taxpayers more than $60,000 in legal fees.
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By Monica Chen, The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.  Feb. 24--The city of Rock Hill withdrew a lawsuit against York County on Friday -- a day after a state agency permitted a controversial landfill in the city that was at the heart of the legal fight.
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By Mark Bowes, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Feb. 7--Police are excavating a residential site in Amelia County after receiving a Crime Solvers tip that a missing person's remains might be buried there.
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By Kathryn Thier, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Jun. 21--Iredell County will take over erosion control permitting and enforcement from the state July 1.   Silted coves pose hazards to boaters and swimmers and can diminish property values.
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By Carol Demare, Albany Times Union, N.Y. Jun. 18--ALBANY -- A new county law was just what Teri Conroy needed to protect her small llama farm in Altamont.
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A county that switched this year from voter punch cards to an electronic scanner system still had hundreds of uncounted ballots Friday, holding up a congressional race and the balance of the state legislature.
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By Matt Garfield, The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.  Feb. 2--One of York County's most prominent companies is about to get a new competitor.
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By Nancy Gaarder, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Feb. 19--Nature would be treated with a gentler hand when some of the remaining rural areas of Douglas County are developed, under policies up for approval by the county.
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Land purchase gives Fools something to watch.