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“We’re in the money!”
That’s the song the members of Rappahannock’s Water and Sewer Authority are singing after chairman Bob Dennis received word by certified mail on Tuesday of the formal award of $1.6 million for construction of Sperrvville’s long delayed sewer system.
A letter from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Philadelphia office, dated February 24, announced the award of a federal step three grant for construction of the village’s waste water treatment
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