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Sterling Man Faces Life Sentence in Sister’s Death BY NORMAN K. STYER AND KATHARINE DEROSA
Those renters would pay reduced or even no rent in exchange for doing specific work on the property. Other supervisors supported with the concept—and added it could be a good chance to look into what the county should do with those properties, which are historic, and which are simply old. “I do think we need to have a conversation at some point about all of these properties and what our intent is, because I think there are some that would probably be better served with other organizations running them,” said
“In cold blood.” Those were the first words spoken Tuesday to the jury on the opening day of a murder trial expected to continue late into next week. Michel Moreno, 59, is charged with Moreno first-degree murder and felony hit and run in the July 21, 2018 death of his sister, Nancy, whom he struck with a vehicle as she was walking along the shoulder of Rt. 28. “In cold blood. That’s what we used to call it,” Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Jason Faw said to the jury during his opening statement in the case. If prosecutors can prove to a unanimous jury that Moreno acted willfully, deliberately and with premeditation in causing the death of his 54-year-old sister, Moreno could be sentenced to spend 20 years to life in prison. Moreno’s attorney, Robert Vernail, told the jury that few elements of the case would be in dispute as dozens of witnesses provide testimony in the following days, but he indicated that Moreno ultimately would take the stand and tell them what was going through his mind that day. Faw said that Moreno and his sister had a “complex” relationship that became further strained when their mother, Anna, was diagnosed with cancer. It started with a disagreement over her treatment options. Moreno, who lived with his mother in Sterling, wanted her to undergo holistic treatment, while Nancy favored conventional medical treatment. A close friend of Nancy’s testified that while Anna was ill, he had to mediate a disagreement
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The mailbox in front of the old Arcola Elementary School, built in 1939, lays in a bush nearby the disused building. In 2016, supervisors declined a proposal from the Windy Hill Foundation to put affordable housing in the building; a new proposal could give county-owned historic properties like the school a new lease on life under private management.
Loudouners Could Live In, Maintain Publicly-Owned Historic Properties BY RENSS GREENE County supervisors will consider a program to allow private organizations to run—or even live in—county-owned historic properties in exchange for commitments to maintain, preserve and improve those properties. Supervisors on July 2 approved Supervisor Tony R. Buffington (R-Blue Ridge)’s proposal to explore the program. Staff members said the county’s Heritage Commission would consult with other counties that have started a similar program to develop a detailed proposal. Buffington called it a way to get preservation work done on long-held but often
long-dormant historic sites, “to begin to leverage some of the private money via public-private partnerships to allow us to enter into leases and agreements with private entities to better manage, preserve, maintain and operate some of our own historic properties.” “Such a program could even include the option of allowing private entities to actually live in the buildings in our historic properties in exchange for an agreement or a lease that they would be required to improve the property,” Buffington said. “… So I think this is a good way for us to get some private dollars into better maintaining and improving some of our historic properties.”
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