Board amends zoning to expedite sewer project
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- Published on Wednesday, 24 October 2012 13:27
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Too little interest was generated when members of county government offered to make sewage collection services available to Westmoreland residents in Drum Bay, Tidwells and Glebe Harbor neighborhoods. On Sept. 21, the county advised prospective service area customers that the deadline for purchasing the system’s $3,000 connections would be extended to Nov. 16, resulting in a 60-day extension of the initially stated target date. Failure to purchase a connection by the that date would result in a connection cost of $4,800.
Verizon Wireless continues coverage improvement efforts in Westmoreland
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- Published on Wednesday, 24 October 2012 13:20
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Verizon Wireless will be back on the land use action agenda when the Westmoreland County Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors convene the next set of meetings in November.
The cellphone and internet service provider received approval in September to construct a communications tower 300 feet in height at a Stratford Hall Road location. The initiative will improve reception in the Stratford Harbour community and surrounding areas.
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The saga of CrackerJacks’ search for a home for its fireworks event
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Editor’s Note: If you have been following The Journal either on our web site (www.journalpress.com) or our Facebook site (The Journal Press, Inc.) you could have read about the saga of the CrckerJacks Fire Works Club’s request to hold an event in Westmoreland. Fortunately, things seem to be settled, but here is the news as it unfolded, written by reporter Betsy Ficklin and Colonial Beach Councilman Tim Curtin.
CrackerJacks Fireworks Club will not be holding its three-day fireworks and gun shooting event next week on the Colonial Beach Dragway property. Residential neighbors on Longfield Road and members of the Westmoreland County Board of Supervisors agreed during the Board’s October 10 meeting that so much noise over an extended period would not be acceptable.
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W&L now has accredited designation
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- Published on Wednesday, 17 October 2012 15:55
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The State Board of Education released its annual accreditation report and the cloud that hovered over Westmoreland County’s Washington and Lee High School once year ago is but a memory. Gone in the updated State Board of Education assessment is the county high school’s past year’s provisional accreditation rating.
Westmoreland schools have returned to the ranks of the 93 percentile range complying with Standards of Learning criteria. As reported in these pages one year ago, the federal government’s No Child Left Behind/Standards of Learning protocols mandated a continued raising of the bar in matters of testing metrics and types of diplomas awarded to a school division’s graduates.
Westmoreland Supervisors ‘no’ CrackerJacks Fireworks Club request for Colonial Beach
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CrackerJacks Fireworks Club will not be holding its three-day fireworks and gun shooting event next week on the Colonial Beach Dragway property. Residential neighbors on Longfield Road and members of the Westmoreland County Board of Supervisors agreed during the Board's October 10 meeting that so much noise over an extended period would not be acceptable.
CrackerJacks Fireworks Club was represented by Daniel Clark during the Wednesday night proceeding in A.T. Johnson auditorium. Clark said he advised Westmoreland's local government authorities of the club's intentions during the first weeks of August and was advised of the jurisdiction's fireworks permitting regulations. He said the dragstrip was selected as the event location "because it's noisy place already."
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BOS debates new fire station criteria
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Representatives from existing volunteer firefighting organizations and representatives from the proposed Stratford Hall volunteer fire fighting organization me with the Westmoreland supervisors on Sept. 13. Resulting in the Supervisors’ stated intention of ratifying a formalized set of uniform guidelines for establishing any new fire station in Westmoreland County.
During the meeting, the board adopted the motion delivered by District 2 Supervisor Rosemary Mahan that deferred any action on the Stratford Hall fire station question until the set of uniform minimum parameters are in place. Board Chairman Darryl Fisher tasked a subcommittee with drafting the official criteria.
Montross irons out details for revitalization of downtown district
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- Published on Wednesday, 03 October 2012 00:48
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The Montross Revitalization Committee met last Thursday with representatives of the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development. Associate Director, Denise Ambrose and Community Development Specialist, Kyle Meyer, met with the group to iron out contract negotiations for the administration of the community development block grant in the amount of $530,000 recently approved for the Town of Montross.
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