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Tourism is topic at Westmoreland Supervisors’ meeting |
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Northern Neck Tourism Commission Chairman Paul Reber met this Monday with the Westmoreland County Board of Supervisors to provide an update on efforts to bring tourists to Virginia’s Northern Neck.
Reber was accompanied by Northern Neck Planning District Director Jerry Davis, whose office works in partnership with the region’s Tourism Commission to facilitate and promote tourism.
The centerpiece of the May 10 presentation was the recently created colorful marketing brochure that has been made available at tourist destinations throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia and beyond. A working skipjack, George Washington and Stratford Hall are depicted on the brochure’s cover.
Reber explained the commission’s effort to bring tourist trade to the region “by capitalizing on our natural, historical, cultural and recreational resources” and by “increasing lodging and dining opportunities in a way that enhances the local community and visitor experiences.”
A promotional website, northernneck.org, has been revamped and Reber reported that site visits increased as much as 11 percent from January to February 2010. The most visited pages on the site were home, lodging, events, map and real estate.
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The Essex GED Testing Program, serving the Middle Peninsula and Northern Neck for more than 30 years, will sponsor a GED test on Saturday, June 5 at the Northern Neck Technical Center in Warsaw.
Candidates may register on or before Wednesday, May 26. They may come directly to the Essex County School Board Office in Tappahannock for immediate processing, or they may register at the school board office in their own county. If they choose the latter option, they must specify that they want to test through the Essex program.
The cost of the complete battery of five tests for first time testers is $45. Thereafter, the cost for each test retaken is $7.
Early registration is encouraged, as seating is limited. Depending upon the demand, partial tests may be offered in Tappahannock on the Wednesday preceding the June 5 date.
For additional information, candidates may contact Bonita Smith, Chief Examiner, at 443-2151, or Kimberly Hodges, Alternate Examiner at 443-4366.
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W’md’s alternative school calendar goes to BOE |
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It was a discussion topic on March 22 and last week the Westmoreland School Board sent the division’s alternative calendar consideration to Virginia’s Board of Education.
If the request is approved, the county’s 2010-2011 school year would begin on August 10.
Westmoreland School Superintendent Elaine Fogliani announced last month that the General Assembly failed to act on a measure that would authorize local school boards to establish calendars to determine a division’s instructional time.
When the General Assembly did not respond, the request was forwarded to the State Board of Education. According to Fogliani, as many as 77 Virginia school divisions cur-rently have the alternative instructional calendar in place.
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