News Staff Dominion Energy warns about an increase in scam calls where the caller says an account is past due and service will be disconnected if the bill isn’t paid immediately over the phone. A Dominion spokesperson says these kind of calls increase during the summer when more electricity is used. The utility will never threaten disconnection … Read more
Virginia Department of Transportation crews are continuing resurfacing work on a number of Lancaster County roads this week. Those include Black Stump Road, Belmont Creek Road, Paynes Shop Road and Belmont Drive. Work will take place between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. There will be flaggers directing traffic through the work zones so plan for … Read more
The Town of Warsaw is putting in an application to obtain Virginia-issued grants that help low-to-moderate-income property owners bring their homes up to minimum housing standards. According to Northern Neck News the town received a $3,000 grant for the application process where officials submit a list of homes that qualify. A public hearing on the … Read more
A Middlesex County farmer receives the Chesapeake Bay Coastal Clean Water Farm Award for 2020. Sam Markwith with the Tidewater Soil and Water Conservation District tells the Gazette-Journal that Jason Benton of Benton Farms has always been a proponent of implementing agricultural Best Management Practices to protect the soil and waterways and participates in several … Read more
The Virginia Department of Transportation reports construction is substantially completed on a pedestrian improvement project at Route 17 and Route 17 Business in Gloucester County. The work included building sidewalks, crosswalks, pedestrian refuge islands, and new pedestrian crossing equipment at the northern intersection of Route 17 and Route 17 Business, and at Route 17 and … Read more
2 public hearings are on the agenda for Tuesday’s Gloucester County Board of Supervisors meeting. According to the Gazette-Journal they concern a siting agreement between Gloucester County and Nursery Lane Storage, LLC who intends to construct an electrical energy storage facility off Nursery Lane and the granting of the conditional use permit for a battery … Read more
If you’ve been to an ABC store recently you may have found the shelves aren’t as fully stocked as normal. An ABC spokesperson tells Northern Neck News that it’s the result of supply chain disruptions and a shortage of drivers at the contractor used by the commonwealth to distribute product to stores. The spokesperson says … Read more
1st District Congressman Rob Wittman is co-sponsoring a bill to ensure schools educating children from parents in the military receive the full sum of federal impact aid to which they are currently entitled. Wittman says the condition of schools adjacent to military installations is a major concern for servicemembers and a leading cause for separation … Read more
The General Assembly convenes today for its special session which is also the first in-person gathering since COVID-19. The major agenda item is deciding how to spend the $4.3 billion in federal money from the American Rescue Plan. Gov. Ralph Northam made several proposals including upgrading air handling in schools, provide assistance to small businesses … Read more
Developers of a proposed solar power facility in Lancaster County filed paperwork for a special exception request which is the beginning of the process to win approval for construction. According to the Rappahannock Record the developer Waller Solar of Austin, Texas has lease committments for 2.400 acres with 60% of that being managed timber. WAller’s … Read more