The U.S. Department of Transportation awards a $1.5 million Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity grant to the Town of Tappahannock. Officials say the grant will be used for planning activities to conduct a multimodal assessment and develop a master plan, proposing projects and cost estimates for future development within the town and in … Read more
The Westmoreland County School Board is working on details for a new student cell phone policy. According to Westmoreland News the board created a policy outline last month which was presented at a public meeting. The proposed policy has 3 tiers of violations with the third resulting in the student not being allowed to have … Read more
The Northumberland Public Library presents its Fall Family Fun Fest on Monday, October 24. Games and crafts for all ages will begin at 3:00 and pizza will be served at 5:00. Showtime is 6:00 with special guest Uncle Ty-Rone and his ventriloquppets. Uncle Ty-Rone is a skillful professional ventriloquist, DJ, puppeteer and comedian for kids … Read more
Volunteer medical professionals are still needed for the Remote Area Medical Clinic next month at Richmond County Elementary School in Warsaw. The organization is a major nonprofit provider of pop-up clinics delivering free, quality dental, vision and medical care to those in need. General support volunteers are also needed to help set up and take … Read more
The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles joined with Virginia State Police and local law enforcement agencies to participate in Operation Crash Reduction which runs through today. The awareness and enforcement campaign encourages drivers to buckle up, slow down and practice other safe driving behaviors. More than 8,000 people were killed in crashes on Virginia roadways … Read more
A report from medical website NiceRxHealth ranks Virginia as the 7th-lowest state for drug overdose deaths within the last 7 years. The ranking was created with figures from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, which receives data from death certificates, including the cause of death information from medical examiners and coroners. Wyoming had the … Read more
The International Economic Development Council gives 3 awards to the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development at the council’s recent annual conference. Virginia was recognized for the Community Business Launch, Industrial Revitalization Fund and Growth and Opportunity for Virginia The Conference features 25 award categories that honor organizations and individuals for their efforts in … Read more
Construction of a new Lancaster County Middle and High School is a step closer now that the Board of Supervisors approved issuing a $63 million bond through the Virginia Public School Authority. The Rappahannock Record reports the board unanimously approved issuing the bond over objections raised during a public hearing. The school is to be … Read more
Reedville residents are calling for greater speed limit eforcement on Main Street and Fleeton Road. The Rappahannock Record reports over 2 dozen residents met last month with county administators and law enforcement to hammer out ways for getting drivers to slow down. Virginia Department of Transportation resident engineer David Beale said there is what he … Read more
The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors is asked to provide more oversight of short-term rental units through services including AirBNB. According to the Southside Sentinel a Kilmers Point resident brought the issue up at a board meeting’s public comment period. The resident called for should be limits to the number of people allowed in shortterm … Read more