Lancaster County
- Pay raises, Bay Transit funds assured in Lancaster budget (Rappahannock Record)
- Kilmarnock council adopts $4.8 million budget (Rappahannock Record)
- Irvington council struggles with budget; approves restaurant permit application (Rappahannock Record)
- Supervisors favor school construction in two phases (Rappahannock Record)
Northumberland County
- Board lowers boom on volunteer rescue squads (Northumberland Echo)
- County raises budget (Northumberland Echo)
Richmond County
Westmoreland County
- A number of applications for exceptions are going before the Westmoreland County Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors:
- Taylor Town tower: They wish to construct a new communications/radio tower to increase the effectiveness of the County’s police, fire, and emergency services personnel.
- James Monroe Highway tower: The applicants wish to construct a new communications/radio tower to increase the effectiveness of the County’s police, fire, and emergency services personnel.
- Grants Hill tower: They wish to construct a new communications/radio tower to increase the effectiveness of the County’s police, fire, and emergency services personnel.
- Brubaker: The project site is a waterfront lot located on Icehouse Point Road in the Bushfield subdivision along Nomini Creek. The site includes one residential structure (1963), a pier and boat ramp. There are existing non-conformities on the site that pre-date the zoning ordinance. The property does not have at least 100 feet of lot frontage and the house is currently located within the side setback. The project proposes to demolish the existing 1-story residential dwelling and replace it with a new 1-story dwelling to include an additional room and basement. The proposal also includes grading and re-planting within the waterside area of the site, primarily between the 50 and 100 foot buffer.
Cross-county
- A Legacy of River Protection and Restoration in the Rappahannock (Friends of the Rappahannock)
- Bay’s 'dead zone' will be larger than average this summer, scientists forecast (Bay Journal)
- Hot Spots in the Fredericksburg District (June 24-30, 2018) (PDF) (VDOT)
- The Virginia Department of Health implemented an emergency closure (PDF) in the Rappahannock River for the taking of shellfish. The closure is in effect June 23 to July 13. The notice explains,
Because the area described below has been subjected to floodwaters likely containing pathogenic bacteria and viruses, and because the area is not a safe area from which to take shellfish for direct marketing, and because shellfish exist in this area, an emergency exists and the immediate promulgation of this regulation is needed to protect the public health.
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