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Published: Jan 25, 2012  The Goochland Board of Supervisors held its first round of budget hearings Jan. 19 as 14 department heads presented their individual budget requests. Sheriff James Agnew said his office needs more people. He indicated a need for more supervisors and manpower to provide increased patrol coverage. The sheriff also said he was requesting the purchase of six new vehicles this year and six more in FY2014. Agnew also, like almost every department head, said his staff needed a raise. “It’s easier to pay good people more and retain them than to lose them and then have… Read more... Published: Jan 25, 2012  The Goochland School Board opened up its budget process last week by holding its first ever interactive budget work session. “We believe this is the first time anything like this has happened In Goochland County,” said board chair Beth Hardy. “This is an experiment.” Interested citizens could speak without signing up before hand and, when possible, got immediate feedback from the board and the superintendent. Each speaker was allotted a maximum time of five minutes for their comments and feedback from board members and the superintendent. Hardy said the… Read more... Published: Jan 25, 2012  Goochland’s planning commissioners put the brakes on creating new zoning to allow multi-family residences in the county, deferring action on two ordinance amendments and recommending that the board of supervisors not act on another but refer it back to the planning commission after further study. All votes were 9-0 with Commissioner Lowe Lunsford not in attendance. The deferred amendments would have allowed multi-family development by right in planned development parks such as West Creek and establish development and design standards and guidelines for multi-family residential… Read more... Published: Jan 24, 2012 Board of Supervisors asks for Planning Commission resignations The Goochland County Board of Supervisors has requested the resignations of all 10 members of the county Planning Commission. In a letter sent via email and regular mail dated Jan. 23, 2012, the supervisors requested each member of the planning commission resign and submit a letter of resignation to county administrator Rebecca T. Dickson no later than Feb. 3, 2012, effective April 1, 2012. The letter says: “The Board of Supervisors is requesting the resignation of all Planning Commission members for several reasons. First, it is our belief that the composition of the Planning… Read more... Published: Jan 23, 2012 FEMA to hold town hall meeting in Goochland on registration process for earthquake victims Goochland County is hosting The Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM), The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and The Small Business Administration (SBA) to a Town Hall Meeting to provide information to Goochland County residents who may have suffered damage from the August 23, 2011 earthquake. Where: Board of Supervisors Room When: Thursday, January 26, 2012 From 7 - 9 p.m. What: FEMA Specialists will be on hand to answer questions about the Registration Process and how to rebuild safer… Read more... Published: Jan 20, 2012 Del. Peter Farrell Announces Release of 2012 Legislative Survey and Upcoming Telephone Town Hall Del. Peter F. Farrell (R-Henrico) has announced two opportunities for residents of the 56th House District to connect with him during the early days of the 2012 General Assembly Session. Residents can share their views with Farrell by completing his 2012 Legislative Survey and are invited to participate in his upcoming telephone town hall on Monday, Jan. 23, at 7 p.m. “As a delegate, I am eager to learn the opinions of my constituents,” said Farrell. “I will be able to best serve the people of my district by going straight to the source. I believe… Read more... Published: Jan 18, 2012  Just elected, the new chair of the Democratic Party hopes to expand the number of the party faithful in Goochland County. That’s why Molly Payne was busy stirring up a pot of chili last Friday evening, preparing for the next day’s meeting at the Company 5 Firehouse. She took over the leadership of the local Democratic Committee last month, replacing former chair Alan Tucker. Payne, 27, said when Tucker asked her to take the job, she had to think about it awhile before deciding to accept it. “I took a couple of weeks to think about it,” she… Read more... Published: Jan 18, 2012  Ms. Eleanor Parrish celebrated her 100th birthday recently, and she still lives an active life, residing at Envoy at The Meadows. Ms. Parrish, along with three other children, was born to Maggie and Wilmer Parrish and was raised in Goochland County. She walked to Hebron School through grade 7 and graduated from Cardwell High School in 1931. Her father was a farmer and her mother a hard working wife and mother. The family raised cows, chickens and pigs, canned sausage and vegetables and had fresh milk from the cows. She would go to town to sell chickens,… Read more... Published: Jan 18, 2012  University of Virginia freshman and Goochland High School graduate Adam Maguire will celebrate an unusual anniversary Feb. 2. The date will mark one-year since having a brain tumor about the size of a small orange removed. While he has recovered and shows no outward signs of what he went through, the tumor did cost him an appointment to the Naval Academy. “When they called me about withdrawing the appointment, they said I had been medically disqualified because of the surgery,” Maguire said Jan. 13 while sitting in the lobby of the Goochland Family YMCA. “They… Read more... Published: Jan 18, 2012  Goochland High School senior Brian Thomas Lapkin hopes to leave a legacy behind when he graduates. It would be a legacy of a free Legal Aid Day for those needing legal advice who can’t afford it. Lapkin, working with the Central Virginia Legal Aid Society and Goochland Family Services, has set the date for the first such legal clinic for Jan. 28 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon at the American Legion building at 3386 River Road West near Goochland High School. Volunteer attorneys will be available to discuss civil matters for free, from bankruptcy, civil rights to unemployment… Read more... |
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