Local News
A Gloucester man who has repeatedly refused to comply with a court order to stop blocking his absentee neighbor’s right of way was taken into custody again Tuesday evening after a 90-minute standoff with police.
A Gloucester Fire and Rescue volunteer who fatally struck a skateboarder on Main Street while responding to an emergency call in her personal vehicle will not be charged in connection with the accident, the state police have announced.
Mathews County Sheriff Danny Howlett is in the final phase of incorporating the county’s animal control operations into his office.
The Virginia Department of Transportation held a design public hearing Tuesday night at Page Middle School, White Marsh, for proposed improvements to a portion of Hickory Fork Road.
State forestry officials and Gov. Bob McDonnell are warning Virginians that conditions are ripe for wildfires across the commonwealth.
Gloucester School Board members said Tuesday they were insulted, both personally and as public officials, by remarks from county supervisors during a meeting last week in which the supervisors voted 4-3 to reconsider their method of school funding.
The Mathews Wetlands Board last Wednesday unanimously approved a restoration plan for destroyed wetlands on property owned by Sea Farms Inc. at Cricket Hill.
Plans are in the works to benefit the entire county, such as an improved website and enhanced marketing efforts.
