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0010 – LEGALS

GLOUCESTER COUNTY Environmental Department Gloucester County Wetlands Board Meeting: Notice is hereby given of a Gloucester County Wetlands Board hearing to be held Wednesday, May 14, 2025, at 6:30 pm. The meeting will be held in the Colonial Courthouse, Court Circle, Gloucester, Virginia. All interested parties are invited to attend the meeting and express their views. Citizen comments may also be submitted prior to the public hearing by two different methods: An online form is available on the County’s website at: www.gloucesterva.gov/citizencomment. Please follow the instructions on the form to indicate your comments are for this specific public hearing. Comments may be submitted by US Mail to County Administration, ATTN: PUBLIC HEARING, 6489 Main Street, Gloucester, VA 23061. Any mailed comments must include your name, your magisterial district, and the title of this public hearing clearly printed at the top, and all such comments must be received by the scheduled date of this hearing. Please type or print all comments legibly. Comments submitted through one of these methods prior to the public hearing must be received by the County no later than close of business on May 14, 2025, and will be read during the public hearing. “Form letters,” consisting of communications which are verbatim duplicates (other than the identifying information of the author/submitter) of one or more other communications received by the County pertaining to the matter to be considered at the public hearing or public comment period, shall be read only once per letter, along with the list of persons submitting the same comments pursuant to such “form letter.” The following applications will be heard by the Wetlands Board: VMRC 24-1420 Aberdene Aquatic seeking authorization for wharf rehabilitation to include: removal and replacement of failing bulkhead, nearshore dredging, riprap sill, beach nourishment and plantings, compacted oyster shell boat launch, and 3 floating piers with 34 slips at Tax Map 37-49 in Gloucester County, Virginia. VMRC 25-0338 – John Gillespie & Lisa Casanova seeking authorization for construction of a stone revetment against existing bulkhead at Tax Map 51C(4)-5 in Gloucester County, Virginia. VMRC 25-0447 – John & Shannon French seeking authorization for construction of timber groins and revetment extension with steps at Tax Map 34-205 in Gloucester County, Virginia. VMRC 25-0453 – Douglas & Elke Powell seeking authorization for construction of a riprap revetment and groin at Tax Map 50-79B in Gloucester County, Virginia. VMRC 25-0478 – Rana Graham-Montaque seeking authorization for construction of a riprap revetment in front of existing bulkhead, bank grading and fill at Tax Map 36-7 in Gloucester County, Virginia. VMRC 25-0691 – The Wanda H. Eberle Trust & Wanda H. Eberle seeking authorization for revetment repair, new rock revetment, sills, sand nourishment, and plantings at Tax Map 27-11 in Gloucester County, Virginia. VMRC 25-0692 – John Muerdler & Kathy Phillips seeking authorization for rock revetment in front of a failing bulkhead at Tax Map 51L(4)-5 in Gloucester County, Virginia. Interested parties are invited to attend the meeting. Applications may be reviewed in the Environmental Programs Office, 6489 Main Street, Suite 235, during regular business hours. Walter Priest, Chairman Gloucester County Wetlands Board Chesapeake Bay Preservation & Erosion Commission 17t2


GLOUCESTER COUNTY Environmental Programs GLOUCESTER COUNTY Chesapeake Bay Preservation and Erosion Commission Meeting: Notice is hereby given of a Gloucester County Chesapeake Bay Preservation and Erosion Commission hearing to be held Wednesday, May 14, 2025, immediately following the Wetlands Board meeting, which begins at 6:30 pm. The meeting will be held in the Colonial Courthouse, Court Circle, Gloucester, Virginia. All interested parties are invited to attend the meeting and express their views on these matters. Citizen comments may also be submitted prior to the public hearing by two different methods: An online form is available on the County’s website at: www.gloucesterva.gov/citizencomment. Please follow the instructions on the form to indicate your comments are for this specific public hearing. Comments may be submitted by US Mail to County Administration, ATTN: PUBLIC HEARING, 6489 Main Street, Gloucester, VA 23061. Any mailed comments must include your name, your magisterial district, and the title of this public hearing clearly printed at the top, and all such comments must be received by the scheduled date of this hearing. Please type or print all comments legibly. Comments submitted through one of these methods prior to the public hearing must be received by the County no later than close of business on May 14, 2025, and will be read during the public hearing. “Form letters,” consisting of communications which are verbatim duplicates (other than the identifying information of the author/submitter) of one or more other communications received by the County pertaining to the matter to be considered at the public hearing or public comment period, shall be read only once per letter, along with the list of persons submitting the same comments pursuant to such “form letter.” The following applications seeking a buffer modification to the required 100-foot resource protection area will be heard by the Chesapeake Bay Preservation & Erosion Commission: CBPEC 25-08 – Petsworth Baptist Church seeking authorization for encroachment into the 100′ buffer for proposed clearing and grading for installation of a bio-retention basin and outfall at Tax Map 23-25 in Gloucester County, Virginia. CBPEC 25-11 – Kingstan Corporation seeking authorization for encroachment into the 100′ buffer to construct a single family dwelling at Tax Map 50Q(1)-5 in Gloucester County, Virginia. CBPEC 25-12 Kevin O’Connell seeking authorization for encroachment into the 100′ buffer to remove an existing concrete pad and walkway and install a 9′ x 21′ pool with a 3′ permeable paver apron at Tax Map 51B(2)-15 Gloucester County, Virginia. Interested parties are invited to attend the meetings. Applications may be reviewed in the Environmental Programs Office, 6489 Main Street – Suite 235, during regular business hours. Walter Priest, Chairman Gloucester County Wetlands Board Chesapeake Bay Preservation & Erosion Commission 17t2


IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ST. JOHNS COUNTY, FLORIDA JOHN T. WARD and Patricia A. Ward Petitioners and ALLISON L. WARD Respondent. Case No. DR25-561 Division 57 NOTICE OF ACTION FOR Joint Petition for Concurrent Custody by Extended Family TO: Lamont Moore Address Unknown; Gloucester, VA YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for Concurrent Custody by Extended Family has been filed against you and that you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on Christine Leonard, Esq., Attorney for Petitioners, whose address is 135 Jenkins St., Ste 105B-157, St. Augustine, FL 32086, on or before 5/9/2025, and file the original with the clerk of this Court at 4010 Lewis Speedway, St. Augustine, FL 32084 before service on Petitioners or immediately thereafter. If you fail to do so, a default may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the petition. Copies of all court documents in this case, including orders, are available at the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office. You may review these documents upon request. You must keep the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office notified of your current address. (You may file Designation of Current Mailing and E-mail, Address, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.915.) Future papers in the lawsuit will be mailed or emailed to the addresses on record at the clerk’s office. 18t4


NOTICE ABANDONED WATERCRAFT Notice is hereby given that the following watercraft has been abandoned for more than 60 DAYS on the property of : Mark A. Brent, 1095 Kingsland Rd., Richmond, VA. 23231. Ph: 804-937-0398 watercraft is a 1983-19ft. RAY SKI blue/silver boat HULL ID CJM710840783. Application for watercraft registration/title will be made in accordance with Section 29.1-733.25 of the Code of Virginia if this watercraft is not claimed and removed within 30 days of first publication of this notice. Please contact the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources with question. 17t3


NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS MATHEWS COUNTY JOINT SESSION BOARD OF SUPERVISORS & PLANNING COMMISSION The Mathews County Board of Supervisors and Planning Commission hereby give notice that on May 20, 2025, at 7 PM, or as soon thereafter as the public may be heard, at the Historic Courthouse located at 27 Court St., Mathews, Virginia, will hold a joint session and public hearing on the following: Application #202401231: Requested by Joseph M. Perdue for a Conditional Use Permit pursuant to Section 175-5.3 (B)(2) of the Mathews County Zoning Ordinance to allow for a grass strip (runway), which is classified as an Aviation Facility. The subject property is located at the corner of State Route 14 and Fickle Fen Road, Mathews, VA 23109 and is identified as Tax Map Parcel 20-A-9 and zoned Rural (R-U). The application, supporting documentation and ordinances pertaining to the public hearing are available for review at the Department of Planning and Zoning, County Administration Building, 50 Brickbat Road, Mathews, Virginia, Mon-Fri, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Any written correspondence or telephone inquiries concerning these matters should be directed to the Office of Planning & Zoning, P.O. Box 839, Mathews, VA 23109, (804) 725-4034. Any person requiring assistance to participate in the public hearing is asked to contact the Administration office at 804-384-9924 in advance so that appropriate arrangements can be made. 18t2


PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that Mr. Alexander Stuart (VMRC #2025-0653) is requesting a permit from the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to construct a 105-foot long rock revetment channelward of a failing bulkhead along the Piankatank River shoreline at 80 Piankatank Wqy in Mathews County. You may provide comments on this application (VMRC #2025-0653) at https://webapps.mrc.virginia.gov/public/habitat/comments/. We will accept comments by the USPS provided they are received within 15 days of this notice to: Marine Resources Commission, Habitat Management Division, 380 Fenwick Road, Bldg. 96, Hampton, VA 23651. 18t1


PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that Mr. Christopher Davis (VMRC #2025-0610) is requesting a permit from the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to install a 2-foot concrete oyster reef under an existing private dock at 184 Azalea Lane in Mathews County. You may provide comments on this application (VMRC #2025-0610) at https://webapps.mrc.virginia.gov/public/habitat/comments/. We will accept comments by the USPS provided they are received within 15 days of this notice to: Marine Resources Commission, Habitat Management Division, 380 Fenwick Road, Bldg. 96, Hampton, VA 23651. 18t1


PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that Mr. Douglas Powell (VMRC #2025-0453) is requesting a permit from the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to construct a rock spur extending 40 feet channelward of mean low water along the York River shoreline at 6696 Bray Road in Gloucester County. You may provide comments on this application (VMRC #2025-0453) at https://webapps.mrc.virginia.gov/public/habitat/comments/. We will accept comments by the USPS provided they are received within 15 days of this notice to: Marine Resources Commission, Habitat Management Division, 380 Fenwick Road, Bldg. 96, Hampton, VA 23651. 18t1


PUBLISHING NOTICE LILY VALENTINE ANTIQUES INC. Trading as: LILY VALENTINE ANTIQUES 20-24 Church Street Mathews, VA 23109-0000 The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL (ABC) AUTHORITY for a Retail Specialty Establishment Application – Gift shop, Wine, Beer, Consumed Off Premises license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages. Rebecca A. Beckstoffer, Owner. NOTE: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at www.abc.virginia.gov or (800) 552-3200. 18t2


PUBLISHING NOTICE Porters On Main LLC Trading as: Porters On Main 6553 Main Street Gloucester Gloucester, Virginia 23061-6103 The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL (ABC) AUTHORITY for a Restaurant Wine, Beer, and Mixed Beverages On and Off Premises license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages. Gary Ward, Owner NOTE: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at www.abc.virginia.gov or (800) 552-3200. 17t2


VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN RE: ALLEN RAYMOND KEMP Case No. CL25000437-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this proceeding is to determine that Allen Raymond Kemp, who has been missing and not heard from since around 1995, is deceased. IT APPEARING TO THE COURT by affidavit pursuant to Virginia Code § 8.01-316(A)(1)(b) that Allen Raymond Kemp cannot be found after diligent inquiry and that his last known place of abode or residence cannot be ascertained; now, therefore, it is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED that Allen Raymond Kemp, or anyone having knowledge of his whereabouts, do appear on or before June 6, 2025 @ 9:00 a.m., and do whatever is necessary to protect his interests in this proceeding; and, it is further ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED that this Order be published once a week for four (4) consecutive weeks in the Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal, a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Gloucester, Virginia; and, it is further ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED that a copy of this Order be posted at the front door of the courthouse wherein this Court is held. I ASK FOR THIS: Bury & Co – Attorneys at Law BY: Andrew G. Bury, Jr., Esquire (VSB#19668) David A. Bury, Esquire (VSB#92138) Counsel for the Plaintiff 40 Cross Street, 3rd Floor P.O. Box 386 Urbanna, VA 23175 Office: (703) 788-2008 Facsimile: (804) 758-2003 Email address: andyb@BuryLawOffices.com davidb@BuryLawOffices.com ENTERED this 25th day of April, 2025 Jeffrey W. Shaw Hon. Judge, Circuit Court Gloucester County, Virginia 18t4


VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTER COUNTY OF GLOUCESTER, VIRGINIA, a Political Subdivision of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Complainant, v. ANTHONY EVANS MATHIAS and QUINNETTE W. Mathias and PARTIES UNKNOWN Respondents. Case No.: CL25-126 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to enforce the lien of the Complainant, County of Gloucester, Virginia, for delinquent real estate taxes against certain real property located in the County of Gloucester, Virginia, described as follows: Tax Map No. 34-222 RPC No. 23208 All that certain tract of land on Ware Neck Road in Ware District, Gloucester County, Virginia, and containing 1.49 acres more or less, and assessed on the land records as Tax Map 34-222. And being the same property devised to Anthony Evans Mathias from Elmer D. Mathias by his Last Will and Testament dated October 21, 1978, and recorded May 26, 1995 in the Circuit Court Clerk’s Office of Gloucester County, Virginia, in Will Book 81, Page 256. And further being the same property conveyed to Elmer D. Mathias from Nellie Mathias by Deed dated July 20, 1961, and recorded August 1, 1961 in the aforementioned Clerk’s Office in Deed Book, 122 Page 417. This description is made subject to all easements, conditions, agreements, restrictions, and reservations of record which affect property herein described. IT APPEARING that an Affidavit has been made and filed stating that due diligence has been used, without effect, to ascertain the identity and location of certain parties to be served, that the last known addresses for the Respondents herein are as follows: Anthony Evans Mathias, who is believed to be deceased and whose last known address is 10 Townhouse Manor, Hilton Head, SC 29928; and that any officers, heirs, devisees, and successors in title of the Respondents named herein are made parties Respondent to this action individually and/or by the general description of Parties Unknown, it is hereby ORDERED that the parties herein and all Parties Unknown and/or whose location cannot be ascertained appear on or before June 6, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of the County of Gloucester, Virginia, and do what may be necessary to protect their interests in this cause. I Ask For This: John A. Rife, Esq. (VSB No. 45805) Jeffrey A. Scharf, Esq. (VSB No. 30591) Mark K. Ames, Esq. (VSB No. 27409) Andrew M. Neville, Esq. (VSB No. 86372) Paul L. LaBarr, Esq. (VSB No. 91609) Gregory L. Haynes, Esq. (VSB No. 37158) Seth R. Konopasek, Esq. (VSB No. 97065) Garrett W. Patton, Esq. (VSBS No. 98345) Taxing Authority Consulting Services, PC P. O. Box 31800 Henrico, Virginia 23294-1800 Phone: (804) 545-2500 TACS No.: 880420 Entered on the 25th day of April, 2025 Jeffrey W. Shaw Judge 18t1



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