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Volume 64, Number 33 • August 15, 2019
GROW ON: Goochland gets visit from state agriculture head. See page 2
County OKs possible fix for precinct conundrum
Former strip club owner planning to open church Long-vacant bank on River Road approved by supervisors for new use
Ordinance change may let local voters removed due to boundary dispute vote in Goochland again
By Roslyn Ryan Editor
Roslyn Ryan Editor
Over 200 county voters who were removed from the Goochland County voter rolls earlier this year are one big step closer to being reinstated, thanks to two measures approved by the county Board of Supervisors last week. On Aug. 6, board members voted unanimously to begin using the current taxing boundary as the means by which residents are deemed to be qualified voters in Goochland, as opposed to using the census boundary. see Voters > 3
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Goochland Pet Lovers volunteer Richard Verlander spent some quality time with a playful pup during an adoption event held at the county’s temporary animal shelter on Dogtown Rd. on Aug. 8. For more on the shelter’s efforts to find forever homes for all its residents, see page 3.
After selling his Richmond-based chain of strip clubs — as well as his $1.7 million Henrico home — Louisa resident Frazier T. Boyd III is now pursuing a decidedly different sort of venture. He is opening a church. On Aug. 6, Boyd’s River Road Property LLC received the go-ahead from county supervisors to turn a long-vacant former bank building in the courthouse area into the home of a new Protestant Bible Missionary church. In a 5-0 vote, the board granted Boyd’s request to rezone the 1.3 acre River Road lot located adjacent to GoochlandCares from the B2 zoning classification to B1, which allows see Church > 5
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