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Volume 64, Number 20 • May 16, 2019
County school division honors Teachers of the Year. See page 5 C Thanks in part to a centuries-old boundary dispute with Louisa County, 267 Goochland residents recently were told that they may not be eligible to vote in local elections here until 2021
Lascolette seeking third term on BOS By Roslyn Ryan Editor
NO CHOICE?
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By Roslyn Ryan Editor
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ecently, at least 327 Goochland and Louisa residents living near the border of the two counties were informed that they will not be eligible to vote in the coming November election, owing in part to a 250-year-old boundary dispute.
LASCOLETTE
Now in her eighth year as a member of the Goochland County Board of Supervisors, District 1 representative Susan Lascolette can still easily remember the early days of her first term. The longtime TEA Party activist had just assumed political office for the first time, as had three out of four of the other board members who would be serving alongside her. The learning curve would be steep, she see Lascolette > 3
Board approves rezoning for Reed Marsh project
For Jeff Trollinger, whose home is physically located in Goochland but outside the current U.S. Census boundary, the news has come as just one more in a series of headaches involved in figuring out where exactly he lives. As Trollinger explained to the board during last week’s monthly supervisors’ meeting, he has battled for years with various departments to obtain the services he is entitled to as a Goochland County tax payer. The sheriff’s department has questioned his
By Roslyn Ryan Editor
After months of public dialogue, Manakin-Sabot-based b builder Lawrence Liesfeld has been given the go-ahead for a 6 64-home subdivision in the Courthouse area, the entrance f which will be located directly across from the County for A Administration building. On May 7, Liesfeld’s Reed Marsh LLC was granted a
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