INSIDE Starting small: Seed gardening tips to help you get growing > page 5 Volume 65, Number 7 • February 13, 2020
BRAND NEW LOOK: County unveils updated website design. See page 2
Board grants CUP for Hermitage Rd. cell tower project
By Roslyn Ryan Editor
Despite strong opposition from a number of residents living near the site of a planned communications tower on Hermitage Road, county supervisors on Feb. 4 delivered a 3-2 decision in favor of granting a Conditional Use
Despite protests from residents, plan moving ahead after 3-2 vote
Permit (CUP) for the project. The permit had been requested by South Carolinabased Beacon Towers, and was required before construction could begin on the 199-foot communication tower at 966 Hermitage Road in Goochland. And while residents in recent months had expressed concerns ranging from the
tower’s potential impact on property values to whether it was needed at all, Beacon Towers representative Jonathan Yates insisted to board members—reiterating statements he had made at the Planning Commission hearing for the project last month — that the chosen location is ideal for such a project.
Fire Chief: Goochland ready for virus threat By Roslyn Ryan Editor
A
s public health officials across the United States brace for possible impact from the spread of the W u h a n coronavirus, Goochland County Fire/Rescue Chief Eddie Ferguson recently assured local leaders that Goochland has already taken
several preemptive actions. As Ferguson explained during the Feb. 4 Board of Supervisors meeting, he and his staff have been staying in close contact with the state Health Department, the Virginia Department of Emergency Management and local hospitals to share information related to the outbreak of the virus, which has claimed see Virus > 3
“I do a lot of towers,” Yates said, “and very rarely do I get to do a tower on a 25-acre property with that incredible tree cover.” Yates said he could understand the residents’ concerns, but noted that his research, and that of a professional see Tower > 3
Police charge Manakin-Sabot man after child pornography found in home By Roslyn Ryan Editor
A Manakin-Sabot resident has been arrested and charged with the possession of child pornography, after authorities found computers and other electronic devices containing the material in a residence in the 12000 block of Holly Lane. see Arrest > 2
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