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Volume 65, Number 8 • February 20, 2020
What’s that you say? The beauty (and oddities) of our lingo. See page 6
Gold mine given the go-ahead
County-wide clean up set for Saturday
Supervisors grant CUP for planned operation at county’s Old Moss Mine
Event is first of several planned to help get rid of litter along roadways Contributed report
By Roslyn Ryan Editor
Goochland County supervisors have given the green light to a plan set to bring gold mining back to Goochland. On Feb. 4, the board unanimously approved a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for Buckingham resident Paul Busch to set up a mining operation at 4835 Shannon Hill Road, a 45-acre property known throughout the area as the Old Moss Mine. Founded in 1835, the mine was a source of gold and silver before being abandoned around 1939. Now, Busch is hoping to bring the site back to life, though in a more environmentallyfriendly form than previous efforts. Instead of creating pits or shafts as previous mining see Gold mine > 2
PRESIDENTS DAY SALE Ends Saturday, Feb. 22 UPHOLSTERY
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Watkins receives warm welcome John Michael “Mike” Watkins was sworn in as Goochland County’s new Deputy Chief of Fire-Rescue & Emergency Services on Feb. 4, one day after officially beginning his new role. For more details, including the path that led Watkins to Goochland, see page 3.
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Want to help improve the Goochland community? Goochland County will be holding a Countywide Litter Clean Up Day on Saturday, Feb. 22, from 8 a.m. to noon. The Countywide Litter Clean Up Day is the first of many that will be held throughout 2020. The initial event includes three staging locations focusing on the following areas: Central High Cultural and Educational Complex (2748 Dogtown Road), addressing Dogtown Road and Whitehall Road Byrd Elementary School (2704 Hadensville-Fife Road), addressing Hadensville-Fife Road Goochland County Administration Building (1800 Sandy Hook Road), addressing areas along River Road West (Rt. 6) in the Courthouse Village and along the Sandy Hook see Clean up> 2
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