INSIDE County Sheriff’s Office marks milestone for prescription delivery effort. > page 3 Volume 66 Number 12 • March 25, 2021
Schools’ budget includes health coverage for all part-time staff
Residents get first look at proposed development
By Roslyn Ryan Editor
Meeting offered chance to hear about 137-home project near Hockett Rd By Roslyn Ryan Editor
In what has become a familiar storyline in Goochland in recent years, residents in yet another quiet, rural area of the county are raising concerns about a developer’s request to build a subdivision on land currently zoned for agricultural use. On March 16, during a community meeting held at the Pickle Barrel restaurant in Centerville, many of those residents got their first look at the plans for Songbird Lane, a 137-home development that would be located on 64 acres just west of Hockett Road and feature high-end homes ranging in size from 2,500 to 4,000 square feet. In order to move forward, developers will see Songbird Lane > 3
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Volunteer Donna Fetrow, who serves on the Goochland Pet Lovers’ Board of Directors, spent an afternoon volunteering at the organization’s first mobile pet clinic held on Marchc 13. For more information on the event, and on upcoming mobile clinics, see page 8.
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For those individuals providing support services for the Goochland County Public Schools, including bus drivers and food service personnel, the past 12 months have not always been easy. Since their duties could not be carried out virtually, they quickly joined the ranks of the millions of frontline essential workers who confronted the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic on a daily basis. More challenging still, many of them did so — and continue to do so — without access to health insurance. It’s a situation Goochland County School Superintendent Dr. Jeremy said recently that he is hoping to change. On March 3, Raley presented his FY22 budget to the County Board of Supervisors. Among the needs Raley detailed, including technology upgrades and a three percent increase for all employees earning at least a proficient rating on their annual evaluations, see Budget > page 3
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