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Memorial Ceremony for 9/11 set HANOVER — The public is invited to attend Hanover County’s 9/11 Memorial Ceremony at 9 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 11, in front of the new Hanover County Court Complex in the U.S. 301 Government Center at 7530 County Complex Rd. in Hanover. This annual event, held in partnership with Woodmen of the World (WOW), focuses on the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice saving others during the terrorist attacks on our nation. Guest speakers include: Angela Kelly-Wiecek, chair of the Hanover Board of Supervisors; Wayne Anderson, regional manager of Woodmen of the World; Lt. Col. Allen Davidson, Hanover County Sheriff ’s Office; and Chief Jethro Piland, Hanover County Fire/EMS. see MEMORIAL, pg. 4
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Vol. 34, No. 18 | Richmond Suburban News | September 6, 2017
Panel seeks answers on rail options By Jim Ridolphi for The Mechanicsville Local ASHLAND — Those attending last week’s fourth meeting of a Community Advisory Committee (CAC) hoping for some definitive answers left less than satisfied as they exited the Blackwell Auditorium at RandolphMacon College. The committee is tasked with identifying alternative options for a proposed high speed rail project from Richmond to Washington, D.C. The Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) is holding the meetings to gather public input and come up with recommendations to the Commonwealth Transportation Board. That state agency will make final recommendations to the Federal Railway Administration (FRA) in December regarding the controversial project. On Monday, Aug. 28, DRPT director Jennifer
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As the public hearings about a high speed rail continue, the interest throughout Hanover County and the Town of Ashland mounts. Members of the Community Advisory Committee reviewed the latest updates Monday, Aug. 28.
Mitchell told committee mem- CAC recommendation from leaving the decision up to the CTB or FRA. bers she expected some of the this group.� “If you’re telling us that the more than a dozen alternaCommittee member and tives to be eliminated through Randolph-Macon College FRA gives great weight to the CTB and the discussion at the CTB is lookmeeting, but it ing to us for quickly became “What we’d really like to do is start our decision, apparent that taking some alternatives off the then it’s very most members table. We’re hoping to get a CAC important for were not prerecommendation from this group.� this group to pared to issue come to some final recomJENNIFER MITCHELL consensus,� mendations, or DRPT director he said. eliminate most Hanover of the options. “What we really like to do representative Preston Bryant representative Aubrey “Bucky� is start taking some alterna- issued a warning of sorts of Stanley pointed out the potentives off the table,� Mitchell the consequences of the panel tial consequences of not arrivsaid. “We’re hoping to get a not reaching consensus and ing at a mutually derived deci-
sion. “If for some reason we can’t come to a conclusion on this and give them something to work with, do you think they (the CTB) would go with the cheapest option?� he asked. Mitchell said cost was one aspect of the consideration but the community impact also is an important factor in the consideration. Another representative on the CAC, Ashland Mayor Jim Foley, told fellow members that the 3-2-3 above ground option is the least intrusive
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