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Vol. 36, No. 40 | Richmond Suburban News | February 26, 2020
Planners recommend approval of Wegmans’ distribution center By Jim Ridolphi for The Mechanicsville Local HANOVER -- Following a four-hour meeting that included more than 20 speakers who voiced opposition to the project’s location and scope, the Hanover Planning Commission voted unanimously to accept staff ’s position and recommended approval of proffer amendments submitted by Wegmans regarding a warehouse distribution center located just east of the Hanover Airport off Sliding Hill Road. Commission chair and Ashland commissioner Alan Abbott made the motion that included other proffer recommendations that included operational standards that ensure Wegmans’ trucks will use the Sliding Hill entrance when approaching from Interstate 95, no tandem trail-
Sponsors invited to take part in county’s 300th birthday event
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Despite residents’ opposition to the construction of a distribution center by Wegmans near their homes, the Hanover County Planning Commission unanimously recommended the project advance to the Hanover County Board of Supervisors for consideration.
ers, a requirement that fencing be opaque and contain sound abatements, employee parking
lot lighting be limited to 30 feet, a 150-foot buffer along the western edge of the Wegmans’
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ANOVER -Hanover County is celebrating its 300th birthday in 2020 and will celebrate at multiple events throughout the year. Sponsorship opportunities are available for four Signature Events approved by the citizens committee planning the celebration: Scotchtown’s 300th Anniversary Festival on May 30 at Patrick Henry’s Scotchtown; The Ashland Strawberry Faire on June 6;
The Hanover Tomato Festival on July 11; Culminating the celebration will be a Birthday Ceremony with special guest speakers on Oct. 17. This ceremony will include the opening of the Hanover Museum of History & Culture. The Oct. 17 Celebration will include special exhibits, music and re-enactors around and in the historic Courthouse, one of the nation’s oldest. Come out and tour the new museum. see SPONSORS, pg. 7
see WEGMANS, pg. 7
Democratic Presidential Primary ballot lengthy, but many have dropped out By Melody Kinser Managing Editor
Sample ballot on page 11.
HANOVER – Tuesday, March 3, will be the Democrats’ day in Hanover County when that party conducts a Presidential Primary. Despite 14 names on the ballot, Teresa F. “Teri” Smithson, Director of Elections/General Registrar, noted last week that “a lot of names of candidates that have stopped running. The reason they are still shown on the ballot is that they
have not submitted their official withdrawal from the race.” As usual, precincts will open at 6 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. Names appearing on Hanover County’s Democratic Presidential Primary ballot are: Cory Booker, Julian Castro, Bernie Sander, Elizabeth Warren, Marianne Williamson, Michael Bennet,
Joseph R. Biden, Amy Klobuchar, Tulsia Gabbard, Deval Patrick. Pete Buttigieg, Andrew Yang, Tom Steyer, and Michael R. Bloomberg. Dan McGraw, who recently was elected chair of the Hanover Democratic Committee, said, “I am hearing much enthusiasm for the Democratic Presidential Primary from our Democratic Committee members, many independents, and several moderate Republicans. The issues of concern are that our national debt
is increasing at an alarming rate, we are witnessing significant breaches of Constitutional norms, and a number of people feel that the nation has become too divisive.” “We need a leader who can bring us together. I am seeing support for a wide range of candidates within our committee,” he continued. “And, I am confident that once the business of selecting the candidate to represent the party see PRIMARY, pg. 11
