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Vol. 37, No. 18 | Richmond Suburban News | August 11, 2021
STOPS AT EVERY HOME IN TOWN
National Night Out
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From left, Sean Davis, chair of the Hanover County Board of Supervisors; Jack Caldwell, Flying Squirrels’ mascot and entertainment coordinator; F. Michael Herzberg, Cold Harbor District supervisor; Nutasha; Susan P. Dibble, South Annna District supervisor; Nutzy; Hanover County Administrator John Budesky; Angela Kelly-Wiecek, vice-chair of the Hanover County Board of Supervisors, and her husband Paul Wiecek; Aiden Mundy and his great-grandfather, Mechanicsville District Supervisor W. Canova Peterson, Mechanicsville District supervisor gather for a group photo after Davis, Herzberg, Dibble, Budesky and Mundy threw out first pitches at the Hanover County 300th birthday celebration with the Richmond Flying Squirrels at The Diamond Saturday.
Hanover County continues birthday bash at the Diamond By Jim Ridolphi for The Mechanicsville Local
H
anover County’s belated 300th Birthday Celebration continued last week with Hanover Night at The Diamond. The event featured $3 tickets for the first 300 sold to county residents and
free t-shirts were distributed to the first 300 fans. The event is a continuation of the county’s celebration of its founding in 1720, and Public Information Officer Tom Harris said the party continues through the fall. “We’re celebrating our 300th birthday a year late… and we’re asking see DIAMOND, pg. 16
Joel Klein for The Local
Six-year-old Ty Bain gets a view from the driver’s seat of Chickahominy Volunteer Fire Department engine 410 with firefighter J.B.Foster at National Night Out in the Totopotomoy community.
The Hanover Sheriff’s Office and Ashland Police Department celebrated National Night Out last week with community cookouts, pool parties and meet and greets throughout the county. National Night Out is recognized as a community event that strengthens relationships among citizens and the men and women who serve to protect them. It allows the public to interact with the officers they see on the street daily, and allow one on one relationships. A series of events was planned at a number of neighborhoods and officers, Fire/ EMS workers and other officials made appearances at the event, founded in 1984 to instill trust between citizens and police. FOR MORE PHOTOS TURN TO PAGE 13
Board of Supervisors denies AR zoning for Hamilton Farm project By Jim Ridolphi for The Mechanicsville Local At a public hearing last month, the Hanover County Board of Supervisors voted to deny an application for a zoning request in the Beaverdam District
that would have permitted construction of a 27-lot subdivision located on 170 acres near Blunt and Independence Roads. No residents spoke out against the request, but in a close vote, Hanover
supervisors issued a 4-3 decision denying the request. The land is currently zoned A-1 agricultural and AR-6 (agricultural/residential), but the developer requested a rezoning to AR-6.
The submitted application outlines a subdivision with 27 lots ranging in size from 5 to 16 acres and would be accessed by a private road built to county standards off Providence Road. A current residence on the site
accessed by Governor’s Lane would be preserved, but the small road would be closed when construction began. The county planning staff concluded the submitted plan more closely aligns see ZONING, pg. 7