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Vol. 37, No. 39 | Richmond Suburban News | January 5, 2022
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Final redistricting lines bring changes to county By Laura McFarland Managing Editor POWHATAN – The Virginia Supreme Court last week finalized the state’s new redistricting maps, which will see Hanover County now split between two congressional districts, go from three to two different representatives in the State Senate, and see changes in the House of Delegates as well. The court took over control of Virginia’s redistricting process after the Virginia Redistricting Commission, which was made up of citizens and legislators, got bogged down by partisan politics and failed to meet the deadline to come to an agreement on the state’s legislative and congressional districts. Earlier in December 2021, the court reviewed maps prepared by two “special masters” – Bernard Grofman, nominated by Democratic legislators, and Sean Trende, nominated by Republican lawmakers. The final order on Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021, adopted their redistricting maps
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Longest serving Hanover Supervisor dies at 75 Bucky Stanley served Beaverdam District 38 years By Jim Ridolphi For The Local Hanover County’s longest serving Board of Supervisors member and Beaverdam District representative Aubrey M. “Bucky” Stanley died peacefully on Friday. Stanley, 75, was re-elected 10 times during his tenure. First elected in 1983, he served for
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38 years and was board chairman six times, the most recent in 2020. see STANLEY, pg. 12
SCC rejects Pipeline request By Jim Ridolphi For The Local Map courtesy of Supreme Court of Virginia
Hanover is now split between Congressional Districts 10 (above) and 1.
for the Senate of Virginia, Virginia House of Delegates and Virginia’s representative to the U.S. House of Representatives.
The maps are effective immediately and will affect all regularly scheduled see REDISTRICTING, pg. 12
In a ruling issued in December 2021, The Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) denied a request by Chickahominy Pipeline LLC (CPLLC) to construct an 85-mile natural gas pipeline
without agency regulation or approval. The proposed project would provide a supply of natural gas for a proposed power plant in Charles City and would extend through five Central Virginia counties including Hanover, see PIPELINE, pg. 4
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