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Volume 60, Number 6 • February 5, 2015
announcement
Lascolette
Alvarez
Creasey
Minnick
Peterson
Johnson
Lyle
County officials announce re-election bids By Roslyn Ryan Editor
A
ll five members of the Goochland County Board of Supervisors announced their intention to seek a second term last Saturday morning during an event at the Goochland County Courthouse. Candidates for the Board of Supervisors are
Susan Lascolette (District 1), Manuel Alvarez (District 2), Ned Creasey (District 3), Bob Minnick (District 4) and Ken Peterson (District 5). The group making re-election announcements Saturday also included Goochland County Treasurer Pam Johnson, Goochland County Commonwealth’s Attorney Claiborne Stokes and Monacan Soil and Water Conservation
District Director Jonathan Lyle. Almost all of the board members and constitutional officers are wrapping up their first terms after a “clean sweep” election in 2011 unseated most of those holding public office in the county. Of those currently seeking re-election, only Creasey had previously run for or held public see Election > 3
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PROBLEM? Annual Conundrum Day offers students a chance to tackle unique challenges By Roslyn Ryan Editor
Talk about your web-based learning. On Saturday, over 200 Goochland County students are expected to converge on Goochland Middle School to take part in the 3rd annual Conundrum Day, an event geared toward promoting the science, math, engineering and math — or STEM —fields. While last year students designed a structure
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Students watch with anticipation as their project is tested during last year’s Conundrum Day. The see Conumdrum > 3 event offers students a chance to test their skills in science, technology, engineering and math.
Cell tower application withdrawn County Planning Commission had voted against the measure last year By Roslyn Ryan Editor
A controversial request to build a 199-foot cell tower on Millers Lane in Mankin-Sabot was pulled last Thursday, less than a week before the applicant was expected to appear before the Goochland County Board of Supervisors. The application, which was filed by Virginia-based Pegasus Tower Company in September, was met with significant opposition from residents of the area where it was to be located. Though the topic was not on the agenda for the January supervisors’s meeting, more than half dozen residents made use of the public comment period to voice concerns over everything from the impact the tower would have had on their property values to the safety of placing such a structure in a residential area. The Planning Commission voted against approving the application in November, and supervisors were scheduled to discuss the subject on Dec. 2. Pegasus, however, requested a deferral until the February meeting. Now that the company has decided not to go forward, “the process is essentially done,” said Deputy County Administrator for Community see Tower > 3