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Woman faces School board charges in husband’s saves thousands death after fire on copier service
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tbell@insidenova.com her husband died of burns from
a fire she set, Staff ord County he Stafford County School Board Sheriff ’s Office spokeswoman agreed Tuesday to a $588,000 fourM.C. Morris Moncurewith said.Ricoh USA of year contract Lisa Schulken Bartosch, Chicago for copier services beginning in 51, of2017. Devonshire Lane, in fiscal theThe Hampton Oaks subdiinitial proposed contract was for vision, was charged with $650,000. attempted first degree mur-representative A competing Xerox der, aggravated malicious attended four school board meetings this wounding andthearson. spring urging boardShe to consider using was incarcerated on Maythe 26 lowest bid. Xerox, which produced LISA at Stafford the Rappahannock ReCounty Public Schools used SCHULKEN gional Jail on no bond. Ricoh for the past 10 years and has used BARTOSCH ScottinMichael Xerox the past. Bartosch Jr.,School 52, diedboard May 29 of the injuries the members did notfrom choose May 1 fi re. Xerox, but thanked its representative of the Stafford$250,000 County SherforMembers saving the schools over iff ’s Offi ce were assisted by four years based on its lower the bid Staff and ord for County Fire Marshals’ Office during the providing information that helped the month-long investigation. It was deterboard save money. mined that Lisa Bartosch intentionally set S cho ol b o ard memb ers and the fire, Morris Moncure said. Superintendent Bruce Benson expressed The investigation is ongoing and addidisappointment in the way the school tional charges are forthcoming. system handled the matter, but said it would cause them to look more closely at future business dealings. “I think we could’ve been clearer in our communication with our vendors,” said Benson. In April, the board deferred a decision on which copier company to use and decided to further review its options. There were five bidding companies involved. Staff ord County authorities were called to DevThere, school board onshire Lane, in the Hampton Oaks subdivision, member Patricia Healy, SCHOOL on May 1 for a domestic, and both parties were PAGE 13 R-Rock Hill, challenged taken to separate hospitals for treatment.
American Legion Post 290 hosted an early-morning ceremony at the Stafford County Courthouse to make Memorial Day on May 29. The post’s color guard marched across U.S. 1 to the courthouse steps for a remembrance and the placing of a wreath at the county monument to the men and women who served in defense of the country and the commonwealth. For more photos, turn to Page 5.
Courthouse Road construction to start in July
Locally harvested produce gets prime display as crowds browse and shop the stand operated by C&T Produce at the North Stafford Farmers’ Market. This year the total number of vendors has increased to around 30 at the same location, the parking lot of the Stafford Medical Pavilion on the Stafford Hospital campus. The market is open Sundays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. A temporary traffic signal and pealign with Hospital Center Boulevard. BYNovember. TRACY BELL until ALEKS DOLZENKO | INSIDENOVA tbell@insidenova.com
A diverging diamond interchange is destrian crossing will be installed at a design that is finding favor with state the entrance to Colonial Forge High transportation departments. The ramp School and Liberty Knolls subdivision configuration is similar to a traditional before the start of the 2017-2018 school diamond interchange. However, traffic year, and a permanent traffic signal will on the cross street, Courthouse Road, be installed later, VDOT said. The construction will also realign will switch sides, according to VDOT. Traffic will be shifted to the left side Ramoth Church and Winding Creek of the road, which will allow vehicles roads to intersect at a traffic signal. VDOT will construct the project turning left to enter an interstate oninvestigations and comof approval. grant works as ac50sig- internal using the design-build procurement ramp withoutThe stopping at a traffi is significant, ” Decatur said.Compercent match with local funding plaints method. In October 2016, the nal. cameras are a psychofrom the addressed county. The cost tothat Stafmonwealth Transportation Board VDOT concerns mo- “Body-worn deterrent to million misbehavior on ford is may $400,000 year for five years. awarded a $99.9 design-build torists have aabout driving on the logical sides for of the The Stafforddiamond Countyinterchange, Sheriff Dacontract the lens. project tobenefits Shirley Condiverging not- both theCompany drawbacks associated vidthat Decatur told InsideNoVa that tracting of Lorton. ing even someone unfamiliar with exceed the cost and manage implementing pro- with Th e project willtime also to relocate and exthe pattern willafibody-camera nd on-road features thepand program. ” gram is a vast goal the commuter lot on Courthouse providing clearundertaking. direction forThe traffi c. Using theapproximately technology in 1,000 the deofCourthouse the programRoad is to achieve high Road to spaces will be awidened field operations division level of lanes transparency comjust east of I-95. to four betweenwith U.S. the 1 and I-95. partment’s allowconstruction for the mostisimmedimunity whilethe protecting rights would When complete in West of I-95, road willthe be widened and expansive of four citizens deputies he ate2020, two new contact VDOT with Park the & Ride to lanesand to just west alike, of Ramoth De- open along the said. commuterserved, lots will Church Road/Winding Creek Road. community said. Courthouse CAMERA benefit of having video to catur relocated The“…The widening portion is expected 13 af ford ountyThe PAGEROAD footage prosecution, training, Road east ofC I-95. cost somefor$35.9 million and wrap up St PAGE 13 lots will offer 1,100 in late 2019.
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onstruction preparation will begin on Courthouse Road this month, followed by the start of road work in July that will continue through July of 2020. The lengthy project will reconstruct the Exit 140 interchange on Interstate 95 andTRACY widenBELL a stretch of Courthouse Road, also known as Route 630, in Staftbell@insidenova.com ford County. he Stafford County Sheriff ’s The goalOffice of the hasproject appliedisfortoa imU.S. prove travel conditions on I-95 and Department of Justice grant along Courthouse Road. The plan is that could fund 100 of its to reduce congestion and future indeputies with a body camcreased traffic at the interchange by era. using a diverging diamond design If received, full funding the and is set to improve mobility of along grant would allow deputies ain1.9the Courthouse Road by widening field operations division to mileoffice’s section of the road to four lanes, carry thetocameras. according the Virginia Departsheriff ’s office applied for ment The of Transportation. the grant after Stafford Th e project willthe relocate theCounty interBoard of Courthouse Supervisors gave stamp change and Roaditsslightly to the south to intersect with U.S. 1 and
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