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OCTOBER 5, 2018
Supervisor asks chairwoman to resign
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Bohmke: ‘I won’t be stepping down’ TRACY BELL
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to do so. Supervisor Jack Cavalier, R-Griffis-Widewater, did so because of what he called “a sham of a meeting” last month specifically related to a controversial cemetery ordinance. Cavalier said that Chairwoman Meg Bohmke, R-Falmouth, didn’t handle the Sept. 18 meeting well, losing control over the meeting and allowing one board member, Supervisor Wendy Maurer, R-Rock Hill, to monopolize discussion on the issue. Bohmke “allowed a vote on a very important issue that resulted in a minority of the full board making a decision that may result in more problems,” Cavalier said, adding that Bohmke “disregarded the request for a deferral on the matter.” Cavalier said at the September meeting that he had spoken with Hartwood Supervisor and Vice Chairman Gary Snellings, who was absent from that meeting due to a family emergency. Cavalier said Snellings wanted to vote on the matter and desired a deferral. “The discourtesy and disrespect shown for her vice chairman is appalling,” Cavalier said of Bohmke. During last month’s meeting, supervisors considered three options but agreed to take no action on the cemetery ordinance, leaving it in place as it was adopted in December 2016.
North Stafford's Victoria Barrett goes up to return the ball Sept. 27 against Colonial Forge. North Stafford won 3-0. ALEKS DOLZENKO | INSIDENOVA
Stafford, Fredericksburg post mile markers along Rappahannock Members of Stafford County Fire and Rescue and its Swift Water Rescue Team were looking for a better way to locate recreational users in trouble on the Rappahannock River. They teamed up with Fredericksburg to install a “mile marker” system to help boaters pinpoint their location, according to a county news release. “We had people call us in distress,
and when we asked them where they were and what they could see, all they could say was ‘trees and water,’” said Lt. Jonathan Hensen of Stafford Fire and Rescue. “When we answer a call on the river, it takes multiple responders and an average of four hours to run, incurring around $16,000 in expenses. We knew there had to be a better way, so we investigated
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other practices to find one that would help us.” The Rappahannock River is the longest free-flowing river on the East Coast and comes together with the Rapidan River at what is called “The Confluence,” about 10 miles upriver from Stafford and Fredericksburg. MARKERS
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member of the Stafford County Board of Supervisors called for the chairwoman of the board to immediately step down Tuesday, but she declined
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