Monday, January 6, 2014
State and Local Stories
The group dedicated to preserving history in Washington County islooking for a new home after a town study suggested a different use would be better for the building it currently calls home. The Historical Society of Washington County, Va., is located in Abingdon’s historic train depot, at the corner of Wall Street and Depot Square, where it has been since 2002. Prior to that, the society was in the county courthouse for nearly 40 years. A recent study of the town’s tourism and marketing departments suggested that the Convention and Visitor’s Bureau on Cummings Street, in the historic Hassinger House, was not the most ideal for visitors to find or use, said Garrett Jackson, assistant town manager, in an email.
Herald Courier
Pulaski County citizens will soon be able to go online to peruse documents contained in the Board of Supervisors’ monthly meeting packets. County Administrator Peter Huber said he hopes to be able to convert to using electronic agenda packets later this month or in February. Staff is reviewing software available to enable the packets to be placed on the county website,pulaskicounty.org. Board packets, which sometimes exceed an inch thick, are normally collections of copied documents that are presented to each board member, members of the media and anyone else requesting a packet. When they go online, the documents will be available to anyone who has access to the Internet.
Southwest Times
With Superintendent Ed Hatrick six months away from the end of his 22-year tenure, the Loudoun County School Board now knows what 4,181 community members want in the new leader of the county's public school system. Search firm Hazard, Young, Attea and Associates presented the school board with the initial results of their community survey Jan. 2. HYA spent time in Loudoun Countygathering information from the general public through surveys, open forums and individual interviews.
Loudoun Times Mirror
Jim Icenhour will not go quietly into the night. During the public comment section of his final meeting as Jamestown supervisor on the James City County Board of Supervisors, some of Icenhour's most fervent critics were gracious, saying that while they differed with his decisions, they wished him well and would keep him in their prayers. In the parking lot afterward, Icenhour wondered whether they will be so kind when he starts showing up and commenting at every meeting himself.
Virginia Gazette
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