County needs updated figures for upcoming budget, tax rate By Colston Newton Northumberland’s county administrator, Kenny Eades, is starting to get concerned about the county’s reassessment, which was supposed to be complete by Dec. 31 but as of Monday it still hadn’t been filed. Northumberland and Lancaster County went together to contract with Blue Ridge Mass Appraisals to perform their 2011 and 2012 reassessments. When Blue Ridge encountered delays in
By Colston Newton As of Friday night Rep. Rob Wittman (R) finally found out what Virginia’s 1st District will encompass in this year’s election. During the 2011 General Assembly session the Republican-controlled House of Delegates and Democrat-controlled Senate had deadlocked on how the state’s congressional map should look following the 2010 census. The House plan did not alter the existing districts greatly and passed with bi-partisan support. Democrats in the
By Colston Newton Having bought a house that he meant to use for short rentals, Patrick Boone found himself stymied by Northumberland County’s ordinance that precludes “tourist homes” in conservation-zoned areas. Ordered to stop using the house located in the “Tides on the Chesapeake” subdivision as a tourist home, he tried without success to get relief from the board of supervisors and the county’s board of zoning appeals. Thursday, was
Staff Reports The 2012 General Assembly Session convened on Wednesday, January 11, for a 60-day session. During the opening day ceremony, Speaker William J. Howell announced Members’ committee assignments for the session. Delegate Margaret B. Ransone has been appointed to the Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee, the Committee on Health, Welfare, and Institutions as well as the Committee on Privileges and Elections. I am very excited to be
By Lee Scripture As the Northumberland Boys Basketball Team prepared for this week’s big game against the undefeated district leader Lancaster, the guys basketball team added two more games to the win column. On Jan. 18, they held off Middlesex, 76-69, then on Jan. 20 beat Washington & Lee 78-64. Both games were played at home. Wednesday’s game saw the Indians take a first period 20-13 lead. They added to
By Lee Scripture Many commented that the First Annual Northumberland Duals was a great success. Although Northumberland didn’t take away the title, their district opponents Washington & Lee Eagles did. In an effort to take the title, the W&L Eagles slipped past Nottaway for the team championship, 44-36 on the last match of the day. Northumberland finished 3-2 in their five matches but had two undefeated wrestlers in William Jackson
Standings VBB: Lancaster’s (15-1, 4-0), Essex (14-2, 4-1), Northumberland (12-3, 3-1), Rappahannock (6-6, 1-3), Washington & Lee (5-8, 1-4) and Colonial Beach (4-13, 1-4) VGB: Lancaster (13-3, 3-1), Northumberland (11-1, 3-1), Colonial Beach (11-6, 3-2), Rappahannock (9-3, 3-1), Washington & Lee (8-5, 2-3) and Essex (4-11, 0-5) JVBB: Lancaster (3-1), Essex (4-1), Northumberland (4-0), Rappahannock (0-5), Washington & Lee (2-3) and Colonial Beach (2-3) JVGB: Lancaster (2-2), Essex (2-3), Northumberland
By Jean Harper The Northumberland Ministerial Association sponsored a Community Celebration on Jan. 16 honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. Shiloh Baptist Church in Burgess hosted the celebration and ministers, choirs and congregations throughout the Northern Neck participated. Rev. Dr. Michael Bryant, of Shiloh Baptist Church, gave the opening prayer. The first hymn, “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” resounded through the church led by the Shiloh Choir and choirs
By Jean Harper Shalom Garden Orphanage in Kenya is under roof and well on its way to completion. The fundraising musical Saturday night at Bethany Baptist Church, not only helped the orphanage on its way, but those attending had an evening of inspirational, lively and spirited music to enjoy. Pastor Kori Kiss started things off by welcoming everyone and offering a prayer. He then introduced Tommy Thompson as Master
By Jean Harper It was almost hard to pick the professional and near professional ballet dancers from accomplished students during last weekend’s polished performance. The Northern Neck Youth Performing Arts Foundation, hosted by the Richmond Essex School of the Performing Arts, presented the Fourth Annual Production of Nutcracker Saturday evening in the Northumberland High School Auditorium. Students in the production came from all over the Northern Neck. Rochelle DeGrasse,
On Monday, Feb. 6 at 7 p.m., the Northern Neck Audubon Society will host a program entitled “Miss Hathaway and Her Kind: Images of Birders in U.S. Popular Culture.” The public is invited to this program at Grace Episcopal Church in Kilmarnock. Refreshments will be served. Birders have been on-screen since the beginning of moving pictures to the latest television sit-com. What sort of roles, appearances and plot functions do
The Reedville Fishermen’s Museum is proud to continue the Winter/Spring Lecture Series for 2012. The series will be presented on first Mondays in February, March, April and May at Festival Halle in Reedville. The lecture for February will feature “An Evening with Barney Barnum.” Mr. Barnum, a retired Colonel with the U.S. Marine Corps was the fourth Marine to be awarded the nation’s highest honor, the Medal of Honor for
Wind Soloists of New York will present Rappahannock Concert Association’s third program of this season on Monday, Jan. 30. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Northumberland High School Auditorium and pianist, Pedja Muzijevic will join the Wind Soloists for this performance. Members of Wind Soloists of New York are drawn from a large ensemble of winds with a flexible instrumentation and consist of leading wind players from
By Colston Newton As of Friday night Rep. Rob Wittman (R) finally
By Colston Newton Having bought a house that he meant to use
By Lee Scripture As the Northumberland Boys Basketball Team prepared for this
By Lee Scripture Many commented that the First Annual Northumberland Duals was
By Jean Harper The Northumberland Ministerial Association sponsored a Community Celebration on
By Jean Harper Shalom Garden Orphanage in Kenya is under roof