Coles-Point News

Rain gives hope, and more on the horizon South Australia has had one of its best overnight downpours for the year.

You can't help but get to know someone on the path that goes from elementary-school plays to high-school awards assemblies. via The Free Lance-Star

“Farm workers are only a small part of the total number of Hispanic workers who work in seafood, forestry, manufacturing, construction and other jobs. A lot of them don't want to be counted.”

Johnson and fellow agent Matt Lewis try to identify a type of beetle. The job includes fighting farm pests. via The Free Lance-Star

“I'm going to work very hard to get those signatures.”

Presidential politics and legislative wrangling have stalled attempts to address a hot issue in many parts of the country: illegal immigration. via Hampton Roads Daily Press

“If we seize them, we'll have to find a temporary location to store them. Unless I line them up in the hallway [of the Sheriff's Office], and, quite frankly, they might not fit.”

By Jenna Johnson Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, March 16, 2008; Page SM01 For several months, pseudo-slot machines quietly popped up in St. via The Washington Post

Doug Wilder's dream, first announced in 2000, is nowhere near fruition in 2008. For all the hoopla of a magnificent facility first proposed in 2002, all there is to show for it is a garden. via The Free Lance-Star

“Jo Ann worked tirelessly for America's First District, the commonwealth, and the nation”

Jo Ann Davis , under a bill introduced Wednesday by her successor in Congress. Rep. Robert Wittman, R-Westmoreland, introduced a measure to honor Davis, who died of breast cancer last fall. via Hampton Roads Daily Press

“It's not a bad plan. It just needs tweaking.”

Editor's note: Moments before this edition of The Journal went to press, the paper learned from District 2 Supervisor Russ Culver that the Coles Point rezoning application had been unexpectedly withdrawn by that land use applicant.

On Tuesday afternoon County Administrator Norm Risavi phoned Culver to advise that there was no longer a need to schedule a meeting with the rezoning applicant and the Peaceful Harbor residents. Culver characterized the applicant's unanticipated action as surprising and suggested that market conditions may have been a motivating factor. Read more

“With the 28th District, agriculture and natural resources is one of the most important aspects”

Developer pulls plan for Coles Point lots A Baltimore developer has withdrawn a plan to subdivide a 61-acre field at Coles Point in Westmoreland County into 34 lots. via The Free Lance-Star

“They saved the church. There's no two ways about it”

A fire damaged four rooms of an addition to Coles Point United Methodist Church in Westmoreland County Thursday, but fast work by volunteer firefighters saved the 116-year-old sanctuary. via The Free Lance-Star

I would like to comment on the recent personnel actions by Westmoreland County Sheriff-elect C.O. Balderson ["Westmoreland sheriff-elect to fire 11," Dec. via The Free Lance-Star

“This is Christmas morning; and when I look around me, I think it promises but a dull holiday. The times, sir, are changed.”

Christmas of 1862 was miserable, not merry, in Fredericksburg. One Confederate soldier writes: 'I have often read of sacked and pillaged towns in ancient history, but never, till I saw Fredericksburg, did I ... via Fredericksburg.com

“A lot of times, the best ideas come from the guys running radar”

Christopher C. Hawkins faces hectic holidays. The 37-year-old Hampton investigator starts work Jan. via The Free Lance-Star