Montross News

Fletcher E. "Jigger" Knight died peacefully Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008, at his home in Baynesville, with his wife at his side.

The Westmoreland school division's teachers reported for work last Wednesday morning and the event was nothing less than a full-scale celebration of the upcoming session.

Division Superintendent Elaine Fogliani's comments drove home the theme that will be the focus of the new session. "The Future Needs Us, One Planet, OURS," were the words selected to convey the message.

Gernard Reed and Rosemary Mahan represented the Westmoreland School Board and past School Board Chairman Gerald Reed attended the session and was recognized for having served more than thirty years as a member of the Board

District 5 Supervisor Larry Roberson was not happy when he learned that Westmoreland County's audit costs will rise more than 20 percent as the result of the contract County Administrator Norm Risavi signed in April with the Robinson, Farmer, Cox Associates audit firm.

Roberson persuaded Board colleagues to have Risavi bring a Robinson, Farmer, Cox Associates spokes person to the August 11 meeting to explain the higher costs. The past year's contract had called for a minimum cost of $34,125 but rose to a new high of $38,000. The new contract's minimum projected cost is $46,000, a value substantially higher than other Northern Neck localities.

The business of the meeting was taken up before the group even got through its opening prayer.

State Senator Richard Stuart is launching a Virginia task force for what he calls "an all-out attack" on pollution in the Chesapeake Bay .

Thelma Scates France, 86, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008, after a long illness.

A Port Royal man died Tuesday evening when his pickup truck was hit head-on by another truck in Westmoreland County, police said.

When 1st District congressional candidate Keith Hummel said three weeks ago he was suspending his campaign, local Democrats hoped he could exit the race quietly and they could find a new candidate.

The Democratic candidate for the 1st Congressional district is suspending his campaign, the first step toward withdrawing from the race entirely.

Red Cross blood drives will be held July 1 at: Montross Rescue Squad, 572 Lyells St., noon-6 p.m. Wal-Mart of Warrenton, 8278 James Madison Highway, 3-7 p.m. For details call 800-GIVELIFE or visit ...

Wal-Mart gave $100,000 yesterday to a Northern Neck program that helps disadvantaged youths learn educational and vocational skills.

Obama and Gen. Robert E. Lee: fifth cousins eight times removed? Obama and James Madison: third cousins nine times removed? A genealogical scholar says presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama ...

ETWEEN coming back from National Guard duty in Iraq in 2004 and taking a job at Northern Neck State Bank not long after, Chip Jones of Montross found himself driving trucks for a time.

For three years I have been promoting a plan to bring transportation funding to Northern Virginia.

Ian Houchin was riding horses before he could walk. When he was four months old, his dad saddled a horse, sat his baby on it, grabbed hold of the boy's leg with one hand and walked the horse and Ian around with ...

A developer is facing a fine of nearly $50,000 for land clearing for some Westmoreland County ball fields near Montross that destroyed wetlands and fouled streams.

Jennifer and Gregg Eby of Montross started taking aim at a shooting range in the spring.

Linda Sue Robinson Venable, 61, of Stafford County passed away Wednesday, May 28, 2008.

The Westmoreland County school system has set up a memorial fund for a middle school teacher killed last week in a head-on collision with a school bus in King George County.

A 6-cent increase in the real-estate tax rate proposed by the Westmoreland County Board of Supervisors raised barely a whimper from residents at a hearing this week in Montross.