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A Circuit Court judge has dismissed a developer’s lawsuit that sought millions of dollars from Essex County. The amended lawsuit was filed earlier this year by 7 and M Development, LLC, whose president is Shiree Monterio, and June Monterio against the Essex County Board of Supervisors. The complaint asked the court to award damages up to approximately $41.25 million in […]

Church Schools in the Diocese of Virginia (CSDV) has asked the Essex Circuit Court to dismiss an amended lawsuit regarding the status of St. Margaret’s School in Tappahannock. Attorney Harold E. Johnson filed a demurrer and a plea in bar in the case on behalf of the CSDV. A demurrer is a legal defense that challenges the sufficiency of another […]

The Essex County Economic Development Authority (EDA) received some insight about the proposed usage of $1.5 million in federal funding from its executive director last week. Woodie Walker told the EDA at its August 7 meeting that he recently met with Tappahannock Assistant Town Manager James Knighton about the 2002 Department of Transportation’s Rebuilding American Infrastructure Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) […]

The Tappahannock Planning Commission spent the bulk of its August 6 meeting reviewing proposed edits to the town’s zoning ordinance. Anne Darby and Michael Stapor, of the consulting firm Summit Design and Engineering Services, were on hand to discuss the proposed changes with the commissioners during their work session. Darby, a Summit planning department manager, noted that her firm has […]

Underwater grasses continued to mount a comeback in the lower Chesapeake Bay last year, while a steady recovery also continued in upper portions of the Bay. Areas in between were a different story, as declines in the mid-section of the Chesapeake more than offset improvements elsewhere. Overall, data from the 2024 aerial survey showed a mixed bag of results, with […]

To address growing warning signs around the Chesapeake Bay, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) Menhaden Management Board has voted 14 to 2 in favor of further refining specific management changes to Virginia’s industrial reduction fishery in the Bay. Virginia and New Jersey were the only states to oppose the action. While advocates had hoped for more immediate action […]

Primary care is the foundation of any health care system, yet there are not enough doctors to meet the growing demand for these services. A new study led by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University found that nearly one-half of neighborhoods in Virginia don’t have enough primary care physicians to meet the health needs of residents, with rural communities being hit […]