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The sixteenth year of Essex County’s Operation Inasmuch will culminate this weekend, April 5-6. On Saturday morning, April 5, registered volunteers will gather at St. Maragret’s School to kick off our community mission day. This year’s theme is “With our eyes, our minds, our hearts, and our hands wide open, we will serve others.” Operation Inasmuch started in Essex County […]

The Essex County Board of Supervisors and the Essex School Board learned last week that the county may have to return $451,036 to the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) due to a reporting error in special education spending. At the March 25 joint meeting, Bobbie Tassinari, the chief financial advisor for Essex County and recently appointed purchasing agent for the […]

The likelihood of Essex County merging its financial operations with the county’s school system drew some sharp comments from county Supervisors during a March 25 joint meeting with the School Board. The remarks were made after it was revealed in a report by the county’s chief business advisor, Bobbie Tassinari, that the county will likely have to repay the Virginia […]

Essex County Board of Supervisors Chairman Rob Akers has confirmed that a state investigation is in the offing regarding school system finances. It was revealed last week that the Essex County Board of Supervisors approved the transfer of its local funding of $7.5 million to the school system but school division entries indicate $600,000 less. “We show 7.5 million was […]

When the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was formed in 1970, President Richard M. Nixon said its mission would be to establish and enforce environmental protection standards, research the adverse effects of pollution and provide grants and technical assistance to help control it. Now, the Trump administration has laid out a major course correction, calling for the rollback or elimination of […]