The week’s top stories
-Data centers often require large quantities of reusable water for cooling, and, in Spotsylvania County, the system is already “at capacity” for projects that have either been approved or are awaiting approval, Taft Coghill Jr. reports.
-A small group of protestors assembled to “make good trouble” on Thursday in downtown Fredericksburg, following the example of Civil Rights icon John Lewis while protesting the federal government. Rick Horner asked several attendees what the phrase means to them.
-You may never have heard of menhaden (this editor certainly hadn’t), but the small, oily fish could be affecting the Chesapeake Bay’s osprey population. One local legislator wants to do something about it, Jonathan Hunley writes.
-Poultry and power production sounds like a good combination, no? Not for the King George Board of Supervisors. The body recently voted down a proposed solar facility and livestock operation on 890 acres of private land in the county.
-A 19-year-old was shot and killed in southern Stafford County on Tuesday night. According to the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office, two youths are in custody related to the slaying.
Go figures (numbers from the news)
–150, guitars musician Steve Cade has donated to shelters through his Giving Guitars Foundation. The country music artist performed at the Thurman Brisben Center last week.
–30, days’ grace period before Spotsylvania County drivers will be ticketed automatically for speeding in school zones. School begins Aug. 12.
What they’re saying
“I love it here and I can tell the animals like it, too,” rehab assistant Terra Page on working with injured pets at Veterinary Rehabilitation Services of Virginia. The local business offers an alternative to costly surgery or medications.
From the editor’s desk
I spent last week on the Outer Banks, where, among other diversions, I had the chance to live out every millennial’s dream of catching jellyfish in a manner nearly identical to Spongebob Squarepants. Seriously, the things were everywhere: gloopy and vaguely threatening in their transluscency. Anyways, back to the local news grind.
-Joey LoMonaco
