Westmoreland County news

Fogliani feels 'blessed' to join U.Va. faculty (7/15/2010)
• Westmoreland superintendent leaving to join faculty at U.Va.

Restaurateur admits sending text (7/14/2010)
• Westmoreland judge releases restaurateur on bond, orders him to have no contact with stepdaughter

Restaurateur charged with violating protective order (7/13/2010)
• Westmoreland restaurant owner jailed

Westmoreland declares drought emergency, bans outdoor burning (7/13/2010)
• Westmoreland declares drought emergency, bans outdoor burning

Restaurant owner is arrested, jailed (7/12/2010)
• Man whose wife died in a February blizzard has been arrested and jailed on a charge of violating a protective order.

Sheriff rejects suicide finding (7/2/2010)
• Westmoreland sheriff says investigation continuing into restaurant owner's death, despite medical examiner's finding that it was suicide

Recycling is now easier (6/20/2010)
• Switch to single-stream recycling helps Westmoreland residents and Waste Management

Westmoreland eyes courthouse (6/16/2010)
• Westmoreland supervisors consider building a new courthouse

Westmoreland eyes new courthouse (6/15/2010)
• Architect's proposal for new Westmoreland courthouse estimates cost at $9.3 million to $11.7 million.

Westmoreland farmer wins battle for bridge,but appeals violation (6/8/2010)
• Westmoreland planners approve farmer's plan to build bridges across stream for irrigation system

Search is on for missing Col. Beach man (6/4/2010)
• Westmoreland County police are seeking a well-known Colonial Beach electrician and refrigeration mechanic who was last seen Wednesday night.

Planners to weighstream bridges (5/22/2010)
• Westmoreland Planning Commission to take up farmer's plan for bridges across stream where he was cited for cutting down trees

Beach: Want to listen to music? Pay up (5/14/2010)
• Colonial Beach imposes fee for playing loud music as it continues work on noise ordinance.

Official quits on own terms (5/14/2010)
• Fellow board members tried unsuccessfully to remove her last year. Now School Board member is leaving by choice.