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Hot Local News : Virginia Legislative Reps Propose Menhaden Extinction!
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| Posted by DigitalDominion on 2012/1/6 22:25:15 (11 reads) |
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Virginia State Senator Richard H. Stuart of Montross and Va. Delegate Barry Knight of Virginia Beach have filed bills for introduction in the 2012 Virginia General Assembly which could set the stage for total extinction of the Menhadden fishery in the Chesapeake. Menhadden, which form a basic foundation of the Chesapeake Bay's food chain have been increasingly subject to overfishing, and in November, 2011, the Atlantic States marine Fisheries Commission took the first steps towards establishment of science based "catch limits" to preserve the species.
The menhaden fishing industries reaction: let's move to remove all limits and make a fast buck while we can. Two bills pre-filed for introduction in the 2012 Virginia General Assembly pose a grave threat to efforts to promote Bay conservation.
HB 88
Introduced by Barry D. Knight would remove the cap by removing a provision that allows an adjustment for underages or overages in the annual harvest cap to be carried over to the next year's cap limit. Currently, if a person harvests less than the 109,020 metric ton limit on taking menhaden, he can add the difference to his cap for next year's harvest. Conversely, if he exceeds the cap in any one year, he must reduce his harvest in the succeeding year by the amount of the overage of the preceding year.
A copy of this bill is available at:http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB88+pdf" rel="external" title=""> http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB88+pdf
SB 18
Introduced by: Richard H. Stuart removes authorization for Virginia's membership in the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact. The purpose of the Compact is to promote better utilization of the marine, shell, and anadromous fisheries of the Atlantic seaboard through the development of a joint program for the promotion and protection of such fisheries and by the prevention of the physical waste of the fisheries from any cause. If any state desires to remove itself from the Compact, it must send a six months' notice in writing to the member states of its intention to withdraw from the Compact.
A copy of this bill is available at http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+SB18+pdf
To stop these bills, Virginia legislaturive representatives need to hear from you now - early and often!
Go tohttp://legis.state.va.us/" rel="external" title=""> http://legis.state.va.us/
to find the name of your Delegate and Senator and others and write them to stop these bills.
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Hot Local News : Fundraising to Replace Sears Hill Bridge
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| Posted by DigitalDominion on 2011/5/23 15:17:07 (141 reads) |
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"Love can build a bridge" says Winona Judd in her popular country song, but when it comes to replacing the century-old Sears Hill Bridge in Staunton, VA it's going to take cold, hard cash. The Staunton Downtown Development Association, in collaboration with the Friends of the Sears Hill Bridge and The Community Foundation are launching a series of events in mid-2011 to help with the fundraising efforts to replace the popular historic landmark.
The activities will include:
"Save Our Bridge" Video Contest. Contest May 2-June 3. Judging June 6 -17. Screening June 26. Participants will be encouraged to submit videos under 3 minutes that creatively describe "Why We Love the Sears Hill Bridge" using its historical, economic, community and environmental impact as themes.
"Bridges" Storefront Art Gallery. Installation June 12-23. Opening June 24. Running through July 29. Local artists and non-profits will be invited to create art displays in empty storefronts around downtown with "Bridges" as the theme.
"Bridges" Storefront Art Gallery Opening Night. June 24, 6-9pm. The public will be invited to view the displays, "Meet the Artists" and enjoy street entertainment all around the downtown area. Donations will be accepted through the use of QR code technology and collection bins.
"Save Our Bridge" Video Screening Event. June 26, 9pm. A public viewing of a special film event and the top videos chosen from the "Save Our Bridge" contest will be held at the Visulite Cinema, 12 N. Augusta St. Accepting donations for the bridge fund at the door.
Facebook Cause & QR Code Publicity. A Facebook Cause will be launched in conjunction with these events, integrating social networking into the fundraising effort. A QR code campaign targeted at harvesting potential donations in the preliminary stages of the campaign (posters, advertising, etc.), at the June 24 event and throughout July from the window art show will be integrated into all the promotional materials.
For more information and entry forms visit www.stauntondowntown.org
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Hot Local News : Governor McDonnell Announces 65 New Jobs in City of Staunton
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| Posted by DigitalDominion on 2011/5/23 15:08:53 (58 reads) |
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Commonwealth of Virginia
Office of Governor Bob McDonnell
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 23, 2011
Office of the Governor
Contact: Jeff Caldwell
Phone: (804) 225-4260
E-mail: Jeff.Caldwell@Governor.Virginia.Gov
Virginia Economic Development Partnership
Contact: Suzanne West
Phone: (804) 545-5806
E-mail: Swest@yesvirginia.org
Cadence, Inc.
Contact: Peter Harris, CEO
Phone: (540) 248-2200
E-mail: Peter@cadenceinc.com
Governor McDonnell Announces 65 New Jobs in City of Staunton
Cadence, Inc. to Invest $15.9 Million to Expand Manufacturing Facility
Virginia Successfully Competed with Costa Rica for the Project
RICHMOND – Governor Bob McDonnell today announced that Cadence, Inc., a manufacturer of cutting and piercing instruments for industrial, medical, and life science applications, will invest $15.9 million to expand its operation in the City of Staunton and create 65 new jobs within three years. Virginia successfully competed against Costa Rica for the project.
Speaking about today’s announcement, Governor McDonnell said, “Cadence, formerly known as Specialty Blades, has thrived in Staunton for 25 years. We are pleased that Cadence decided to continue their long relationship with Virginia and the City of Staunton in choosing to expand their facility, rather than move to a new location. The path of success continues with this significant investment, which will allow for a larger facility and increased manufacturing production to accommodate the company’s rapid growth. The addition of 65 new jobs is also tremendous news for the region.”
“It is always a pleasure to see a Virginia-based company continue to grow,” said Jim Cheng, Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade. “In the past 30 months Cadence, Inc. has not downsized, closed or consolidated operations that resulted in employment layoffs—a true feat in challenging economic times. In addition, the company will provide new employment opportunities that pay above the average prevailing wage for the area.”
Cadence, Inc. began in 1985 as Specialty Blades to address the needs of industries, original surgical manufacturers, and medical design engineers who required high performance, razor sharp custom-made cutting blades. Cadence has emerged as a premier metals manufacturing company focused on new medical technologies, such as minimally invasive devices. Headquartered in the Green Hills Technology Center in Staunton, Virginia, Cadence now has more than 200 shareholders. Proprietary “sharps” and tube fabrication technologies enable Cadence to supply the most critical components and sub-assemblies for medical devices, scientific, and industrial applications.
“This major expansion represents another significant step on our journey of solid growth,” said Peter Harris, Cadence, Inc. CEO. “Partnering with our state and local officials to make this happen enables our ongoing commitment to precision and repeatability in everything we do for our customers, shareholders, and employees.”
The Virginia Economic Development Partnership worked with the City of Staunton to secure the project for Virginia. Governor McDonnell approved a $150,000 grant from the Governor’s Opportunity Fund to assist Staunton with the project. The company is eligible to receive benefits from the Virginia Enterprise Zone Program, administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development. Through its Virginia Jobs Investment Program, the Virginia Department of Business Assistance (VDBA) will provide funding and services to support the company’s recruitment and training activities.
“Cadence has been an excellent corporate citizen for the last 25 years and we look forward to the company’s sustained growth in the years ahead,” said Staunton Mayor Lacy King. “The City is fortunate to have this quality manufacturing company committed to increased investment and job creation and we are pleased that we could partner with Cadence and the Commonwealth to secure this project,” King added.
For more information about Cadence’s career opportunities visit www.cadenceinc.com/careers.
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Governmental News and Events : GOVERNOR KAINE BREAKS GROUND FOR NEW WESTERN STATE HOSPITAL
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| Posted by DigitalDominion on 2009/12/3 12:57:50 (425 reads) |
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~ City of Staunton will develop land formerly occupied by hospital ~
RICHMOND – Governor Timothy M. Kaine today helped break ground for the new Western State Hospital (WSH) in Staunton, Virginia. The $125 million, 246-bed hospital will be more efficient to operate and has been designed based on modern, person-centered therapy for individuals with mental illness.
“This new facility, and the partnership that made it happen, will be a win for everyone,” Governor Kaine said. “This state-of-the-art facility will improve the quality of care for Western State Hospital’s patients and offer the City of Staunton an opportunity for further economic development and job creation in a time when it is most needed.”
The current WSH campus includes 24 buildings over 296-acres. As the patient population has been reduced from its peak of 3,300 in 1963 to approximately 245 today, WSH no longer requires a sprawling campus that is costly to maintain.
In 2008, the General Assembly allocated $110 million in capital funding to build a replacement hospital. The new facility will be constructed adjacent to the existing facility on a 66-acre site previously owned by the City of Staunton. The city will deed the property to the state and will contribute $15 million towards the project. In turn, Staunton will receive approximately 250 acres currently occupied by the hospital, excluding land currently occupied by the Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents.
Balfour Beatty Construction in Fairfax, Virginia, will build the new hospital. Construction is expected to be completed in Spring 2013.
“Western State is currently faced with the very difficult task of serving many different populations of individuals with mental illness over a large, inefficient campus,” said Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services Commissioner James Reinhard, M.D. “The new hospital will help ensure the best possible care for the individuals who receive treatment at Western State for years to come.”
First opened in 1828, WSH is the Commonwealth’s second oldest mental health facility. The current campus was built in the 1950s for approximately 1,800 long-term residents with few active treatment programs. Today, WSH provides highly specialized treatment to provide patients with the tools and life skills needed to recover and live independently upon discharge.
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FAQ and Hints on Using this Website and our Features : Staunton FAQ Feature Launched!
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| Posted by DigitalDominion on 2008/4/13 16:00:00 (519 reads) |
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We have launched our Staunton FAQ - a feature designed to enable users to ask and answer questions, to share their knowledge of Augusta County, Virginia, the City of Staunton, and the Towns and communities of Churchville, Craigsville, Crimora, Dooms, Fishersville, Fort Defiance, Greenville, Jolivue, Lyndhurst, Mount Sidney, Mount Solon, Sherando, Spring Hill, Steeles Tavern, Stuarts Draft, Verona, and Weyers Cave, and to create a knowledge base of frequently asked questions about Augusta County, Virginia. Visitors and residents are welcome and encouraged to submit questions. If you know the answer to a posted questions, please feel free to share your knowledge and submit an answer. If you beleive a posted answer is wrong, or could be improved, please post a comment.
The Staunton FAQ feature may be accessed from the user menu in the left column of each page.
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Civil Remedial Fees for "dangerous driving behavior" - HB 3202 and New Virginia Code 46.2-206.1 Posted by DigitalDominion
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HOUSE BILL 3202/CHAPTER 896
CIVIL REMEDIAL FEES
New Virginia Code 46.2-206.1
This is a general explanation of the new civil remedial fees. It has been prepared
by staff of the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court, which is the
administrative office of the Virginia court system. It has not been reviewed by the
Justices of the Supreme Court of Virginia. It does not represent an order of or statement
by the Supreme Court of Virginia. This general explanation is meant neither as legal
advice nor as a how to guide. Any questions regarding a courts assessment of the civil
remedial fee in a particular instance should be directed to your attorney or to the court
assessing the fee.
During its 2007 Session, the General Assembly of Virginia passed House Bill
3202 (Chapter 896), which was designed to provide additional funds to address various
transportation needs in the Commonwealth. (See this link for the bill:
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp5 ... es=071&typ=bil&val=hb3202.) The
legislation requires agencies and branches of state government which implement parts of
the legislation to make accessible to the public information about those efforts.
(1) Civil Remedial Fees. The legislation creates civil remedial fees to be
assessed against Virginia residents convicted of certain motor vehicle-related or driving
crimes. These civil remedial fees will not apply to traffic infractions like failure to obey a
highway sign or failure to yield or parking too near a hydrant. They apply only to certain
motor vehicle-related or driving felonies and misdemeanors (certain motor vehiclerelated
or driving offenses which are crimes). The civil remedial fees will be assessed
against juveniles who have been found delinquent because they committed one of these
motor vehicle-related or driving felonies or misdemeanors. The civil remedial fees will
not be assessed if the juvenile court defers a final judgment against the juvenile and does
not find the juvenile to be delinquent.
(2) Purpose. The statute states the purpose of these fees is to generate revenue
from drivers whose proven dangerous driving behavior places significant financial
burdens upon the Commonwealth.
(3) Effective date. These fees are assessed upon convictions of the applicable
offenses only if the crime was committed on or after July 1, 2007.
(4) An additional fee. In one important way, these fees are like court costs. That
is, if the fee is applicable to a particular conviction, the court must assess the entire civil
remedial fee. However, these civil remedial fees cannot be suspended or reduced. Instead,
by law, an applicable civil remedial fee must be assessed by the court in full. Finally, the
law provides that The civil remedial fees established by this section shall be in addition
to any other fees, costs, or penalties imposed pursuant to the Code of Virginia.
(5) Virginia residents only. The civil remedial fee is applicable to Virginia
residents convicted of these crimes. The law provides that The civil remedial fees
established by this section shall be assessed on any resident of Virginia operating a motor
vehicle on the highways of Virginia, including persons to whom Virginia driver's
licenses, commercial driver's licenses, or learner's permits have been issued pursuant to
this title; and persons operating motor vehicles without licenses or whose license has
been revoked or suspended.
(6) Three-part fee. The civil remedial fees are imposed in three equal parts. If the
fee applies, the court will order the first part of the fee to be paid to the court following
the conviction. The court will also order that the second part of the fee must be paid to
the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) within 14 months and, then, that the third part
of the fee must be paid within 26 months of the conviction. DMV will tell people who
owe the second and third parts of the civil remedial fees when those parts of their fees
will be due.
(7) Fee schedule. The civil remedial fees are as follows:
(a) Driving on a suspended license: $250 to the court upon conviction, with two
additional payments of $250 each due to DMV, one within 14 months of conviction and
the other within 26 months of conviction.
(b) Reckless driving: $350 to the court upon conviction, with two additional payments of
$350 each due to DMV, one within 14 months of conviction and the other within 26
months of conviction.
(c) DUI and related offenses ( 18.2-266, -266.1, 46.2-341.24): $750 to the court upon
conviction, with two additional payments of $750 each due to DMV, one within 14
months of conviction and the other within 26 months of conviction.
(d) Other misdemeanors, Any other misdemeanor conviction for a driving and/or motor
vehicle related violation of Title 18.2 or [Title 46.2] that is not included in one of the
preceding three subdivisions: $300 to the court upon conviction, with two additional
payments of $300 each due to DMV, one within 14 months of conviction and the other
within 26 months of conviction.
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(e) Felony convictions, Any felony conviction for a driving or motor vehicle-related
offense under Title 18.2 or [Title 46.2]: $1,000 to the court upon conviction, with two
additional payments of $1,000 each due to DMV, one within 14 months of conviction and
the other within 26 months of conviction.
(8) Installment or deferred payment plans. Civil remedial fees paid to the courts
(the first part of the three-part civil remedial fee) may be included in the installment or
deferred payment plans which courts use now for the payment of fines and costs, upon
request and approval. The judge or the clerk of the court which convicts the person sets
up the payment plan. These court-ordered installment or deferred payment plans will not
apply to second and third parts of the civil remedial fee, which are to be paid to DMV.
(9) Prepayable offenses. The civil remedial fees do apply to two motor vehiclerelated
or driving misdemeanors which are on the table of so-called prepayable
offenses. When an offense is prepayable, the accused person may plead guilty by paying
to the court before the trial date the entire prepayable fine and court costs. Because these
two offenses require the civil remedial fee, a person prepaying one of these two offenses
must pay to the court not only the set prepayable fine and court costs, but also the first
part of the three part civil remedial fee (the part due to the court). If the entire amount due
for the prepayable offense is not sent to the court at the same time, the court cannot
accept the payment. Once the civil remedial fees become effective, the references in the
table of prepayable offenses to these two offenses will look like this:
full release from Virginia Supreme Court |
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Staunton Public Works schedules Heavy Trash and Brush/Limb Pickup
Annual Spring, City-Wide
Heavy Trash and Brush/Limb Pickup
The Staunton Public Works Department provides a city-wide free heavy trash pickup program once per year. Our aim is to help residents dispose of items that cannot be disposed of by the regular refuse pickup.
This year,...
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Recycle Computers & Electronics
Staunton, Augusta County, and Waynesboro residents can now recycle computers and computer accessories, small kitchen appliances and cell phones at Goodwill Industries of the Valley's Northern Division stores.
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Staunton FAQ Feature Launched!
We have launched our Staunton FAQ - a feature designed to enable users to ask and answer questions, to share their knowledge of Augusta County, Virginia, the City of Staunton, and the Towns and communities of Churchville, Craigsville, Crimora, Dooms, Fishersville, Fort Defiance, Greenville, Jolivue,...
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News versus News from the Community
Understanding the difference between our "News" feature and "News from the Community.
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GOVERNOR KAINE BREAKS GROUND FOR NEW WESTERN STATE HOSPITAL
~ City of Staunton will develop land formerly occupied by hospital ~
RICHMOND – Governor Timothy M. Kaine today helped break ground for the new Western State Hospital (WSH) in Staunton, Virginia. The $125 million, 246-bed hospital...
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Welcome to Staunton.Biz
Welcome to Staunton.Biz - the "Web 2.0" website serving the Staunton, Virginia, and Augusta County, Virginia communities. Watch this site as we roll out new features. Register as a user and take advantage of the opportunity we offer to promote your business, share news and announcements of your...
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Fundraising to Replace Sears Hill Bridge
"Love can build a bridge" says Winona Judd in her popular country song, but when it comes to replacing the century-old Sears Hill Bridge in Staunton, VA it's going to take cold, hard cash. The Staunton Downtown Development Association, in collaboration with the Friends of the Sears Hill Bridge and...
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Governor McDonnell Announces 65 New Jobs in City of Staunton
Commonwealth of Virginia
Office of Governor Bob McDonnell
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 23, 2011
Office of the Governor
Contact: Jeff Caldwell
Phone: (804) 225-4260
E-mail: ...
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Virginia Legislative Reps Propose Menhaden Extinction!
Virginia State Senator Richard H. Stuart of Montross and Va. Delegate Barry Knight of Virginia Beach have filed bills for introduction in the 2012 Virginia General Assembly which could set the stage for total extinction of the Menhadden fishery in the Chesapeake. Menhadden, which form a basic...
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