Quantico seeks land-use study with localities
Col. Dan Choike, commander of Marine Corps Base Quantico, has proposed a joint land-use study between the Corps and adjacent localities in Northern Virginia including Stafford.
The Marine Corps is interested in how the localities will continue to grow and how it will affect the base, according to Choike.
Most military organizations were originally located in remote areas, according to Choike's report. However, over time, installations drew people and businesses closer to take advantage of civilian job opportunities to provide goods and services.
Overall residential and commercial growth is a concern, according to Choike.
Stafford County's Board of Supervisors is considering whether to participate in the land-use study, to be paid for mostly by the federal government.
State: No work on Ragged Mountain dam until 2012
Construction on a new dam at Ragged Mountain Reservoir can't begin until early 2012, state officials said last week, contradicting claims by local water officials that construction could begin as early as this fall.
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality determined that a permit-modification request made by the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority qualifies as a "major modification," setting in motion an additional public comment process.
Scott W. Kudlas, the DEQ's director of surface and ground water supply planning, said the determination will likely push back any DEQ decision until the first quarter of next year. Until that decision is reached, construction can't move forward.
Brookneal ex-police chief gets six years of probation
After getting busted stealing money out of a "lost" wallet turned in to him by an undercover police officer, Brookneal's former police chief was sentenced last week to six years of unsupervised probation.
Brian Lee Carr had been a Brookneal officer since 1999. Carr served less than four months as acting chief — his predecessor resigned after being charged with shoplifting — before being charged with grand larceny in an April 2010 sting. He was convicted in a March trial.
Campbell County Circuit Court Judge John Cook suspended a two-year sentence on the condition that Carr behaves himself for the next six years.
According to testimony, an undercover officer turned in the wallet containing $544 to Carr, but Carr returned it with just $4 inside.
From wire reports
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