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On Saturday, March 21, members of Boy Scout Troop 218, the Northern Neck Master Gardeners, and Friends of the Rappahannock joined Stratford Hall staff in planting its first saplings as part of the “250 for 250: Improving the Northern Neck’s tree canopy for the Semiquincentennial” project. The new trees are located along the southwestern border of the preserve, near Stratford Hall Road and the entrance gate.

Gov. Abigail Spanberger on Wednesday signed an executive order creating the cabinet position of chief energy officer and has appointed Josephus Allmond, a Charlottesville-based staff attorney for the Southern Environmental Law Center, to the new role.

After more than a decade of work, Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project began generating electricity 27 miles from Virginia Beach on March 23.

Following the Rappahannock Tribe’s legal challenge to a state approved water withdrawal permit, the Tribe has launched a fundraising and coalition building campaign seeking public support for what tribal leaders expect to be a long term fight to protect the Rappahannock River.

Photo: Environmental Quality Services The living shoreline restoration project on Simonson Road in Farnham, near the public Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources boat landing and parking area, is the only one of its kind in the Northern Neck in VDOT’s naturebased solutions initiative, according to Kelly Hannon, communications manager for VDOT’s Fredericksburg District.

The Warsaw Town Council is moving forward with a proposed cannabis ordinance, anticipating action at the state level that could pave the way for retail sales in Virginia.

Colonial Beach has been a tourism- heavy town since its inception in the late 1800s. That much goes without saying. The spirit of the resort town has remained strong over the years, and residents are looking for ways to bring more and more tourists in, particularly to the beach and the downtown area.