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Legislation approved by the Virginia General Assembly could change how battery energy storage systems (BESS) are sited across the Commonwealth, allowing them to be developed by right alongside previously approved solar facilities.

Leslie Steele, the former principal of Cople Elementary, gave a presentation before the School Board, presenting what she called “The Westmoreland County Public Schools Literacy Vision.”

On Tuesday, March 24, the Friends of Northumberland Public Library visited with the 8th-grade English students at Northumberland Middle School. There, they gifted the class enough books for each student in the 7th and 8th grades to read I Know Your Secret, a middlegrade thriller by Daphne Benedis-Grab, and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: No Brainer by Jeff Kinney for the 6th-grade class.

Delegate Betsy Carr, a Virginia legislator who had Ocean Harvesters in her sights, has been appointed to the Chesapeake Bay Commission, a key regional body shaping policy for the Bay.

Sheriff’s offices across the Northern Neck are warning residents about scams involving fake court notices and fraudulent demands for payment.

Legislation aimed at curbing “forever chemicals” in farm-applied biosolids has cleared the Virginia General Assembly and is now headed to Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s desk. Proponents of stricter controls acknowledge the measure is far weaker than they wanted. Still, they are urging the governor to sign the legislation into law, viewing it as an important first step to build upon.