News for New Kent County and Charles City County, Virginia | April 26, 2024
News Archives for August, 2010
CC facing up to $1.2 million shortfall in landfill revenue
A drastic decline in revenue flowing into Charles City coffers from Waste Management’s landfill is forcing county officials to take steps curbing overall expenses. Board of Supervisors members voted 3-0 during their Tuesday night meeting to place a temporary freeze on all spending deemed “non-essential.” The board is leaving it up to individual county departments and agencies to reexamine respective budgets and determine which expenditures fall into the essential/non-essential categories. County Administrator Jack Miniclier told supervisors that trash deposited in the landfill is currently averaging about 1,500 tons per day. The minimum required under the county’s contract with the firm…
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Defense motion to continue stops clock in Carter case
The clock is no longer ticking. New Kent commonwealth’s attorney Linwood Gregory is out from under a time constraint for bringing John Steven Carter, the accused drug dealer involved in a fatal 2008 shooting in Lanexa, to trial on a list of felony charges. By filing for a continuance in the matter of a preliminary hearing on four of the felony counts, Carter’s new attorney has effectively stopped the clock — permanently. Gregory, meanwhile, can be declared the winner in a legal maneuvering contest with the defendant. That preliminary hearing, originally scheduled for Sept. 8, is now set for Sept….
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