County proposes three-cent tax hike
County taxpayers are currently paying 43 cents per $100 of assessed real estate values. If approved, the rate will be raised to 46 cents per $100. Two cents of the 3-cent increase is needed to offset lower real estate values determined by the recent real estate reassessment.
posted 04.04.2012
Board okays sports complex financing
The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 Tuesday to approve a resolution for the issuance of $3 million in general obligation school bonds from the Virginia Public School Authority (VPSA) to finance construction of the Syd Thrift Athletic Complex at Middlesex High School.
posted 04.04.2012
Middlesex to quit paying for disposing of commercial trash
The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to eliminate the commercial waste collection program that has subsidized commercial dumpster use throughout the county. Effective July 1, the VPPSA will no longer pick up trash from commercial dumpsters.
posted 04.04.2012
Local man arrested for impersonating EMS provider
David Esau Morris, 35, of Hartfield, was arrested on March 29 and charged with nine counts of willfully impersonating certified emergency medical services personnel, reported the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office this week. Morris is also charged with one count of grand larceny.
posted 04.04.2012
