The Free Lance-Star - Sun Nov 08

Washing clothes and flushing toilets should become less problematic in the Westmoreland County subdivision of Placid Bay by the middle of 2011.

Topix - Sat Nov 07

Dateline Colonial Beach, VA, November 7th, 2009Today, the 7th of November 2009, combined units of Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Venture Crew Scouts along with Adult Scout Leaders, Scout Parents and Scout Siblings cruised through the Town of Colonial Beach, VA, picking up food donation bags put out by the Towns citizens. The day took the forty plus (40+) volunteers from Riverview Circle to Castlewood Drive, Hiking the streets, the roads and the avenues in search of bags set on poaches and steps and sometimes finding entire boxes of non-perishable food staples for those in need this coming winter. The Scouts reported that of the 1100 bags placed out, 268 bags where picked up containing donated food for a total of 2,750 lbs of food that was sorted and stored in the food pantry of the Colonial Beach Baptists Church. The donations averaged 10.26 lbs per bag turned-in.The Scouts wish to express their thanks to those who donated to the cause even in these times of economic difficulties.The Scouts of Pack, Troop, and Crew 258, CBVA

The Free Lance-Star - Sat Nov 07

The Colonial Beach School Board has invited Town Council members to the School Board's meeting next week to gain "better understanding" of a council demand for school financial information.