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ARLINGTON COUNTY: The Metropolitan
Washington Council of Governments (COG) elected Arlington County
Supervisor Jay Fisette to head its board of directors.
The Metropolitan Council of Governments is the association of 19 local governments working
together for a better metropolitan region. District of Columbia Mayor Anthony A. Williams and Montgomery
County Councilmember Michael Knapp
are now vice chairs. Jay Fisette has served on the Arlington
County Board of Supervisors since
1997. He is also a member of the Northern
Virginia Transportation Commission,
and vice president of the Virginia
Municipal League. For more
information visit COG’s
website at www.mwcog.org.
BOWLING GREEN:
Glen Wood, most recently the Bowling
Green Town Manager resigned in
November. On January 3, Stephen H.
Manster, most recently the executive director of the RADCO Planning
District Commission, was hired to
take the Bowling Green Town Manager position. For more
information contact Steve Manster at (804) 633-6903.
BRUNSWICK COUNTY: Assistant Brunswick
County Administrator Tammy W. Newcomb is interim county
administrator. She succeeds Jerry Vincent, who
took the position of Emporia City
Manager. For more information call Tammy Newcomb at (434)
848-3107.
COLONIAL BEACH: John C. Barkley, formerly Dumfries
Town Manager, is the new Colonial Beach Town Manager. For more
information call John Barkley at (804) 224-7181.
COVINGTON:
Former Covington City Manager John
Holpe has taken the position as Spring Hope, North Carolina Town Manager. For more
information call (540) 965-6300.
CRAIG COUNTY:
Craig County Administrator Larry
Moore resigned from that position
in December. He had completed two years of service there, and
was the fourth county administrator in less than three years. Richard Flora was
appointed to succeed him.
For more information contact Richard Flora at (540) 864-5010.
For more information contact Richard Flora at (540) 864-5010.
DEQ: Tammy Stephenson,
former Alleghany County
Administrator, has been hired at
the Department of Environmental
Quality Roanoke office. Hers is a
new position in the water supply planning division, and will
work with the localities that are under the jurisdiction of the
DEQ West Central Regional Office. She’ll work with helping those
localities meet state water mandates, and will also help them
with applying for and managing grants. For more information contact Tammy Stephenson at (540)
562-6700.
DHR: Scott Arnold with
the Department of Historic
Resources Historic Highway Marker Program announced a new marker for William Moore, Tidewater Musician in Tappahannock. Born in 1893, he was recorded by paramount in Chicago in 1928 and
released eight songs, some of the earliest by an African American
folk performer from Virginia. For
more information contact Scott Arnold at (804) 367-2323, ext.
122.
EMPORIA: Nathan George, most
recently the Emporia Assistant City
Manager, is now the Fishers, Indiana Deputy Town Manager. It is of note that former Blacksburg Town Manager Gary Huff is Fishers Town
Manager. For more information contact Emporia officials at
(434) 634-3332.
