Government

    Sheriff Mike Brown officially announced his candidacy for another term as Bedford County’s sheriff before an audience of more than 100 people who filled the conference room at Central Virginia Community College’s Bedford campus last week. Brown was first elected in 1995.

    Robert Carson, town councilman and chairman of the Bedford Chapter of the NAACP, introduced Brown.

    Bedford Town Council held a discussion on the possibility of building a dog park at Greenwood Park.
    According to Councilman Beckham Stanley, a survey showed that 75 percent of town residents favor a dog park. He told council that the park can be built with private money. Stanley said  Jamie Snell. a fencing contractor, has offered to make a $4,600 in-kind donation for fencing and James Jones, a local excavation contractor, has offered to help. According to Stanley, the Bedford Humane Society will keep it clean.

    Bedford County’s supervisors approved a special use permit, Monday evening, for Blue Ridge Montessori School to build a new facility on Va. 811.
    But the project isn’t without its detractors.
    In all, it is a 13-acre wooded tract — the school wants to use 7 acres of it in an area zoned R-2. A school is a permitted use in an R-2 zone and requires a special use permit.

A plaque bearing the words “In God We Trust” has been placed in the Board of Supervisors’ meeting chamber. It’s right above the board chairman’s seat.

    “If it’s good enough for Congress, it’s good enough for us,” commented District 1 Supervisor Bill Thomasson, who spearheaded the effort to have the plaque made and mounted.