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Effects of decades-old chemical disaster in Albemarle County still linger (opens the original)
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Newtown is a small cluster of homes a couple miles from Crozet in western Albemarle County. At one point, Newtown had a school, a community center, a church, and a general store. It was also home to Greenwood Chemical Company, where a 1985 explosion killed four workers and stunned the community. The land became a Superfund site, and soon Albemarle County will try to auction it off to the highest bidder. WMRA’s Christine Kueter continues the story. When Greenwood Chemical president Al Cereghino c
Former site of destroyed chemical plant in Albemarle County may get a new lease on life (opens the original)
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In 1985, an explosion at a Newtown chemical plant killed four men in their 30s. Now, Albemarle County is searching for anyone with a claim on the 33-acre property, now a Superfund site, to pay back taxes by October 30, before the parcel is auctioned off. WMRA’s Christine Kueter reports in the first of a two-part story. If you’re cruising Interstate 64 on Afton Mountain near the scenic view, or traveling 250 west of Charlottesville and spot three carved wooden bears in a roadside field, you’re pr
Local residents implore DEQ to consider health risks of Waynesboro Northrop Grumman plant (opens the original)
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Tuesday night, more than 100 community members turned out to implore the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to consider health risks and pollution history as they decide whether to issue Waynesboro’s Northrop Grumman a permit to begin manufacturing. WMRA’s Christine Kueter reports. Since the spring, hundreds of Valley residents have written, demonstrated, and delivered speeches to DEQ officials to air their concerns about Northrop Grumman’s Waynesboro plant. The company, the world’s fo
Valley residents rally behind independent pollution monitoring of Northrop Grumman plant (opens the original)
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Many of the roughly 50 Valley residents demonstrating outside Waynesboro City Council chambers Monday evening had a message for the city’s nearby Northrop Grumman plant: “we’re watching.” WMRA’s Christine Kueter reports. [crowd chanting and cheering, “no Dupont 2.0! No DuPont 2.0!”] Milio Curcio has a neighbor problem. The Augusta County farm where he raises chickens, goats, and turkeys lies less than 1,000 feet from a massive Northrop Grumman plant that’s applied for a state operating permit to
As Northrop Grumman permit decision approaches, pollution-wary neighbors mobilize (opens the original)
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Aerospace and defense manufacturer Northrop Grumman is still waiting for the state to green-light an operating permit that would allow it to emit nearly 25 tons of pollutants from its Waynesboro facility each year. Opposition from Valley residents, however, continues to mushroom. WMRA’s Christine Kueter reports. It’s a steaming hot August morning, and a woman and her dog are enjoying some shade at Coyner Springs Park in Waynesboro. The woman, who asked that we not use her name to protect her pri
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