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By Sherry Hamilton on May 12, 2021
Judy Rowe
Judy Rowe of Grimstead has spent years fighting to bring broadband to Mathews County. She attended school board and supervisors’ meetings, talked to legislators, and made numerous phone calls to cable and Wi-Fi companies. All seemed to fall on deaf ears.
Then two years ago something changed. The Mathews County Board of Supervisors, faced with yet another desperate appeal from Rowe, agreed to establish a Broadband Advisory Board and make Rowe its chairman. That was all she needed, and she hasn’t stopped since.
Rowe immediately began to pull together a diverse group of individuals to form the core of the board, along with additional people with interests in various areas that would benefit from broadband. Crucially, Rob Quartel, a businessman and entrepreneur with experience in cyber technology, offered his help, and Rowe had all she needed to forge ahead.
Atlantic Broadband to Extend Broadband to Four Rural Virginia Counties
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Atlantic Broadband
QUINCY, MA–Atlantic Broadband will partner with state and local officials in Virginia to extend the availability of broadband internet in four rural, coastal Chesapeake Bay counties.
The $7.2 million, 130-mile project will reach more than 1,200 homes and businesses in Caroline, Mathews, Lancaster and Middlesex counties and will take 18 months to complete.
The initiative is being funded through a $4.2 million Virginia Telecommunication Initiative (VATI) grant, $1.5 million contributed by the four local counties, and $1.5 million from Atlantic Broadband. VATI is a state-funded program administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development to help local communities expand their telecommunications infrastructure.
North County family upset about missing ring after Escondido hospital stay
The granddaughter said the ring was 14 karat gold, with a large lapis stone, and 12 small diamonds. Author: David Gotfredson (Investigative Producer) Published: 7:20 PM PDT April 6, 2021 Updated: 8:34 PM PDT April 6, 2021
ESCONDIDO, Calif. A North County family is in a dispute with Palomar Medical Center over an expensive ring that was either lost or stolen from a stroke patient, while she was in the hospital.
The patient’s granddaughter said she can t get a straight answer from Palomar Health on how the jewelry went missing.
When Amanda Fazio’s grandmother suffered a stroke last month and was rushed to the emergency room of Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, the family wasn t thinking about the rings on the 79-year-old s fingers.