The Jamestowner

The Jamestowner has been a member of Linktree for 3 years and joined in January 2023. Resources thejamestowner has populated their site with include: • Budget, staffing, water quality concerns prompt petition to oust town manager • AirNow Fire and Smoke Map • VOC air index High Point, Jamestown • Thom Tillis TOWN HALL, UNATTENDED by Senator Tillis 😡 March 17, 2025, Greensboro, North Carolina • PFAS TESTS: New results show PFAS levels continue to rise in Jamestown public water system (Randleman Lake/PTRWA) • Facebook • Bluesky • Lawsuit leads to increased levels of “likely carcinogen” in drinking water • Sen. Tillis Delivers Remarks on the Senate Floor • Jamestown's gold-quartz veins continue to yield treasures • EPA enforcement action reveals Asheboro, Greensboro & Reidsville's deliberate destruction of NC's drinking water supply; Hey, EPA - Look over HERE!! • Town of Jamestown vs. JAMESTOWN 27282 vs. the Merry Gerrymanderers of Guilford County vs. our redistricted golf course • EPA steps in, demands action on toxic chemical in NC drinking water • How low will they go: on Sunday night, a government employee at NCDEQ deleted my PUBLIC COMMENT from the NC PUBLIC RECORDS about Jamestown's overpriced sidewalk • NEW test results show PFAS levels still rising in PTRWA/Jamestown water; 17 detected thus far; PFOS up to 10.6 ppt; plus High PFAS in High Point • TIMELINE: For years, North Carolina's legislature has weakened building & environmental codes to the benefit of big-donor builders & construction companies • EPA selects Jamestown for Citizens' Air Monitoring Program; Eight sensors will report particulates in real time, 24/7 • BULL RUN Stream (WSIV-CA*) tests positive for coliform bacteria; Time for the NCDEQ and Town of Jamestown to do something about it • New 1,4-DIOXANE source! GFL Landfill is the 5th leacher within 7 miles of our drinking water reservoir; monitoring wells installed • We sent Jamestown's biggest bucks to Washington; they'll be spending September at the National Press Club • ‘DEQ is being blocked at every turn’ - SELC asks EPA to step in as NC Assembly DISASSEMBLES our clean water protections • Donate to Help Test Our Local Waterways & Tap Water, organized by The Jamestowner • 17 Jamestowners, plus SELC, Trout Unlimited, NC riverkeepers, ask NCDEQ to add IMPAIRED streams to 2024 IMPAIRED Waterways List • Know your PFAS levels: Here are test results for Greensboro, High Point, Archdale, Jamestown, and every North Carolina water system tested by the EPA • A closer look at Sedgefield's lawsuit shows High Point may have overcharged Jamestown by at least $681,491 for Eastside expansion and fixes • Jamestown and all of southern Guilford County (except High Point) were redistricted into Phil Berger's District 26 during a secret session in October. Show of hands: How many of you knew this? • North Carolina: WORST state for voter registration, news awareness + citizen engagement = WORST state for workers, healthcare costs, water contamination + loss of farmland • 22 YEARS of 1-4 DIOXANE in Jamestown: We found more than 1,000 water test results and source links • UPDATE: At least 17 different PFAS analytes detected in Jamestown NC's public drinking water, new test results show; Greensboro & High Point - here's where to view YOUR PFAS numbers • BREAKING NEWS: Jamestown resident Robert Frederick finds county tax software "glitch" that nets $110K for town; 3-minute beeper + mayor attempt to cut off his HISTORIC announcement • Jamestown's Matthew Johnson threatens 'sheriff's removal' from town park when local moms bring NCDEQ handouts and free bottled water to 'Music in the Park' • In 1997, the NCDEQ said making Deep River/Randleman Lake a drinking water supply VIOLATED water quality standards ... And they said it on the record so they wouldn't be "blamed" for it, nor asked to "fix it once it is impounded" • The LEGAL LIMIT for PFOS & PFOA is now 4ppt; Jamestown’s drinking water measured 10.4ppt & 5.9ppt in EPA’s August 2023 samples • Map: Where PFAS exceed new EPA limits • Chemours’ stock plummets after releasing annual report, NC litigation driver of $238M in net losses | Port City Daily • The most important PUBLIC COMMENTS you'll ever write are due APRIL 26th; Help get the EPA's EYES on our IMPAIRED streams (photo: Deep River at I-85, March 19 2024) • Groundwater & Surface Water reports at UNIVAR, across from 109 Main Street, show same contaminants; Deep River here (NC17-3.3) is omitted from NCDEQ integrated data • Another TCE-contaminated property is for sale in Jamestown, Guilford County NC at 109 E. Main Street • Contaminated TCE/Chromium site at W. Gate City Blvd & MacKay Rd. is for sale; Located in Jamestown's ETJ, it has a Greensboro address & is zoned "HIGH INDUSTRIAL" • EPA's bad data puts us at risk: Drinking water supply streams are misclassified; 303(D) assessment data is missing & outdated; Industrial dischargers of chemicals hold NPDES permits as "Food Warehouse" & "Finished Apparel" facilities • SURPRISE of the Day: the "unnamed tributary" into which water drains from the TCE-contaminated APAC Asphalt Superfund site is a drinking water supply stream to Deep River! • UPDATE: Our Public Records requests to NCDEQ for water quality info and Alberdingk wastewater spill info (sent August & Nov, 2023) are still unanswered • 1,4 Dioxane levels INCREASED at Eastside WWTP in 2023; regional DWR tells a different story to NC Environmental Management Commission • Water Supply streams Deep River & Bull Run are UNTESTED, UNMONITORED in Jamestown despite multiple out-of-state chemical polluters, landfills & hazardous waste sites • 'Piedmont Lake' sediment dumping allowed at Kersey Valley Landfill when Army Corps of Engineers decision ignores presence of WOTUS water supply streams Richland Creek/Deep River • Time to get REAL about OAKDALE MILL • TCE, Arsenic, Chromium among contaminants in new Brownfield site at Mackay Rd & West Gate City Blvd. • PUBLIC COMMENTS due April 1st for Water projects prioritization changes| NC DEQ • UNC fraternity brothers (& land attorneys) Tom Terrell and Marc Isaacson are 'devoted' to their needs, 'committed' to brotherhood, pushing pirate tales ... NO WONDER D.R. Horton got everything it wanted • The nonexistent Stormwater Plan Jamestown’s Town Manager wants to start charging us for: UPDATES • The Art of the Lopsided Deal: How D.R. Horton duped Jamestown, NC • Five Years of Violations & Fines at Eastside Wastewater Treatment Plant, Jamestown NC: TIMELINE & SUMMARY • Eastside WWTP's 2022 Pretreatment Report omits enforcement action re Alberdingk Boley October 2022 SPILL ... WHY? • NC General Assembly awarded $2.3 billion of Biden's Infrastructure funds to 200 NC towns for water & sewer projects; Jamestown got NOTHING • Stephanie Stephens' UNCG project lays foundation for The Deep River Project • For years, Guilford County hid its 1,4-Dioxane problem by burying data, dismissing public concerns, denying science & enlisting help from 'high level' sources like PHIL BERGER. Sound Familiar? • Chapter 4: When you live in the 1,4-Dioxane 'Hot Spot' in the 2nd most contaminated state in the U.S. • Chapter 3: That big ignored Superfund monster on Deep River in Jamestown • Chapter 2: NC does NOT include Deep River & Bull Run in 303(d) & TMDL water monitoring programs • Chapter 1: Deep River's dirty secrets • UPDATED with residents’ PFAS RESULTS: Jamestown's February 2023 PFAS test samples failed to include PFOA results for 2 of our 3 drinking water sources • About Last Night... • EPA okays Chemours request to export GenX from the Netherlands to Fayetteville Works plant | NC Newsline • New PFAS Results: Jamestown’s public drinking water PFAS levels are above EPA max health level of 4ppt in August tests of PTRWA/Randleman water samples • UPDATE: CONCERT FOR DEEP RIVER at Doodad Farm launches The Deep River Project; Plans include citizens' testing & monitoring of Deep River after years of neglect • Our unanswered, ignored Public Records requests to NCDEQ are stacking up; FOIA requests date back to August 2023 • TALE OF TWO TOWNS: Pittsboro's organized response vs. Jamestown's disturbing disinterest • Jamestowners, here's why your water bill is suddenly so high • June 2023 Stormwater Audit finds deficiencies, noncompliance with current code, CWA violations: NCDEQ issues NOTICE TO COMPLY or Jamestown will be fined $25K PER DAY, PER VIOLATION • Alberdingk Boley’s October 2022 wastewater spill lasted at least 5 days, spilled at least 16k gallons into Fox Hollow pond, Bull Run • Where our drinking water comes from; and why Jamestown does NOT need, and should NOT be paying for, an expansion of water facilities • Investigations into spikes of 1,4-Dioxane in Asheboro, High Point still inconclusive | NC Newsline • Jamestown, NC’s long relationship with 1,4-Dioxane spans 30 years • The Jamestowner's Water Quality Report • Eastside WWTP: Tested weekly for 1,4-Dioxane by NCDEQ since June 2022, NPDES permit still expired, yet seeks to 'expand capacity' (SERIOUSLY?) • Blogger Responds to Misleading press release By Town of Jamestown • Ladies’ Night Out • New Docs provide deeper dive into VOCs & 1,4-Dioxane contaminants at defunct Seaboard Site in Jamestown, NC • Jamestown NC residents uncover discharge violations - 237 ppb of 1,4 Dioxane and 1,330 gallons sodium hypochlorite - in Deep River water supply • Deep River is 303(d) Impaired everywhere EXCEPT in Jamestown; Testing of Bull Run & Deep River within town limits is a decade overdue • R. Frederick Feb 9 post • R. Frederick Feb 8 post • R. Frederick Feb 5 post • KEEP AN EYE ON IT! Links to public records, notices and Laserfiche of local permits, violations & more • New sewer line and manholes for DR Horton development to cost Jamestown $1,055,000 - on top of $8,000,000+ for Eastside repairs • DR Horton Johnson Farm development: 480 apartments planned for area between contaminated Brownfields site & Bull Run, a Critical Class-IV Water Supply stream • 15A NCAC 02B .0104 WATER SUPPLY CLASSIFICATIONS • Groundwater VOCs exceed State 2B limits at Univar Chemcentral according to recent report • The Jamestowner