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Thousands of cars travel back and forth on Iron Bridge Road each day. If it is a Friday afternoon there you will witness a long line of cars waiting at the entrance of the Chesterfield Food Bank, where they will pick up bags of food to get through the week.  Sometimes the line of cars reaches as far as a mile. The Marr family, which lives near the food bank, sees it each Friday. The long lines had an impact on 11-year-old, Gabriel, who goes by Gabe. When challenged by a leadership training program created by his pastor, Garrett Oppel…

There will be no Christmas parade this year. In abandoning the annual event, the Kiwanis Club of Chester , calling thia a difficult decision, cited the risks associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and concern for the health and safety of our participants, attendees, and volunteers. “We had hoped for a long time that this virus would be over, [that]everyday life would return to normal, and that the parade could bring some cheer into everyone’s lives,” the club’s statement reads.  “We are unable to wait any longer, and the time has come for us to make this tough decision before countless…

On Sept. 23, the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors approved borrowing up to $102.6 million for major maintenance projects for the county and schools.  Some $65 million of the total will go toward school maintenance projects, a board document states.  About $5 million will go for county maintenance projects, including renovations to the Beulah Recreation Center and the Enon Firing Range and demolition of the fuel farm at the county airport. Some $30 million will be for road and drainage improvements related to a weather event that dropped up to 10 inches of rain on parts of the county Aug.…

As student-athletes return to preseason conditioning for Virginia High School League athletics, specific protocols with social distancing and keeping groups of people apart will mean that high school fields and tracks may need to be closed off while participation and set-up/take down are taking place. As within traditional athletics seasons, this may result in access to certain facilities and sites being unavailable to the general public at times where schools are utilizing these areas. Times and dates are site specific. High School Track Closures for Athletic Conditioning High School Conditioning Days Times Closed L.C. Bird High Monday-Thursday 3-7 p.m. Clover…

Chester Choices Book Discussion Wednesday, Oct. 7, 11 a.m.-noon. Zoom meeting for the discussion “Thunderstruck” by Erik Larson. Registration required to receive Zoom password. North Courthouse Road By the Book Thursday, Oct. 8, 1-1:40 p.m. Zoom meeting for the discussion “Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History” by Keith O’Brien. BookThink Book Discussion Friday, Oct. 9, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Google Meet book discussion of “Transcription” by Kate Atkinson.  Visit https://chesterfield.evanced.info/signup/ for access code. Meadowdale Page Turners Book Discussion Friday, Oct. 9, 10:30 a.m.-noon. The Meadowdale Page Turners book club now meets via Zoom.  Email [email protected] for more information and…

The Shepherd’s Center of Chesterfield hosted its 16th annual Ice Cream Social on Sept. 23, at Goyne Park in Chester. The beautiful, crisp, Wednesday afternoon provided the perfect backdrop for an afternoon of fellowship, frozen treats, and social distancing, sponsored by the Crandol, Twilley, Raybould, and Yankowsky families Thrivent Financial. The Ice Cream Social is a signature event for this nonprofit interfaith organization that offers free, accompanied transportation, in-home handyman services, and “low-cost, life long learning” classes to adults over 60 in Chesterfield and the surrounding communities.  More than 50 guests enjoyed delicious ice cream and wonderful camaraderie. The Shepherd’s…

There was no wearing of new outfits and carrying a backpack full of school supplies, no running to the bus stop, no tears from parents waving their sons and daughters off to their first day of school, and no face-to-face greetings to friends and teachers they hadn’t seen all summer. The 2020-21 school year is the year of the pandemic and like many school systems, Chesterfield County Public Schools opened with online classes. More than 58,000 students in 62 schools – 38 elementary schools, 12 middle schools, 11 high schools, and a technical center – signed on to their Chromebooks…

The Cameron Foundation has announced a new COVID-related grant program to assist area school systems with safely “reopening” their schools and further closing the “digital divide” for more than 32,500 students in the region. In its August meeting, the foundation’s board of directors approved up to $350,000 in new funding to mitigate COVID-related expenses in the 2020-21 academic year with the creation of the Schools Reopening Grant Program. This new commitment builds on the foundation’s previous awards totaling $314,355 in emergency funding to school systems in the spring, when traditional classes came to a halt due to the lockdown. Recipients…

This year’s National Night Out celebration is less than one month away, but there’s still time to plan and register your neighborhood’s event. National Night Out is typically celebrated on the first Tuesday in August, but this year’s celebration will take place on Oct. 6, 2020, because of the ongoing COVID-19 situation. And the date isn’t the only thing that’s changed this year; because of ongoing social distancing guidelines, parties are going to look a little different, too. Instead of a traditional block party, your neighborhood could: Make signs or banners to display in yards Have an art contest Organize…

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