Director, Naomi Mottley seeks 20 boys and girls under 18 and 10 men and women over 18 to play various characters in the Chesterfield Children’s Theatre’s fall play, “Anne of Green Gables.” Auditions will be held at 2 p.m. on August 6 at Clover Hill Library, 6701 Deer Run Dr., Midlothian. The show will be performed the first weekend in November and actors must have no conflicts after 6 p.m. the week prior for tech rehearsals. All performers will be cast, and there are no training fees. For more information please email: [email protected].
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The Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia (CHSV) has elected three directors-at-large to serve as officers and added three new directors to serve on the all-volunteer board of the non-profit organization. Incoming president is Claude Baker who has served as a director-at-large on the board since 2014. The newly elected vice president is Therese Wagenknecht, who joined the CHSV board in 2010 and has served as president of the society (2011-2013) as well as past president and acting president. Doug Blake, a director-at-large since 2015, will serve as treasurer. The current recording secretary, Steve Haasch, will continue in this position. Outgoing…
The Honorable Bonnie C. Davis, 12th District Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judge, has announced her retirement, effective September 30, 2016. In announcing her retirement, Judge Davis reflected on her twenty-three years as a Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judge and stated, “It is with mixed emotions that I announce my retirement. It has been a privilege and an honor to serve the families and children of Chesterfield and Colonial Heights. I will miss the camaraderie of the professional relationships that I have forged with court staff, colleagues, and the bar and look forward to observing the Court’s…
Chesterfield County government and schools officials named a soccer field at Harry G. Daniel Park at Iron Bridge to honor a fallen soldier: Army Sgt. Jeffrey A. Reed. The ceremony last Friday marked the official naming of the soccer field to the Jeffrey A. Reed Soccer Field. It is appropriate that a soccer field was named in his honor. Reed was an avid soccer player who wrote home to organize a big shipment of soccer balls when he found that Iraqi children were playing soccer with deflated balls or resorting to kicking around soda bottles. When they arrived, he got…
Chesterfield County Public Library is partnering with the Resource Workforce Center to host a unique, nationally-recognized job fair that offers participants career skills workshops prior to their meeting with employers. Ladders to Success: Not Your Ordinary Job Fair is on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., Meadowdale Library, 4301 Meadowdale Blvd., North Chesterfield. Participants can speak directly to employers, apply for jobs, and have opportunities to interview on site. Both private and public employers will be in attendance. Four workshops will be offered August 3 and10, to help job seekers sharpen their skills. Robot Resumes to Beat the…
One would have to consider it a special gift when a family can celebrate five generations. Minnie Susie Elliott had nine children. Between them (five are surviving), there are 27 grandchildren, 47 great-grandchildren, and 13 great-great -grandchildren. That is a houseful when they all come together. This Saturday, July 30, this family tree will come together at Tyler’s Retreat, Elliott’s home for the last six years, for a very special celebration for Minnie Susie Elliott, when she celebrates her 107th birthday. She was born August 1, 1909. Village News visited Elliott when she turned 100. She had said she never…
Chesterfield is buying into the idea of pedestrian access for citizens across the county. Old Centralia Road is slated for a sidewalk from Castlebury Drive to Glen Oaks Court. Sidewalks have already been constructed on Cogbill, Osborne, and Harrowgate roads. Old Centralia and Osborne roads have had partial sidewalks for years, but they end abruptly; some calling them sidewalks to nowhere. But a movement inspired by safety, health issues, and connectivity is driving the need for more pedestrian amenities. The Old Centralia Road sidewalk when completed will be about a half mile. The Chesterfield Department of Transportation (CDOT) has procured…
Have you said, “I can’t believe what they’re doing up there,” referring to how Chesterfield County is spending tax dollars? This year’s county budget and the budgets extending out for five years could be just a little different in how it is constructed. The Chesterfield Budget and Management Department is now in the process of gathering information from citizens on what they think are the best ways to spend tax dollars, both for county administration and schools. “Both boards (supervisors and school board members) have come together to see what the community wants and doesn’t want,” said Matt Harris, assistant…
The Chesterfield County School Board on July 12 adopted a prototype design for the four elementary schools that will be built in the next 32 months. Using the same design for multiple schools will save money and time as Chesterfield County Public Schools moves forward to build a new elementary school (Creekside) in the Midlothian District and build replacements for Beulah, Enon, and Matoaca elementary schools. The construction is part of the bond package approved by Chesterfield County voters in 2013. Nine companies submitted design proposals, and RRMM Architects won the contract with a one-story design of almost 85,000 square…
In 1998, the Chester Village Green project was underway. Initial streets were complete and building construction was started. Jim Daniels, one of the developers of the project, had acquired the sales office for Sunset Memorial Park. The building was salvaged from the property where Chester Post Office construction was beginning. The upper deck of the building made the trip with no problems along the route. The windows, front door and columns were also salvaged. Today, the building houses the Village News and the Chesterfield Center for the Arts Foundation.