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Samuel Adams winter schooner
On Feb. 1, 1775, just prior to the revolution, Chesterfield representatives to the House of Burgesses in Williamsburg, Archibald Cary, whose impressive home was located at Ampthill, and Benjamin Watkins received a letter of acknowledgement from none other than Boston’s Samuel Adams.
Hometown Hercules: Local man builds body, character
Irving Peoples was 12 years old when he lifted his first weight, and his motivation was simple.
Truck driver bought winning ticket in Chester
Tim Mackin of Disputanta was on a winning streak. He had stopped at the 7-Eleven on Harrowgate Road for a cup of coffee following a visit to Patient First. “I like their coffee,” he said.
Supersized mural will wow kids and adults alike
In Chester, just inside the doors of the unfinished American Family Fitness, lies a vibrant, four-walled mural and a mythical world created for gym visitors. Painted by professional muralist and Richmond resident Julie Lancaster, 53, with the help of her son, Patrick Welch, 25, the mural will be completed Tuesday, Feb. 15, when the gym officially opens for the community to see for themselves.
Chester Community Association presents agenda for 2011
The Chester Community Association (CCA) will meet at the Chesterfield Center for the Arts office on Centre Street opposite the Chester Library on Thursday, Jan. 27 at 7 p.m. to present this year’s projects and programs to the community.
Fusing sports and guidance in the Bensley community
On Saturday morning, a small group of middle-aged men convened in a room adjacent to the gym at First Baptist Church of Hopewell to discuss local sports and the promising futures of young athletes. However, a handfull of these young athletes but on the win gradually unfolding in front of them.
Chester men duel
President Ulysses S. Grant, on January 26, 1870, signed the act that allowed Virginia’s representatives to return to the U.S. Senate and House, thus ending Reconstruction in the Commonwealth.