A blackbird rode the currents of a recent breezy day, surveying possible nesting places. A 6-inch-long twig impeded her lift, but she eventually found her landing site atop the golden arches of a McDonald’s sign on Jefferson Davis Highway.
The $701.2 million fiscal 2011 general fund budget approved by the Board of Supervisors last week, when coupled with the efforts of county leagues and organizations, largely restores the parks and recreation cuts that were originally proposed.
As work on a county agreement with the Richmond SPCA continued last week, the Board of Supervisors voted to raise the animal adoption fee to cover the cost of sterilizing animals at the Chesterfield County Animal Shelter.
The Board of Supervisors, beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 28 in the Public Meeting Room of the County Administration Building, will consider the following requests: