Cinema Cafe’s plans include bar in lobby, food served in theater
1After years without a movie theater, one is planned for Chester next year. A new Cinema Cafe complex, located off Route 1 in the Bermuda Crossroads Marketplace, is slated to break ground this fall for an opening in 2019. The free-standing establishment will also feature a spacious bar and lounge located in the lobby, which will provide guests an ideal hangout before and after the movie where they can enjoy one of 20 different beers on tap or a signature cocktail. “We couldn’t be happier to bring our newest theater to Chester. After visiting the area over the last…
Cincinnati, NW Montana are editor’s vacation spots
0A three-day visit to Northwest Montana last week provided me with some respite from Eastern U.S. humidity. I left Tuesday, July 3, and flew to Ohio to visit a friend and watch a Cincinnati Reds baseball game. It had been a while since I had taken in a Reds home game in old Riverfront Stadium as a teenager. I had yet to visit Great American Ball Park, which opened in 2003. It’s been said that there’s not a bad seat in the house, and from what I could tell, that’s correct. I was up in what some call the “nosebleed…
Chester Rec Association offers fun in the sun
0With school out for the summer and the weather forecasters predicting hotter and hazier days ahead, families can look to the Chester Recreational Association as a place to cool off and make new memories. The association has three swimming pools – a Z-pool with a diving area and a 12-foot water slide, a 25-meter lap pool and a kiddie pool with covered deck – six lighted tennis courts, three tennis walls, tennis teams, two volleyball courts, a children’s playground, a basketball court, a sand soccer field, horseshoe pits, a snack bar, a gazebo and two pavilions. The private, nonprofit, member-owned…
Going to waste? Shoosmith Bros. applies for permit to use remainder of its land for landfill
4The longevity of a local landfill may depend on an application filed recently with Chesterfield County. Shoosmith Bros., Inc. recently filed a permit application with the county that would allow it to use some 180 acres of land which includes a rock quarry that it acquired in 1997. (The quarry itself is 83 acres.) Fletcher Kelly, Shoosmith Bros., Inc.’s vice president of operations and one of six co-owners, said the business that was opened in 1976 by the Shoosmith Brothers has about seven or eight years of life left. Although some neighbors have complained about odors and noise associated with…
Overcoming adversity: Mother, daughter strengthen each other through running and writing
0At first glance, Anne and Madison Braswell appear to be the typical mother-daughter duo. Through their bright smiles and successes, one would be hard-pressed to imagine the hardships they have faced. North Carolina natives, their family relocated in June 2010, when Anne’s husband, Madison’s father, accepted a job in Chester. On the outside, the family’s life appeared idyllic. Anne’s husband had secured a good job, while Anne took care of their two children, Madison and her older brother Blake. The picture-perfect family of four purchased a home not far from Pocahontas State Park. They were living the dream. But a…
Parade of Lights coming to James River July 21
0The James River Advisory Council’s 25th annual Parade of Lights has been rescheduled to July 21 after the December event was canceled due to the weather. The “Christmas in July” Parade of Lights will be held Saturday, July 21. Viewers will gather along the shoreline at several sites along the river in Richmond and Chesterfield and Henrico counties to see the boats and enjoy the entertainment. Admission is free. Locals can view it from 7:30 to 8 p.m. from Dutch Gap boat ramp and the bluff next to Henricus Historical Park, both on Coxendale Road. The parade will follow a…
Although rare, killing a snake can result in a fine
0They slither and hiss and can be found in brush, debris and in woodlands or yards. It’s summer and snakes abound. Some folks admire them and some despise them, but whatever your take on snakes, killing one in Virginia can result in a $500 fine. There are numerous types of snakes in Virginia, but only three are venomous: copperheads, moccasins and rattlesnakes. “Snakes are an unregulated species,” said David Hennaman, an officer with Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries’ conservation police. “There is no set season on them. It is illegal to kill them.” Self-defense is an exception. For…
Police briefs
0Armed robbery Police are investigating an armed robbery of a 7-Eleven convenience store at 6501 Ironbridge Road that took place at about 11 p.m. Saturday, July 7. No one was injured during the incident. Police said a man entered the business, displayed a firearm, and demanded money from the clerk. The suspect fled the area on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash. The suspect is described as a black man wearing an orange hoodie, khaki pants and blue gloves. Fatal crash A driver involved in a fatal crash July 5 in the 10700 block of Hull Street Road has…