By a 4-1 vote with Matoaca board member Ryan Harter dissenting, the Chesterfield County Public Schools board on March 10 approved an expansion of the Center-Based Gifted Program to Carver and Elizabeth Davis middle schools. Gifted middle school students in the Bermuda District currently attend Matoaca Middle School. The expansion had been put off for two years. Several parents — including Lisa Blevins, Lucas Hill and former board member Carrie Coyner — spoke during public comment in favor of the expansion, although Bermuda resident Melinda Allio and former board member Rob Thompson of Matoaca spoke against it, with Allio asking…
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Preparing for a spring garden, local man surprised with his shoveling Sam Williams Sam Williams of Chester stopped by the Village News office last week with a very large turnip. “I thought people might get a kick [out of] seeing this,” he said about the overly sized root crop. “I’ve grown them big before, but not this big.” Williams said he plants around an acre of crops each season at his home on Harrowgate Road. He buys his seed at Heretick Feed and Seed, and he will usually harvest the turnips in three months. “It normally freezes during the winter,…
Route 111: Rt 1 Falling Creek-Tyler connects Chesterfield communities GRTC started a new local bus service on Route 1 along a 7.6-mile corridor between the Food Lion in North Chesterfield and John Tyler Community College in Chester. New bus stop signs begin installation along the route in preparation for operations.The new Route 111: Rt 1/Falling Creek/Tyler will operate Monday through Saturday every 30 minutes, connecting communities with shopping destinations, restaurants, job opportunities, and higher education. This new service, which began Monday, is established with funding from the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation’s two-year demonstration grant program (80 percent…
Friends of the Lower Appomattox River (FOLAR) announces its annual Spring River Clean-up Day on March 28, 2020 from 9:00 a.m. to noon. Volunteers are needed to help pick up trash and debris at sites in Colonial Heights, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Hopewell, Petersburg, and Prince George. Volunteers can choose a site and register at www.folar-va.org. FOLAR Site Captains will be at the following sites to provide supplies and assist volunteers. Wear sturdy shoes and bring your own work gloves, if you can. 2020 sites are: • Appomattox Region Riverside Park, 800 FOLAR Trail, N. Prince George, 23860 • Ferndale Appomattox Riverside Park, 24909 Ferndale Rd.,…
Although Democrats dominated the recently-completed legislative session, state Sen. Amanda Chase was in favor of some bills that passed and wait Gov. Ralph Northam’s signature. Chase, a second-term legislator, co-sponsored a bill — SB 95 — that requires “balanced emergency billing.” The bill, she explained, will require insurance companies to work together to ensure that patients don’t get stuck paying for out-of-network doctors. Chase said that sometimes a person goes to an in-network hospital emergency room, but gets treatment from out-of-network medical service providers, which can result in financially devastating bills. The Chesterfield County Republican said she also supported a…
Although a compromise was offered to get through a disagreement over appointment of two judges to Chesterfield courts, the effort failed last week before the Legislature finished its session. Joe Morrissey, a Democratic first-term state senator who represents eastern Chesterfield County, said that he and six other legislators agreed to replace retired Circuit Court judge T.J. Hauler with Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court Judge Jayne Pemberton and appoint Travis Williams, a black attorney, to fill Pemberton’s seat. Williams is a Chesterfield resident and has served 17 years as a substitute judge in Chesterfield General District Court, Morrissey said. The compromise…
The Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors and School Board members will cohost community meetings focused on the proposed FY2021 budget. The meetings, which are being held in each of the county›s magisterial districts, will follow County Administrator Joe Casey›s presentation of the proposed budget during the Board of Supervisors work session March 11. Residents can attend any of the meetings regardless of where they live in the county. Each meeting will give attendees the opportunity to ask questions and engage with the Board of Supervisors and county administrators about the budget process, and learn how taxpayer money is being allocated. …
WEDNESDAY MAR 11 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING – Noon to 9 p.m. Budget Work Session in Afternoon; Regular Evening Session with Zoning Requests. Afternoon sessions break at 5 p.m. for dinner, and then resume at 6 p.m. Public Meeting Room, 10001 Iron Bridge Road. CHESTERFIELD NEEDLEWORK FRIENDS – 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Central Library, Chesterfield Business Suite Conference Room. Knit, crochet, socialize, and share your techniques. All skill levels welcome. MAKERSPACE OPEN HOURS – 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Central Library MakerSpace. The MakerSpace in Central Library has open hours each week. No appointment is necessary to visit during…
Chesterfield County made a pitch to the public for the proposed new route to and from Henricus Historical Park during a community meeting on the matter. As a result of Dominion Energy’s coal ash cleanup efforts, the entry into Henricus must be closed to accommodate trucks coming from and going to the coal ash site, adjacent to Henricus. Approximately 100 people attended the public meeting held Feb. 25 at John Tyler Community College. Mostly residents of Rivers Bend, attendees’ concerns center around reducing the effect the proposed road will have on the neighborhood. The current proposal has the entrance coming…
On February 22, the LibraryBots, a FIRST Tech Challenge robotics team sponsored by the Chesterfield County Public Library, were one of only four Virginia teams who advanced to the worldwide FIRST Championship. To earn the right, the team competed against more than 50 other robotics teams from Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. at the FTC Virginia State Championship at Atlee High School in Mechanicsville. The tournament judges awarded the prestigious Connect Award to the LibraryBots for their exceptional efforts to connect the Chesterfield community with STEM opportunities, and for the ways they have explored the opportunities available locally…