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The role of women in the civil rights movement

By VN Staff on November 5, 2019 Events

The Richmond-area ‘Sisters in Song’ sang during an Oct. 26 event at the Central Library.(Joshua Johnson photo) By Joshua Johnson Teresa Walker was the featured speaker at an Oct. 26 event at the Central Library: “The Role of Women in the Civil Rights Movement: The Chesterfield and Petersburg Experience.” Walker was the wife of the late Rev. Wyatt T. Walker, who was known as Martin Luther King Jr.`s first in command and a strategist behind crucial moments in the civil rights era ranging of the 1950s and ’60s. Although a mother of four, Walker did not let that hinder her…

Chesterfield names new building inspection director

By Press release on November 5, 2019 Chesterfield Government

After a nationwide recruitment effort, Chesterfield County announced last week that it has hired Ronald W. Clements Jr. as its new director of the Building Inspection Department. Clements currently serves as the county’s assistant building inspection director. He began his new role Nov. 1 at a salary of $140,000. He replaced Richard C. Witt, who retired after 34 years with the county, including nine as the director of the department. Clements has been with the department since 1999, during which time he has contributed to numerous process improvements, technology enhancements and staff development initiatives. He has served since 2011 as…

Combat Challenge competitors

By Press release on November 5, 2019 Community, Fire & EMS, For the Record

Chesterfield firefighters Bebhinn Rae, Lisette Fuentes, Danielle Drinnon, Kendall Litchfield and Audrey Baise competed in the World Firefighter Combat Challenge in Montgomery, Ala. from Oct. 21-26.

Fine arts center

By Caleb M Soptelean on November 5, 2019 Community, Entertainment

Workers were recently working on the Baxter Perkinson Center for the Arts in the Chester Village Green. Work is scheduled to last 14 months with a target completion date of fall 2020. (Caleb M. Soptelean photo)

Caught reading the Village News

By Public Comment on November 5, 2019 Community, People

Shirley Turner and her daughter, Shiree Parnell, were recently caught reading the Village News at El Patron Mexican restaurant. (Paige Tucker photo)

Chesterfield recognized for budget innovations

By Press release on October 29, 2019 Chesterfield Government

Chesterfield County was recently honored by the Virginia Government Finance Officers’ Association with the Innovations in Government Finance Award. The county was recognized for excellence in e-government and technology and in budgeting and financial planning. The award was presented Oct. 11 to staff of the county’s Budget and Management Department. Within e-government and technology, the county was recognized for innovative development of Bluefield Chesterfield, a brand centered upon an engaging, interactive new website designed to share and host strategic conversation with the community on key topics related to budget, planning and programmatic services and investment. Within budgeting and financial planning,…

Christmas Mother live, silent auction Nov. 16

By Caleb M Soptelean on October 29, 2019 Announcements, Charity, Community, Holiday

The Christmas season is quickly approaching, and the Chesterfield-Colonial Heights Christmas Mother Committee is hard at work preparing for the upcoming holiday. The charity’s mission is that no local child is without food, clothes, toys and books, and that no elder forgotten during the holidays. The group’s 12th annual live silent auction will be held the evening of Saturday, Nov. 16. The fundraiser is sponsored by local businesses, so proceeds from ticket sales and bidding items and cash sponsorships can go directly to helping children and elders in need. The auction is a festive event with delicious heavy hors d’oeuvres,…

Ross wants gun rights for felons, yes to Confederate statues

By Caleb M Soptelean on October 29, 2019 Politics, State News

MorrisseyRoss State Senate District 16 doesn’t feature conventional candidates. Disbarred attorney Joe Morrissey, 62, and his former employee, Waylin Ross, are squaring off Nov. 5 in a race to replace state Sen. Rosalyn Dance, whom Morrissey dispatched in the Democratic Party primary on June 11. Ross, 29, filed signatures to run as an independent at the proverbial “last minute” –June 11 – to give anti-Morrissey voters a choice in the general election. Ross – who said he wants to reorganize the defunct Readjuster Party – and Morrissey participated in a VPM forum Oct. 11 in Petersburg. Not shying away from…

Carvana project, airport lease approved

By Caleb M Soptelean on October 29, 2019 Board of Supervisors, Chesterfield Government, Economic Development

Jeff Driskill is the county’s new EMC. By a 4-1 vote with Jim Holland dissenting, the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors approved the Carvana project last week. The Tempe, Ariz.-based developer plans to build a car inspection and storage facility at the 184-acre site on Woods Edge Road. The supervisors had delayed the vote for a month in October. “I feel like there are proffers in here to address [citizens’] issues,” Bermuda District supervisor Dorothy Jaeckle said. “We have the challenge of balancing out residential, commercial and industrial so we can have a reasonable tax base.” Referring to buffers along…

Editorial cartoon

By VN Staff on October 29, 2019 Art, Community, Entertainment

(Mark Miranda)

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