“Holmes and Watson: an intelligent mystery” opened Sept. 14 at Swift Mill Creek Theatre, 17401 Jefferson Davis Highway, and runs through Oct. 12. The production starts at 8 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays, and select Thursdays. Select matinees times are at 2:30 p.m. For more information, go to swiftcreekmillcom, email [email protected] or call (804) 748-5203.
James Worsley, county Parks and Recreation director, and David Glass are pictured. David Glass, co-founder of First Touch Sports, received the Distinguished Volunteer Service Award at the Virginia Recreation and Park Society annual awards ceremony in Tysons Corner on Sept. 9. Also at the event, Chesterfield County Parks and Recreation received an award for Best New Facility for the Relic River Boardwalk at Dutch Gap Conservation Area. The state-wide awards program honors individuals, departments and organizations throughout the state who have demonstrated excellence in the parks and recreation field. Glass and his wife, Sarah, co-founded First Touch Sports, 2900 Drewrys…
Kevin Rosenblum and Catherine Jones won the 9-11 Remembrance 5K Run/Walk at Defense Supply Center Richmond on Wednesday, Sept. 11. Rosenblum, DLA information Operations Richmond deputy business relationship manager, was the first man to cross the finish line with a time of 21:12. Jones, a DLA Disposition Services Richmond management assistant, came in with the fastest women’s time at 26:48. (Photo by Jackie Roberts)
New citizen Stefania Argueta, 25, of Fredericksburg, poses with members of the 1611 Militia following a Sept. 10 naturalization ceremony. From left, Brynley Dolman, Dennis Strawderman, Willie Melton and Michael Bell. (Caleb M. Soptelean photo) It started when he wore a T-shirt that said, “I still play with drums.” That led Willie “Wild Bill” Melton to begin playing as a percussionist for the 1611 Militia volunteers of the Citie of Henricus. The co-founder of the group, Dennis Strawderman, 68, asked Melton to play. That was about 10 years ago, said Melton, 69, a Richmond native who has lived at Greenleigh…
Workers from C.T. Purcell, Inc. were busy last week digging the orchestra pit for the new Baxter Perkinson Center for the Arts outside the Chester Library. (Bryan Roland photo)
A group of mostly women protested outside last week’s school board meeting about health and maintenance issues. (Courtesy photo) Chesterfield’s former school superintendent was faulted last week by a school board member for the district’s maintenance and transportation woes. At the school district’s Sept. 10 meeting, Bermuda District representative Carrie Coyner laid blame at the feet of former superintendent James F. Lane, who led Chesterfield schools from July 2016 to June 2018 and left to become the state superintendent of public instruction. Lane was replaced by Merv Daugherty, who started Nov. 1. “We have had ongoing maintenance problems,” Coyner said.…
Greater Richmond Transit Co. plans to begin offering bus service along Jefferson Davis Highway in Chesterfield County in March. That’s the word from GRTC’s communications director Carrie Rose Pace. The service will run between the Food Lion in North Chesterfield near the Richmond city limit and John Tyler Community College in Chester. Last October, county transportation director Jesse Smith said the GRTC option would use 40-passenger buses that would run from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. for a $1.50 fare. A previous bus service route in the county ran along Routes 60, 150, 1 and 10, but ridership was “fairly…
Attendees mingle at last week’s Fall Fling. (Ellie Browning) The Fall Fling kicked off on Sept. 11 underneath the stars and stripes of the largest American flag in Virginia. Event-goers experienced delicious barbeque, listened to music and got the opportunity to honor first responders. Representatives from the state police and Chesterfield County police, fire and EMS received a plaque to commemorate their efforts in keeping the public safe. With the help from Dr. Joseph Hilliard and several sponsors, the Kiwanis Club planned the Sept. 11 event in about four months. It was the first Fall Fling since 2010. The club…
A memorandum of understanding between Chesterfield County and Dominion Energy calls for decommissioning of a boat ramp at Dutch Gap Conservation Area in order to allow the utility to remove coal ash from two coal ash “ponds” along Coxendale Road near Henricus Historical Park. The proposal calls for two new boat ramps at the 108-acre James River Conservation Area, located east of Falling Creek Ironworks Park and Interstate 95, including 7,000 feet of new roadway at the above site. That portion of the project would cost an estimated $5 million, take two years to engineer and two years to build.…
Family and friends gathered at R. Garland Dodd Park at Point of Rocks on Sunday, Sept. 1, to celebrate the life of Chesterfield County resident Wanda Castelow Ramsey, who died Aug. 18, 2019, at age 70. Each person who attended was asked to write a message on a balloon to be released. (Jane Bennett photo)_