It looks as if a Starbucks and First Watch restaurant may be coming to 9801 Lori Road. A real estate web site shows a site plan with those businesses at Ironwill Centre, which is described as “a new upscale retail development located at Beach Road and Iron Bridge Road.” The website says the delivery date is 2020. A First Watch is also located at 1402 W. Huguenot Road with business hours of 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Kevin Carroll, on left, speaks during a candidates forum last week. Also pictured are Shajaun Mason and Rob Thompson. (Caleb M. Soptelean photo) Two of the three Republican candidates for their party’s nomination for Matoaca District supervisor participated in a forum last week. Kevin Carroll and Rob Thompson were joined by recently announced Democrat candidate Shajaun Mason at the May 16 forum at the Foxfire Club House, which was hosted by Chesterfield Citizens United. Craig Stariha, the current Matoaca District member on the Chesterfield Planning Commission, canceled his appearance on May 13 due to a “scheduling conflict.” In the June…
From left, Addy Stachura and Victoria Bryant and horses Puzzle, Sue and Nike stand in front of a run-in shed that was built for the horses recently. (Diane Merryman photo) When Jeannie Fee took on the leadership role of teacher for middle school students who were in the confirmation class at Bethia United Methodist Church, she was stumped when it came to choosing a community mission project for them. Little did she realize that the project would bring her so close to home, right next door to where she lives. Fee loves horses and lives on a few acres in…
Rhodes Lane curves past a pond. (Caleb M. Soptelean photos) Tyler Moody stands next to some high-tech electrical wiring that was left at his home by the previous owner. Tyler Moody’s homemade computer. Hurry up and wait. That’s pretty much what some residents of Rhodes Lane have been doing for several years, according to Bonnie and Tyler Moody, a mother and son, who have been living at 16111 N. Rhodes Lane since March 2015. “We never thought there wouldn’t be Internet out there,” Bonnie said, noting that she and her husband, Thomas, purchased the home on a foreclosure sale in…
Holly Willis, 13, on right, and Taylor Nestor, 19, passed out ice cream sandwiches at Tyler’s Retreat nursing home May 14 as part of National Nursing Home Week. Pet Dairy donated the ice cream. Willis, an eighth-grader at Elizabeth Davis Middle School, also recently gave Sweet Frog gift certificates to 35 nursing staffers at Tyler’s Retreat as part of National Nurses Week, courtesy of Sweet Frog owner Manju Singha. Willis wanted to honor her great-great aunt, Christine Burnley, who resided at the facility until she died at age 99 several years ago. Willis volunteers at the facility several hours a…
Capt. Augustus H. Drewry is pictured, center, with his family after the Civil War. By George “Buddy” Cranford Many years have passed since a combined naval/land battle raged in Chesterfield County. Back in the mid-1800s, what is today known as Drewry’s Bluff was just a high hill on the James River, a small portion of land owned by a Chesterfield farmer. Augustus H. Drewry was born at “Brandywine,” his grandfather’s plantation in King William County, the son of Mildred Stevens Fox (1798-1872) and Martin Drewry (died 1862). Young Augustus was educated at the Richmond Academy. Prior to the Civil War,…
Kim Hill speaks to the Chester Lions Club. (Carelyn Sheppard photo) By Carelyn Sheppard Children, seniors, veterans, homeless, struggling families, and the disabled in the community are among those being helped by the Chesterfield Food Bank. Food bank CEO Kim Hill spoke to the Chester Lions Club recently. Many people are struggling to keep nutritious food on the table and available, Hill said. Since 2010, the food bank’s mission has been to serve and meet that need because the founders, Travis and Karie Whittle, recognized that many people were ineligible for government programs. Some may fall through the cracks because…
William Bigger and Daisa Williams are this year’s recipients of the Ruby A. Robinson scholarships. Each received $2,500. Bigger attends L.C. Bird High School and the Governor’s Academy for Engineering Studies. Williams attends Matoaca High School. Both plan to enroll at the University of Virginia.
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Chesterfield County recently named Thomas “Tommy” Tucker as its new director of emergency communications. Tucker served as interim co-director of the Emergency Communications Center since October 2018. He began in his new role as director of emergency communications May 4 at a salary of $125,000. With 32 years working in public safety, Tucker has a unique and thorough understanding of the importance of emergency communications and the essential role of the ECC staff as the public’s first contact in the event of an emergency, a press release states. As director, he will oversee the daily operations of…
New Bell Trucking will have a truck terminal on Station Road with an adjacent pathway leading to Falling Creek. (Caleb M. Soptelean photo) Evans Construction of Richmond is currently building a truck terminal at 2227 Station Road for New Bell Trucking. The site plan lists a 9,800-square-foot, 35-feet-tall, one-story building and loading dock on 9.16 acres, including 4.36 acres in a “disturbed area.” The site plan was approved Aug. 15 last year. An employee of Evans Construction said the target completion date is the first week of July. The land was previously vacant, according to county Planning Department records. An…