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World traveler: TDHS grad enjoys helping others

By Amanda Creasey on January 2, 2019 Around the World, Community, Features

Wyatt Gordon in Indonesia. When I sat down across from Wyatt Gordon at a local Panera, he had been home from Germany for less than 36 hours after living abroad for the last 14 months. Despite a long and exhausting journey, jet lag and having met me only once before, he greeted me like an old friend with a tight, warm hug. We found a quiet booth near the back of the restaurant, and it wasn’t long before I felt like Gordon and I had been friends for a long, long time. I quickly understood the genuine nature behind his…

Year in review: Megasite the top story for 2018

By Caleb M Soptelean on January 2, 2019 Community

Bill Lloyd holds a sign with a cartoon drawing by Cornelius ‘Skeet’ Hill at an anti-megasite demonstration March 28 outside the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors meeting. Following is a review of the top stories from the Village News from 2018. The Matoaca Megasite was nixed after the Chesterfield Economic Development Authority voted May 3 to withdraw a rezoning application. How to proceed with a 1,675-acre property now is “up in the air” following the Chesterfield County Economic Development Authority’s vote to withdraw an application to rezone the property from residential to industrial. “It’s clear that this project is alarming…

Christmas on the Green

By Caleb M Soptelean on December 24, 2018 Community

Tonya Incitti holds her dog during ‘Christmas on the Green’ Dec. 15 in Chester. Mission Community Church hosts the annual event. Tonya Incitti holds her dog during ‘Christmas on the Green’ Dec. 15 in Chester. Mission Community Church hosts the annual event.

Hundreds gather to honor veterans with wreath laying ceremony

By Becky Wright on December 24, 2018 Community

It was a cloudy, drizzling day but the hearts and spirits of those who came to honor veterans were merry and bright. “Over 300 volunteers braved the rain and showed up for the wreath laying,” said Don Vtipil, Chesterfield resident and president of Oldies But Goodies Classic Cruizers car club. “A thousand wreaths were donated and laid.” The event took place 11 a.m. Dec. 15 at City Point National Cemetery in Hopewell. The efforts to raise funding for the wreath purchases and recruiting volunteers to place the wreaths began much sooner. City Point National Cemetery is the…

Winter scene

By Caleb M Soptelean on December 24, 2018 Community

Holiday lights are evident at 12509 Lewis Road. Holiday lights are evident at 12509 Lewis Road.

Fun in the snow

By Press release on December 24, 2018 Community

Peyton Jones took advantage of ‘Snow Sunday,’ Dec. 9, to have some fun. Peyton Jones took advantage of ‘Snow Sunday,’ Dec. 9, to have some fun.

Chesterfield County names Hughes community corrections services director

By Press release on December 24, 2018 Chesterfield Government

Gary Hughes Chesterfield County recently named Gary Hughes its new director of community corrections services. Hughes has 20 years of experience in the community corrections services field. He has been director of Henrico County’s community corrections services department since 2016. Hughes has overseen Henrico’s probation, pretrial and adult drug treatment court operations. Prior to Henrico, Hughes was with Chesterfield County’s community corrections services for 10 years. He first joined Chesterfield in 2006 as a probation officer, and he became a probation supervisor in 2010, overseeing a staff of 10. Before coming to Chesterfield, Hughes was an adult probation officer in…

County not following court’s recommendation on cell phones: Two remedies already in place, officials say

By Caleb M Soptelean on December 24, 2018 Chesterfield Government, Courts

Storage lockers are located outside the courthouse. A recent recommendation from the Virginia Supreme Court that would allow electronic devices in courthouses will not be followed in Chesterfield, but a couple of proactive steps have already been made, county officials said. In a press release dated Dec. 14, state Supreme Court Chief Justice Donald W. Lemons said that he and his fellow justices adopted a “model policy” for use in courthouses across the state. The policy recommends that portable electronic devices – including cell phones, personal computers, tablets, e-book readers and smart watches – be allowed in courthouses, subject to…

Veterans honored at Sunset Memorial Park wreath laying

By Press release on December 24, 2018 Community

Thomas Dale High School’s lacrosse team attended a wreath laying ceremony at Sunset Memorial Park at 2901 W. Hundred Road in Chester on Saturday, Dec. 15. From left, Trent Akins, Jacob Brooks, Drew Honn, Joe Short, Colin Lilly, Adam Martin, Charles Posey, Cameron Brink, Coleton Kuebler, Ryan Masi, Michael Rodriguez, Megan Reilly, Lindsay Field and Tori Pakurar. Saturday, Dec. 15, began cold and rainy. But that didn’t dampen the spirits and resolve of the people who came to take part in the annual Wreaths Across America wreath laying ceremony at Sunset Memorial Cemetery in Chester. A large group of adults…

The Christmas tree stand

By Caleb M Soptelean on December 24, 2018 Commentary, Community

By Jim Harris Louis Corde and I have had many hunting adventures, but the longest lasting with a piece of equipment has been with a simple platform deer stand (without a seat). I nicknamed it “the platform.” Mom – Nell Fitzpatrick Harris – ordered it for me as a Christmas present in December 1992 when she was 80 and had it delivered to her home near Hampden Sydney, Va. I assembled it in her living room as an English Setter or two stormed through the house. She always had two bird dogs. I mentioned something about setting it up and…

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