Development plans for the following cases have been filed with Chesterfield County Planning Department, including a greenhouse, medical office, office/warehouse and fuel farm, the latter two at the Chesterfield County Airport. Ruffin Mill Farm LLC plans to build a 1,936-square-foot retail greenhouse and 600-square-foot office on 25.5 acres at 1741 Southcreek Drive north of Ruffin Mill Road east of Interstate 95. The plans also include a 21,412-square-foot outdoor display area. Better Meds plans to build a 6,202-square-foot, one-story medical office on 1.55 acres at 11301 Iron Bridge Road north of Ironbridge Parkway. The developer is Stanley Shield LLC of Richmond.…
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ABOVE: Mollie McDowell and hearing instrument specialist Nick Vickers. Mollie McDowell received a gift last week that was music to her ears. McDowell, 86, was fitted for a new pair of $6,000 hearing aids last week, courtesy of the Beltone Hearing Care Foundation. The longtime Chester resident was thrilled. “I’m anxious to get home and listen to the birds,” she said. McDowell, an Augusta, Ga., native who moved to Chester in 1972 with her husband, Beverly, has overcome bouts of breast cancer following surgeries in 2008 and 2015. The second one was followed by radiation and chemotherapy. Her hearing aids…
ABOVE: Hunter Faison shows a tree he removed while trail building at Pocahontas State Park recently. On a hot, humid August day in the depths of Pocahontas State Park, a group of young people with the Youth Conservation Corps helped build a new hiking trail. “We’re doing something productive,” 16-year-old Daryl Brown said, smiling as he gazed at the fresh path winding through forest vegetation. “I didn’t want to be here at first, but it ended up being fun. The hard work is worth it.” “When we get older and have our own kids, we can show them what we made…
John Childrey won the Republican nomination for Chesterfield County’s commonwealth’s attorney Saturday with 80 percent of the vote in a canvass at six locations. Childrey, chief deputy commonwealth’s attorney in Chesterfield, defeated Stacey Davenport, a Henrico County domestic violence prosecutor. The two were vying for the Grand Old Party’s nod to replace longtime former commonwealth’s attorney Billy Davenport, who resigned July 1. Childrey will square off with Democrat Scott Miles, a Chesterfield defense attorney, in the Nov. 6 general election. Independent candidates have until Aug. 17 to file, according to county registrar Constance L. Tyler. Childrey garnered 935 votes to…
The Chester Village Green’s Third Thursdays concert series continues Aug. 16 when Burrito Riders League takes the stage. The band came together in the spring of 2015 after Chester musician Slim Stanton posted on Facebook something to the effect of: “Before I die I need to play in a 1970s country-rock cover band.” Immediately, singer-songwriter Paulo Franco took up the challenge. Stanton had played on a CD of Paulo’s and occasionally sat in with Franco’s backing band, The Rateros. The two originally planned to add a lead guitar and rhythm section, but the first order of business was to get…
SOUTH CHESTERFIELD – Sabra Dipping Co. broke ground July 24 on an expansion of the world’s largest hummus-making facility. The 40,000-square-foot expansion of the 220,000-square-foot factory in the Ruffin Mill Industrial Park east of Interstate 95 will enable Sabra to further expedite product delivery to retail, which means getting freshly-made hummus into consumer hands and homes sooner. The new addition more than doubles Sabra’s finished goods storage capacity, lays the groundwork for future packaging customization capabilities and will result in an improved carbon footprint, a press release states. Sabra expects to add 12 full-time employees to the more than 700…
Chesterfield County voters can choose the Republican nominee for commonwealth’s attorney in a canvass election Aug. 11. The contest is between John Childrey, chief deputy commonwealth’s attorney in Chesterfield, and Stacey Davenport, a domestic violence prosecutor in Henrico County. The candidate elected to the position Nov. 6 will serve the remaining year or so of Billy Davenport’s term, with another election to follow in November 2019 for a four-year term. The Republican Party canvass is open to all voters registered in the county, but the party asks those who participate to support all of the Republican candidates in…
ABOVE: Jackson Taylor reads a book in ‘The Shell.’ A $3.8-million renovation of the Central Library caused one local resident to gush when she saw it. “I’m really impressed with how they spent my tax dollars,” Chester resident Janet Bishop said last week. “It’s beautiful. I’m getting goose bumps just talking about it. Nobody should complain.” The RRMM-designed building – which now has an address on Lucy Corr Boulevard – opened July 30 after an 18-month renovation. Jennifer Hayek, library branch manager, was also excited. She has worked in that capacity for four years and has been with the Chesterfield…
ABOVE: Ferne Schreffler opened birthday cards at the party on Saturday. Also pictured is her son, Brad Schreffler. Long-time Chester resident Ferne Schreffler celebrated her 100th birthday Saturday with a surprise visit by her 91-year-old sister, Lois Gruver. Bob and Ferne Schreffler lived in Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Utah before an employment opportunity for Bob brought the family to Chester in the spring of 1965. They found a house on Richmond Street where they lived for nearly 50 years. “My mother always enjoyed being a part of the neighborhood, thoughtfully greeting families as they moved in and being a faithful friend…
Dean Andrs, on left, recently traveled from Chester to Minneapolis with some of his family to visit his uncle, Bill Andrs, who is 88 years old and enjoys reading the Village News. Dean and family enjoyed fishing on several of the state’s 10,000 lakes and visiting relatives and friends. He brought home fish that will be enjoyed at a fish fry later this year.