You have heard the rumors and now a county zoning sign goes up on the vacant property behind your house. What is going on here? Neighbors start to talk and you check at the planning department at the county offices. It is a shopping center, you tells your neighbors. As you and a few of your neighbors pass out flyers, you discover that only one person in your 49-home subdivision does not care about the proposed development. Some widen their complaint to many things that have already happened near them and you have to keep them on topic. Not in…
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NOVEMBER 4 CHESTER CHOICES BOOD DISCUSSION GROUP – “The Round House” by Louise Erdrich will be discussed. 10:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. No registration required. NOVEMBER 5 CHESTER PICKLEBALL. Goyne Park. Ecoff Ave. Each Thursday. 9 until 11 a.m. 6 until 8 p.m. Play will be at the tennis courts located behind the baseball field. Questions or info, call 804-712-8113. COMPANION SUPPER – 6 p.m. Chester Baptist Church, 4317 School St. Details: Deanie Clements, 790-1115 or Sarah Allen, 768-8602. DRAGONFYRE – The Celtic music of Dragonfyre will entertain you with jigs, reels and ballads of war, women and whiskey. 7…
Sisters Dot Kegley of Staunton, Va., formerly of Chester, and Jane Luck of Chester, made a trip to New York for a taping of “The Chew,” and the Village News was along for the ride.
Bob and Jean Henderson retired and took a trip up to Canada. They said it was beautiful.
Drs. Tony and John Agapis will host the 10th annual “Dentistry from the Heart” event – providing a free day of dental care to more than 200 residents. The line will begin as early as 1 a.m. the night before, with hundreds prepared to camp out in order to receive free services. “Dentistry from the Heart” patients travel from across Virginia every year to Dr. Agapis’ Chester dental practice for the annual free day of dentistry, happening November 20. Virginia Blood Services will also be on hand accepting blood donations. In 2001, “Dentistry from the Heart” started with New Port…
The Chesterfield Department of Parks and Recreation in partnership with the Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia offers a guided driving tour of the Civil War battle sites that played a major role in the 1864 Bermuda Hundred Campaign on Saturday, Nov. 7 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. beginning at Henricus Historical Park, 251 Henricus Park Rd. This tour will allow participants to visit Dutch Gap at Henricus to learn about the construction of a canal intended to bypass Confederate artillery batteries, a discussion of the battle of Trent’s Reach, the site of the first Confederate defense of Richmond, Drewry’s…
Campaign ads, debates, whiny politicians; and we have not even begun 2016 yet. As I write this, our local elections will be held tomorrow. We have several candidates for the Board of Supervisors and School Board who have no one running against them, does this mean we are happy with the status quo, or that we just do not pay attention? I am going to go with the latter. We are a nation of head buriers. We are; we love to bury our heads as far down as they can go, it is amazing that any of us can breathe.…
ALCOTT RD (25xx block) 10/24/2015 11:00 a.m. – Clothing and miscellaneous items stolen from residence. BAYVIEW DR (52xx block) 10/23/2015 11:30 p.m. – Property stolen from unlocked vehicle. BENDAHL VALLEY DR (83xx block) 10/25/2015 7:30 p.m. – Two unlocked vehicles were entered and property stolen. BRANDYWINE AVE (99xx block) 10/24/2015 10:30 p.m. – Miscellaneous items stolen from residence. BRIGHT HOPE RD (95xx block)10/23/2015 10:00 a.m. – Property stolen from front yard. CASTLEWELLAN TR (134xx block) 10/23/2015 9:21 a.m. – Entry gained into residence. No signs of force noted. Property stolen. CHALKLEY RD (106xx block) 10/18/2015 7:00 p.m. – Property stolen…
The Chesterfield County/Colonial Heights Crime Solvers program needs your help to identify two suspects involved in a robbery and shooting. During the evening of Wednesday, September 23, a Chesterfield County Police officer saw two male subjects acting suspiciously in the area of Jefferson Davis Highway and Walmsley Boulevard, near the Richmond City border. The officer watched the males engage in suspicious activity which was later determined to be a robbery of a person at the Rainbow Motel. The Chesterfield officer followed the men at a distance, but one of those men turned and fired a shot at the officer, eventually…
I have been taking my readers through my fire service journey, but I feel like I need to step back and share some life-changing or life-altering moments in my life. I am going to give you a brief snapshot of my life-journey. 1976 – I became a Christian and a volunteer firefighter at Fire Station No.1 1977 – I was voted volunteer firefighter of the year at Station No.1 1978 – I graduated from Thomas Dale 1981 – I enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard 1983 – I became a husband, married to the most amazing woman 1985 – I…