The Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) announces that the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Southeast Corridor from Richmond to Raleigh (passing through Chesterfield in Chester) has been signed by the Federal Railroad Administration, the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and DRPT. Speaking about today’s announcement, Governor McAuliffe said, “This approval is an important step toward a higher speed rail system that will enhance our efforts to build a new Virginia economy. Higher speed rail is one of my administration’s top transportation priorities because it will generate new economic activity and improve Virginians’ quality of…
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We at the Village News have decided that we will not continue to cover Donald Trump’s run for president. Not that we do not like him, but we, like other media outlets, have been taken in by the day after day shenanigans of this guy. Sometimes we work so hard to get his latest speech in the paper that blood runs out of our eyes, we dream about building a 1,954-mile-long wall along the border with Mexico. I am a former builder, could I get that contract? We dream about refugees fleeing Syria only to be stuck in refugee camps.…
SEPTEMBER 23 ANCESTRY.COM – Get Started at CCPL – Central Library. 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – Register at library.chesterfield.gov FROM A RICHMOND STREETCAR: THE HARRIS STILSON PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION. Streetcar driver Harris Stilson’s great-granddaughter, Kitty Snow, will share some of Harry’s photos and stories. 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Central Library. Register online at library.chesterfield.gov BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND SCHOOL BOARD LIAISON COMMITTEE. 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. – Lane B. Ramsey Administration Building, Room 502, 9901 Lori Road, Chesterfield SEPTEMBER 24 THE ACOUSTIC CONCERT SERIES – North Sea Gas is a traditional music trio from Scotland. This concert is…
A collector of military vehicles and a member of MVPA (Military Vehicle Preservation Association) local resident, Lee Holland, joined members last weekend re-tracing the route of the historic Military convoy of 1920 along the BankHead Highway from Washington D.C. to San Diego California. Holland joined the MVPA 2015 Convoy that departed from Washington D.C. on Saturday, September 19 with plans to stay with the convoy into Georgia. The convoy planned to arrive in San Diego, Calif. on October 17, the end of the BankHead Highway. Holland had to cut his trip short in his 1942 WC 56 military jeep at…
Parents of swimmers want to take Chesterfield high school athletics one step further. They want to set up swim teams or clubs that would represent each high school in the county. The mission is, “We believe high school swim teams will encourage fitness, self confidence, discipline, team work and an overall feeling of well being that translates to success not only in the classroom but promotes a positive school environment,” according to the group’s website. SWIM Chesterfield was created in an effort to gain Chesterfield County School Board approval for the implementation of club level Parent-Run and Parent-Funded competitive high school swim teams with…
Chesterfield County Public Schools has two free apps to help students, parents and the community easily access information about career and technical education and about breakfasts and lunches in school cafeterias. Career and technical education A new app is available for career and technical education in Chesterfield County Public Schools. The app enables parents, students, alumni, faculty and staff members to quickly access the who, what, when and where for career and technical education. The app, offered in partnership with SchoolInfoApp, is free and features Announcements and information Student tools Links to divisionwide information about career and technical education Picture…
Parents and teen drivers are invited to the Come Home Alive safe driving program. With the goal of reducing car crashes and saving lives, the program brings together parents, students, school officials, law enforcement representatives and community members. Stressing the influence that parents have on teen drivers, Come Home Alive complements the driver education course taught in high schools. The program includes information about distracted driving, coaching tips for parents, an overview of the driver education curriculum, review of traffic laws governing teen drivers, information about insurance and safety reminders. Parents of 10th-grade students are the main focus, but parents…
Over summer vacation, Matoaca High AP language and composition students had the opportunity to read “Waterwalk: A Passage of Ghosts” by Steven Faulkner. Described by Goodreads as “a poet with a sense of humor, Faulkner brings the majestic American heartland to life in one of the finest books ever written about a river journey.” The book describes the 1,000 mile journey by Faulkner and his son as they retraced the 1673 river journey of French explorers Marquette and Joliet from Lake Michigan to St. Louis. The book has been turned into an independent film that premiered at Longwood University where…
I made it through the first week of school. My darling girl bounced happily onto the bus that first day of kindergarten and never looked back. I, of course, was having an internal war that rivaled the most bloody and violent thing you have ever seen. The night before the first day of school I was an anxious, blubbery mess. I just knew that my sweet girl was going to cry getting on the bus the first day of school (I give her no credit at all). I tossed and turned and had terrible nightmares that she would be riding…
Effective immediately, the Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia (CHSV) announces the re-opening of its Museum Gift Shop in historic Magnolia Grange featuring a free gift with purchase in September and a special discount sale in October. Throughout September, the gift shop will feature local products including raw honey, goat’s milk soaps and lotions, popular Eastern Shore Teas and Chesterfield County-themed gift baskets designed as the perfect hostess gift. Shoppers will receive a free gift with purchase in September; hours are Tuesday and Thursday 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. until 2…