Bird, Matoaca win; Dale loses a close one
0Dominic Gray tackles a Cosby player. (Rob’s DigiPix) https://youtu.be/5q0bhYYdEsM By Josh Mathews and Joe Short The Skyhawks’ defense held Cosby at bay for the entire game and made three key stops that kept the Titans out of the end zone to win 7-2. In so doing, Bird kept its playoff hopes alive. Most of the action of the game was in the first quarter, and L.C. Bird struck first. K.B. Miles’ 10-yard run gave the Skyhawks the lead. Early in the second quarter, Cosby threatened from the Bird 28. Senior linebacker Dominic Gray got a big quarterback sack on second…
Scary! South Chesterfield resident hosting free haunted house
0Horne with one of his three cats.Horne and his hearse. By day, Tim Horne works as a mechanic. But when he’s not at work, he’s brewing up something spooky for neighbors near and far. Many people who vacation in August do so at the beach, but not Horne. Beginning on Aug. 1 each year, he takes off one day a week until Oct. 22, his birthday. He uses these days off to prepare his property for Halloween. From Oct. 22 through Nov. 5, Horne takes a full-time break from his day job to devote his time and energy to preparing…
Jackson, Longnaker vying for $130K-a-year treasurer’s post
0Michael JacksonRebecca Longnaker On Nov. 5, Chesterfield County residents will elect a new county treasurer. It’s the first contested treasurer’s election in 40 years. Although such a race may normally seem “humdrum,” the specter of a dismissed five-year-old forgery charge and five years of delinquent personal property taxes against Democrat nominee Michael Jackson has been recently raised by his Republican opponent, Rebecca Longnaker. County treasurer Carey Adams has been employed by the county for over 31 years, according to Longnaker, but has only been in his current position since being appointed in January 2017 to replace Richard Cordle. Adams was…
Ruth Hope Jordan
0Ruth Hope Jordan, 84, of Chester, Va., passed away peacefully in her home on Oct. 12, 2019. Ruth was born on Dec. 25, 1934, in Colonial Heights to John David Jordan and Ruth Alma Pate Jordan. She was born prematurely, so small that her first crib was just a small box placed near a space heater for warmth; yet she persevered and went on to dedicate her life to volunteering and serving the people of Chesterfield County. After graduating Thomas Dale High School and the Norfolk College of William and Mary (now Old Dominion University), she returned to Chester, where she…
Ryan Thomas Newport
0Newport, Ryan Thomas, of Richmond, Va., passed away unexpectedly, yet peacefully, on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019. He was 38. He lived and loved courageously. Ryan was the ever-loving, ever-caring son of Fonda Jo Newport and Thomas Asher Newport, and the father of Isabel (age 11) and Tristan Newport (age 5), of whom will be raised and forever-loved by their beautiful mother, Rene Verbeck. He was born in Kentucky, but resided in Virginia and California for much of his adulthood. Throughout his life, beloved places of visit for him were the Outer Banks of North Carolina and Florida’s coasts. Ryan was…
‘Colors of the Orchestra’ opens Oct. 27
0The Petersburg Symphony Orchestra will open its 42nd concert season at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27, with “Colors of the Orchestra” – a program that reveals the palette of colors and textures that are available to composers of orchestral music. Tchaikovsky’s “Marche Slav” and Copland’s “Our Town” are showcased. More details are at petersburgsymphony.org, and tickets can be purchased there or at the door. Concerts take place at the Petersburg High School Auditorium, 3101 Johnson Road. Ulysses Kirksey has been PSO’s music director for over 30 years, and he assumed the baton from the founder F. Nathaniel, a distinguished educator…
Supervisors candidates face off at Chester forum
0Bob Holsworth, on right, moderated the Oct. 17 candidates forum. (Caleb M. Soptelean photo) All 10 candidates for the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors participated in a candidate forum Oct. 17 at the new Workforce Development Center at John Tyler Community College’s Chester campus. About 100 people attended the event, which featured questions asked by the audience through moderator Bob Holsworth. Candidates were typically given 15 or 30 seconds to answer questions, some of which included imposing a 2-percent meals tax and taking over maintenance of Chesterfield’s public schools. In regard to a meals tax, which county voters turned down by…
Courthouse Landing project deferred 60 days
0The location of a proposed ‘Courthouse Landing’ development is pictured. Proposed 201 housing units on Chester RdProposed Chester Road development. A controversial mixed-use project dubbed “Courthouse Landing” was put on hold during the Oct. 15 Planning Commission meeting and the developer’s representative was told to conduct more community meetings. Courthouse Landing would be built on 124 acres on the northeast corner of Courthouse Road and Route 10. It would include 59 acres owned by the Chesterfield Economic Development Authority. The developer – Jim Dunphy of Dunphy Properties of Tampa, Fla. – has requested a rezoning and conditional use permit. Planning…