Live history
0Storyteller and performer Charmaine Crowell-White entertained students during three lunch events at Carver Middle School Feb. 8. Students enjoyed a first-person performance by Crowell-White as Sukey, Dolley Madison’s personal maid. She described how Sukey and other house servants saved the portrait of George Washington and many other historical documents and items when the White House was set on fire by the British soldiers in 1812.
Village News goes to Myrtle Beach
0Diane Merryman recently visited Myrtle Beach, S.C. with her local newspaper.
Coal ash bill sent to governor: Wording about access to Henricus Park, Dutch Gap not included in bill
2Del. Riley Ingram speaks and Sen. Amanda Chase listens during a meeting between Chesterfield County Public Schools and local legislators late last year. The recently concluded general session was Ingram’s last. A coal ash bill that went through a number of changes in the final weeks of the recently-concluded General Assembly’s general session is waiting action from Gov. Ralph Northam. He has until midnight March 25 to sign, veto or amend the bill. SB1355 was approved 37-2 in the state Senate and 96-2 in the Assembly. It requires Dominion Energy to excavate some 28 million cubic yards of coal ash…
Jaeckle not running again: Ingle angles for job
0Jim Ingle (LinkedIn) Three-term county supervisor Dorothy Jaeckle announced Feb. 19 that she is not running again, while another Republican said he plans to seek his party’s nomination for the position in the June 11 primary. In a press release, the 64-year-old Jaeckle said time is a “most precious commodity.” “It has been a privilege and honor beyond my highest expectations to serve the citizens of the Bermuda District and the citizens of Chesterfield County,” she said. “I have tried my best to listen to the citizens and balance all sides of issues and make the best decisions for the…
Second phase of The Cove at Magnolia Lakes underway
0Cornerstone Homes broke ground Feb. 7 on the second phase at The Cove at Magnolia Lakes, an age 55-plus community located at 5800 Magnolia Cove Circle at Iron Bridge and Chalkley roads in Chester. The company purchased the property from BB&T Corp. when the previous owner, Tascon Group, went bankrupt. New plans include single-family detached and paired single-level homes. From left, Danielle Fitz-Hugh, president, Chesterfield Chamber of Commerce; Mitchell Bode, VP of Crescent Group; county supervisor Dorothy Jaeckle; Roger Glover III, owner, Cornerstone Homes; Joan Allen, original landowner; Josh McMahon, production manager; Craig Logue, sales manager; Danna Markland, Home Building…
New principal at Enon
0Paula Huffman is the principal at the new Enon Elementary School, which opened in January. Enon Elementary reopened earlier this year with a new building and now has a new principal: Paula Huffman. She began working at the 530-student school Jan. 28 and notes that the school’s student body will be over 700 in the fall due to redistricting. It is the Georgia native’s fourth job as a principal. Huffman previously worked in Cobb County, Ga., and in Loudoun and Williamsburg-James City counties. “Leadership development is crucial to ensuring that there are leaders ready to assume roles as other leaders…
Commonwealth Attorney’s office adds five prosecutors
0Front, from left, Ayesha Meekins and Gabriela Philingane; back, Ambrosia Mosby, Catherine Gray and Greg Overholser. Chesterfield’s Commonwealth Attorney’s Office recently hired five prosecutors to bring its attorney staff to full strength. (JOANNA HARTSOOK PHOTOGRAPHY) The new employees are Gabriela Phillingane, Catherine Gray, Ayesha Meekins, Ambrosia Mosby and Gregory Overholser. Phillingane most recently served as an assistant state attorney in the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office, where she specialized in domestic violence prosecutions and secured that office’s first conviction under Florida’s new “revenge porn” law. Phillingane is a bilingual English-Spanish speaker. “Having Spanish language fluency in our attorney corps allows us…
Former Matoaca High teacher gets six months for contributing to the delinquency of a minor
0Longtime Matoaca High teacher Craig D. Nixon was sentenced last week to 24 months in jail with all but six months suspended for two misdemeanor counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The sentence came down after a plea agreement resulted in two felonies being downgraded. Nixon, 51, taught at the Chesterfield County school for 18 years and had no prior criminal record. He was originally charged with indecent liberties with a 16-year-old girl who was a student at the school. As part of his sentence, Nixon – a Midlothian resident – was required to complete a psychosexual…