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Petersburg nonprofit launches Schools Reopening Grant Program for area school systems

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The Cameron Foundation has announced a new COVID-related grant program to assist area school systems with safely “reopening” their schools and further closing the “digital divide” for more than 32,500 students in the region. In its August meeting, the foundation’s board of directors approved up to $350,000 in new funding to mitigate COVID-related expenses in the 2020-21 academic year with the creation of the Schools Reopening Grant Program. This new commitment builds on the foundation’s previous awards totaling $314,355 in emergency funding to school systems in the spring, when traditional classes came to a halt due to the lockdown. Recipients…

Register now for National Night Out

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This year’s National Night Out celebration is less than one month away, but there’s still time to plan and register your neighborhood’s event. National Night Out is typically celebrated on the first Tuesday in August, but this year’s celebration will take place on Oct. 6, 2020, because of the ongoing COVID-19 situation. And the date isn’t the only thing that’s changed this year; because of ongoing social distancing guidelines, parties are going to look a little different, too. Instead of a traditional block party, your neighborhood could: Make signs or banners to display in yards Have an art contest Organize…

Second-generation teacher carries mother’s passion

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Watching the growth of her students from the beginning of the school year to the end is very rewarding for Alison Becker. Becker, is a first grade teacher at Salem Church Elementary School and has been an educator for five years. Becker taught pre-K in Georgia for her first two years as a teacher, then second and third when she moved to the area.For the upcoming school year, she will be teaching first grade. She said working in different grade levels helped her to grow and stay current in education, and she mentioned her fondness for second graders. “Second grade…

Police Blotter

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BERMUDA HUNDRED RD (8xx block) 09/05/2020 6 p.m. – Electronics, money, and miscellaneous items stolen from vehicle. BRENSPARK RD (99xx block) 09/04/2020 4:30 p.m. – Weapons Violations-Brandishing a Weapon BROMPTON SQ (47xx block) 04/01/2020 8 a.m. – Vandalism to a residence. BUCCANEER DR (9xx block) 08/31/2020 12:01 a.m. – Firearms stolen from vehicle. CAMBERWELL RD (28xx block) 09/04/2020 10 p.m.  – Miscellaneous items stolen from vehicle. CASEY SAVANNAH LN (67xx block) 03/13/2020 8 a.m. – Jewelry stolen from residence. CATTAIL RD (96xx block) 07/04/2020 8 a.m. – Porch entry during burglary. Nothing reported stolen. CENTRALIA RD (64xx block) 09/05/2020 1…

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I have had two rare privileges in my life, compliments of a friend from the Coast Guard, to ride with the New York City Fire Department. The first ride was my friend Mickey and me riding on Engine 75. Mickey’s dream in 1981, and even before, was to be a New York City firefighter. I think it was in 1985 that Mickey’s dream came true and he was hired. Another part of Mickey’s dream was to be a firefighter on Rescue 3 in the Bronx. Fast forward to 1998 or 1999. I had the opportunity to take two others on…

Recently Deceased

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BOOKMAN, Deborah Kay, 66, of Chesterfield. BUSSEY, Cecile, 89, of Chester, wife of Fred L. Bussey. CALDWELL, John Mark, 67, of Chesterfield. FRASHURE, Larry K. 82 of Chester, husband of Alice Dixon Frashure. McDANIEL, James G. 85, of Chesterfield, husband of Janice McDaniel. PIERCE, Juanita Emory, 78, of South Chesterfield, widow of Bernard Emory and Soney Pierce. WHITELY, Larry Glenn, 64, of Chesterfield.

Rayshard Ashby poised for big year with Hokies

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As L.C. Bird alum Rayshard Ashby gets ready to take the field for his senior season for Virginia Tech, he’ll do so with a litany of preseason honors and awards. Athlon Sports named him a preseason All-American last week, in addition to him being announced as a team captain for the Hokies. He also received a spot on the Bednarik Award preseason watch list, that being the award for collegeootball; best defensive player. Phil Steele named him to his preseason All-American second team. All of this comes on the heels of a season in which he won ACC Linebacker of…

Isaiah Moore named Wolfpack captain

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Another leader from the gridiron at L.C. Bird has developed into a leader at the college level. Linebacker Isaiah Moore was named a team captain for North Carolina State on Sunday. Moore was a 5A state champion at L.C. Bird, and he joined teammate Rayshard Ashby in heading to the ACC after getting tons of college offers. The redshirt junior enjoyed a rock-solid junior year, racking up 53 tackles and two sacks, including a ten-tackle outburst against Syracuse. The Wolfpack finished the 2019 season at 4-8, but the team wants tom take a big leap forward in 2020. That will…

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