Old West Hundred corner could be developed
0Chester could get a new building at the entrance to Chester Village at the intersection of West Hundred Road and Old West Hundred Road. The proposed building would be called Chester Mini Storage and contain 500 interior storage units. The exterior of the building would look like an office building. The property where the proposed building would be built on is 3.4 acres. A buffer (native trees and bushes) would equal about 50 feet at the rear and west sides and five feet along West Hundred Road. The five feet is proposed due to the wide right of way that…
Chewing the Fat at Magee’s
1Who are these guys? Do you know? All we really know is that they were standing outside of Magee’s Pharmacy in Chester. It looks as if they are hanging out just chewing the fat on the sidewalk at the intersection of Old Hundred (Hundred Road then) and Harrowgate roads. New Chester gossip or business discussions; what were they talking about? At the time Hundred Road was a business district just a few blocks long. The businesses there at the time included a hardware store, a post office, and the first library in Chesterfield County including a grocery and of course,…
Weekly Calendar
0MAY 18 CHESTERFIELD COUNTY FARMERS MARKET OPENS – 3 p.m. until 6 p.m. Mimms Loop near School Board Building. AMERICAN RED CROSS KNIT/CROCHET CLASSES – 10 a.m. Chester Baptist Church, 4317 School St. Details: Vee Hancock, 804-276-2891. CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION GOALS & ACCOOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE MEETING – 12:30 p.m. until 1:30 p.m. Room 502, Administration Building, 9901 Lori Rd.The Capital Construction Goals and Accountability Committee was formed to review all plans related to the bond referendum projects and make recommendations to the School Board and the Board of Supervisors. The committee will also review financial documentation related to the projects and seek…
Chester Lions collect for White Cane Fundraiser
0During the White Cane fund raising event on May 6 and 7, the Chester Lions Club met their monetary goal and the members met many wonderful supporters from the community. Many of those generous people are friends of members of the Lions and all are very kind-hearted. There are always citizens who have stories about some earlier personal experience with Lions. The stories are accounts of times when they or a family member or perhaps just a friend were recipients of services provided by a Lions club. Pictured with Ralph Jones is of one of those recipients. When Carol Tillar…
Raising good people
0We all fail as parents at one point or another. I am fully convinced that no matter how stable and nurturing of an environment I provide for my two, they will undoubtedly end up needing therapy in their adult years from some slight or trauma that I induced unknowingly. It just seems that is the way it is these days. See, when I was growing up, quite a few of us had “functional dysfunction” households. My husband and I are from “broken homes” and endured many scenarios that my children will never bear witness to; and we work very hard…
CHSV Presents “Planters Day” at Magnolia Grange
0The Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia (CHSV) will present “Planters Day” at historic Magnolia Grange House Museum on Saturday, June 4 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. “Planters Day” will interpret life on the farm in Chesterfield County in the 186os with costumed re-enactors, traditional music, crafts and trades such as a potter, a doctor and a midwife, a carpenter, children’s activities and more. The outdoor event is $3 for adults and $1 for children. Magnolia Grange will be open for tours and refreshments will be available for purchase from Southern Smokin BBQ. Funds raised will benefit restoration efforts to…
Police Blotter
0ABBEYDALE CT (29xx block) 05/08/2016 10:00 p.m. – Consumable goods and miscellaneous items stolen from vehicle. ALDRIDGE AVE (24xxx block) 05/08/2016 5:00 p.m. – Vandalism-Motor Vehicle ALFALFA LN (24xx block) 05/08/2016 10:45 a.m. – Side window entry. Money stolen. APPLEWOOD RD (38xx block) 02/01/2016 5:00 p.m. – Miscellaneous items stolen from vehicle. ARROWFIELD RD (23xx block) 03/01/2015 12:00 p.m. – Rape-Forcible AUSTIN RD (15xx block) 05/05/2016 3:30 p.m. – Vandalism-Residential BELFIELD CT (47xx block) 05/12/2016 7:00 a.m. – Front door entry. Money, Jewelry, electronics and miscellaneous items stolen. BELLMEADOWS RD (54xxx block) 05/05/2016 2:00 p.m. – Side window entry. CENTRALIA…
Crime of the Week
0The Chesterfield County/Colonial Heights Crime Solvers program is asking for your help this week to solve a cold case homicide. Just before 12:45 a.m. on Thursday, May 15, 2014, officers responded to the 3300 block of Meadowdale Boulevard for a report of multiple shots fired. Upon arrival, officers located two adult male shooting victims. One of the men, David Emmanuel-Sinclair Copeland, 23, of the 3300 block of Meadowdale Boulevard, died at the scene. The second victim was transported to VCU Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries. If you can identify this suspect, or have information that would help solve any…