Local real estate market showing signs of improvement
0In Chesterfield home sales were down in August from June, the strongest month this year. June boasted 631 units sold while August was down at 461 yet still the strongest month other than June. August home sales in Virginia were 5.26 percent higher year-over-year, while median sales price remained fairly stable. Both number of sales and sales prices decreased from July to August. Sales and prices decrease seasonally beginning in July and continue to decrease through the beginning of the following year. In Chesterfield, the days on the market in August averaged 50, lower than the average last year, which…
Village News Tours Rome and the Greek Isles
0Jim Althouse of Chester and Mari Wells of Dinwiddie enjoyed a recent trip to Rome and the Greek Isles. Jim and Mari took the Village News to the Coliseum.
Grandmaster May Be in the Making at Meadowdale Library
0Check and checkmate could be heard last Saturday wafting across the Meadowdale Library meeting room. Fifty players from across the state in three categories, from elementary through high school levels, competed in a Chess Tournament sponsored by the Chesterfield County Public Library. James Hudson, branch manager at the Meadowdale Library, began a Chess Club at the Meadowdale branch and for a couple of years the club has been meeting once a month. He said the club has grown a lot and now meet each week on Tuesday from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. All skill levels and ages are invited…
World Weary
0As I lounge on my couch, in my comfy clothes, legs stretched out on my husband’s lap; I am weary while watching the news. I am exhausted, I am heartbroken, I am disgusted, I am sickened, I am tired of this world that we live in, what in the world has happened to humankind? We are, without a doubt, on a dangerous path. We seem to be numb, we are gunning each other down in mass shootings, and we do not even blink an eye, the ocean is devouring our coasts with each passing storm, we keep denying climate change.…
Time to Act on Bikeways, Trails
0To the Editor: The August editorial titled Great Idea, Poor Execution and subsequent Comments are relevant to the important upcoming Board of Supervisors and Planning Department meeting October 20 at 6 p.m. about the Comprehensive Plan – Bikeways and Trails. The plan has been studied and reworked several times over too many years. Now is the time for Chesterfield County, with the leadership of the Board of Supervisors, to approve the plan and execute it in the coming years to promote a healthy and vibrant community that attracts millennials and business. Is the Comprehensive Plan perfect? No. Will there be…
Narrowing of West Hundred Road through Chester
0To the Editor: The “center” (turning lane) of Route 10/West Hundred Road has been narrowed quite a bit, as well as the other four traffic lanes to make room for two bicycles lanes. To make room for bicycles, they should have bought up more right-of-way. Driving west, I make a left turn on to Petersburg Street. I can just barely get my car into this turning lane. With real heavy traffic, cars and trucks are passing me in both west and east lanes, barely missing me by inches. There I sit, in “dead water” with “white knuckles,” waiting to be…
Crime of the Week
0The Chesterfield County/Colonial Heights Crime Solvers program needs your help to identify and locate two bold shoplifting suspects. On Monday, Sept. 7, at about 4:30 p.m., a white male and white female worked together to steal women’s undergarments from the Victoria’s Secret in Chesterfield Towne Center. Surveillance cameras later revealed the female suspect was pulling clothing from display racks and putting it into a large bag being carried by the male suspect. What the investigating officers did not know at the time was that just prior to stealing from Victoria’s Secret the same two suspects had stolen numerous clothing items from the Hollister store in the…
Police Blotter
0ALLERTON ST (61xx block) 09/24/2015 2:28 p.m. – Unknown suspect attempted to gain entry into residence. At this time nothing has been reported stolen. ALLERTON ST (61xx block) 09/28/2015 4:30 p.m. – Property removed from unlocked vehicle. ARBOR LAKE APTS (68xx block) 10/01/2015 10:00 p.m. – Miscellaneous property stolen from residence. ASHLEY OAK TR (108xx block) 10/01/2015 5:30 p.m. – Lumber stolen from house under construction. BEULAH RD (56xx block) 09/26/2015 5:30 p.m. – Property stolen from unlocked vehicle. BEULAH RD (57xx block) 09/28/2015 10:00 p.m. – Property stolen from unlocked vehicle. CHESTERFIELD AVE (211xx block) 09/25/2015 5:00 a.m. -…