Late Harvest
0Preparing for a spring garden, local man surprised with his shoveling Sam Williams Sam Williams of Chester stopped by the Village News office last week with a very large turnip. “I thought people might get a kick [out of] seeing this,” he said about the overly sized root crop. “I’ve grown them big before, but not this big.” Williams said he plants around an acre of crops each season at his home on Harrowgate Road. He buys his seed at Heretick Feed and Seed, and he will usually harvest the turnips in three months. “It normally freezes during the winter,…
New GRTC Route 111 begins service Monday
0Route 111: Rt 1 Falling Creek-Tyler connects Chesterfield communities GRTC started a new local bus service on Route 1 along a 7.6-mile corridor between the Food Lion in North Chesterfield and John Tyler Community College in Chester. New bus stop signs begin installation along the route in preparation for operations.The new Route 111: Rt 1/Falling Creek/Tyler will operate Monday through Saturday every 30 minutes, connecting communities with shopping destinations, restaurants, job opportunities, and higher education. This new service, which began Monday, is established with funding from the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation’s two-year demonstration grant program (80 percent…
Police Blotter
0ALDRIDGE AVE (14xx block) 02/10/2020 12 p.m. – Households, electronics, and miscellaneous items stolen from residence ARBOR LAKE DR (68xx block) 03/08/2020 4:30 p.m. – Miscellaneous items stolen from residence. ARVIN DR (19xx block) 03/04/2020 10 p.m. – Miscellaneous items stolen from vehicle. BEGINNERS TRAIL LN (8xx block) 03/05/2020 4 p.m. – Weapons Violations-Brandishing a Weapon BELLMEADOWS RD (54xx block) 03/01/2020 12 p.m. – Vehicle parts stolen from residence. BRAMBLETON PL RD (64xx block) 03/08/2020 5:40 a.m. – Firearms stolen from residence. BRIMLEY PL (47xx block) 03/07/2020 8 p.m. – Vandalism to a vehicle. BURNT OAK DR (49xx block) 03/06/2020…
COVID-19
0As we watched the outbreak and spread of this virus throughout Wuhan, China, I am not sure that most of us thought that it would spread beyond the Chinese border, much less cause a worldwide pandemic. We are living in the 21st century, a time where technology and knowledge is supposedly higher than it has ever been. I have just returned from South Africa, where my IPhone 10 served as the best means of GPS tracking. We have all of these things, but yet, we are in the panic mode over this virus. Picture this, my team and I were…
Recently Deceased
0ARTHUR, Barry Lynn, 69, of North Chesterfield. BARTON, Paul Wayne, 68, of Chesterfield, an Army veteran, husband of Monica Sours Barton. BROOKS, Maxine Leona, 80, of Chesterfield, widow of Robert James Brooks Sr. CLEMENTS, Violet Juanita Lampman, 88, of Chesterfield, widow of Cabell Frazier Clements Sr. COX, Carlton Wayne, 72, of Chesterfield, an Army veteran, husband of Peggy Cox. GRAHAM, Ormond Wilson, 84, of Chesterfield, a National Guard veteran. KOSCO, William Joseph, 93, of Chesterfield, widower of Ruth Kosco. KUERBITZ, Wendy Wheeler Brown, 58, of Chesterfield, widow of Bobby Brown II. MADISON, Leon, 81, of Chester, husband of Linda M. Madison. MILLER, Michael Edward, 76, of Chester, husband of Linda…
Volunteers needed for March 28 Appomattox River cleanup
0Friends of the Lower Appomattox River (FOLAR) announces its annual Spring River Clean-up Day on March 28, 2020 from 9:00 a.m. to noon. Volunteers are needed to help pick up trash and debris at sites in Colonial Heights, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Hopewell, Petersburg, and Prince George. Volunteers can choose a site and register at www.folar-va.org. FOLAR Site Captains will be at the following sites to provide supplies and assist volunteers. Wear sturdy shoes and bring your own work gloves, if you can. 2020 sites are: • Appomattox Region Riverside Park, 800 FOLAR Trail, N. Prince George, 23860 • Ferndale Appomattox Riverside Park, 24909 Ferndale Rd.,…
JTCC Foundation accepting scholarship applications
0Each year, the John Tyler Community College Foundation’s scholarship program helps new and returning JTCC students. The program provides thousands of dollars in support by offering a wide variety of need- and merit-based scholarships; general and major-specific scholarships; and scholarships for specific localities. The JTCC Foundation is now accepting applications for its 2020-2021 academic year scholarships. To be considered for a scholarship, an applicant must meet the following minimum requirements: • Be a current or prospective student planning to attend Tyler during the 2020-2021 academic year. High school seniors, who will graduate in 2020 and plan to start Tyler in…
Dogpound and Bills
0Hello and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound. First off, if my timing is correct, the wearing of the green and drinking green beer happened this week. Hope you did something special to celebrate the day. I used to wear some Irish buttons…like “Kiss Me I’m Irish”, or “Pinch Me for Luck,” which are a no-no these days, but I do have a cute pair of oversized green glasses with fake side burns to wear. Who knows, it might bring me luck! I could use it for sure. So, what else is going on? Oh yes, I…