Chester Christmas Parade Winners
0Parade winners: Best Float – Portable Waste Solutions; Best Vehicle – Miss Chesterfield USA Taylor Reynolds; Best Band – TDHS Marching Knights; Best Performing – ACCA Shriners; Best Walking – VA Fallen Heroes; Best Fire/Rescue – Old Dominion Historical Fire Society; Best Equestrian – Laughing Place Inc. Pick upnext week’s (Dec. 18) Village News for more parade pictures.
Weekly Calendar
0DECEMBER 11 INTRODUCTION TO ANCESTRY AND ONLINE GENEALOGY- 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Central Library, Chesterfield Business Suite Conference Room. Registration begins two weeks before each program. CHESTERFIELD NEEDLEWORK FRIENDS- 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Central Library, Central Meeting Room Knit, crochet, socialize and share your techniques. All skill levels welcome. MAKERSPACE OPEN HOURS – 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., Central Library. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WORK SESSION – 2 p.m..to 5 p.m. Lane B. Ramsey Building, 9901 Lori Road. BOS Meeting – 6 p.m . g\to 9 p. m. Public Meeting Room. DECEMBER 13 Holiday Dance – 6 p.m. to…
Police Blotter
0AUTUMNLEAF DR (52xx block) 11/25/2019 12:01 a.m. – Trespassing (Including Prowler)-Residential BEECHWOOD AVE (36xx block) 11/29/2019 8:50 p.m. – Weapons Violations-Illegal Discharge BEULAH RD (42xx block) 12/02/2019 6 p.m. – Electronics stolen from school building. BLEST LN (61xx block) 10/15/2019 12:01 a.m. – Miscellaneous items stolen from storage facility. BRANCHS WOODS LN (86xx block) 11/27/2019 5:15 p.m. – Weapons Violations-Accidental Discharge BRANDERS BRIDGE RD (I154xx block) 07/10/2019 7 a.m. – Money and miscellaneous items stolen from residence. BRANDYWINE AVE (100xx block) 12/01/2019 6:30 p.m. – Weapons Violations-Brandishing a Weapon CALAVETTI DR (62xx block) 11/26/2019 9:50 p.m. – Weapons Violations-Illegal Discharge …
Recently Deceased
0ATKINS, Marguerita B., 88, of Chesterfield, widow of Edwin Stewart Atkins. BASS, Roger Thompson, 87, of Chester, widower of Phyllis Kellar Bass. BAUGHAN, Margaret Keeton, 98, of Chesterfield, widow of William Tucker Baughan Jr. DABNEY, Douglas Call, 67, of Chesterfield. FEDORIW, Verna, 87, of Chesterfield. FITCHETT, Corinne Boller, 92, of Chesterfield. GILMAN, Geneva F., 94, of Chesterfield, widow of Aubrey L. Gilman Jr. GRAVATT, Janet L., 80, of Chesterfield, widow of Harold George Gravatt. GROOME, James Ellis, 80, of North Chesterfield, husband of Pamela T. Groome. HAGY, Geraldine, 77, of Chesterfield, wife of Doug Hagy. NICHOLLS, Louise, 93, of Chesterfield, widow of Aubrey N. Nicholls. PARRISH, Roy I. Jr., 76, of Chesterfield,…
A few reminders
0As this is the time of the year when folks set out to decorate their homes for Christmas, I thought that I would share a few reminders to keep you and your home safe. Every year, a tragic accident or fire occurs during this time of the year. My goal with this article is to provoke you to think about every step you take, in adorning your home with the sights of the season. I will start with lights that you may put up on the outside. The first thing that you want to ensure is that the lights work…
Basketball box scores
0Thomas Dale boys (3-0) Thomas Dale 53, Douglas Freeman 51 Dale scoring: Kylon Lewis 14 pts, Neal Phillips 14 pts, Myles Phillips 8 pts Thomas Dale 56, Mills Godwin 49 Dale stats: Miles Phillips 13 pts, Kylon Lewis 12 pts, 5 reb, 4 asst, Jahmeel Campbell 10 pts, 5 reb, Luke Ogle 8 pts, 6 reb Thomas Dale 61, Meadowbrook 53 Dale stats: Kylon Lewis 19 pts, Neal Phillips 14 pts, 6 reb, Jahmeel Campbell 9 pts, Miles Phillips 9 pts Matoaca girls (2-0) Matoaca 73, Hermitage 33 Matoaca stats: Maia Pettaway 12 pts, 3 stl, Jordan Carpenter 11 pts,…
Wrestling Preview
0Matoaca In his second season as head coach, Daniel Clingenpeel is looking to push his Matoaca Warriors back to the greatness that they won three straight state championships from 2014-2016. “Matoaca Wrestling is returning a team with a good mix of experience,” said Clingenpeel. “We are returning seven wrestlers who were either freshmen or first-year wrestlers who gained a ton of experience last season.” Among those seven wrestlers were three regional placers, along with three upperclassmen who placed in region 5B last year. Returning 5B region champion Nick Garcia is hungry to improve on a 3rd-place state tournament finish last…
Off and running
0Knights start their season 3-0 As the basketball season got underway for seven of nine Chester-area teams, there was plenty of good news. After winning just five games last year, Thomas Dale already has 60 percent of that win total in the season’s first week. Under first-year head coach Keyode Rogers, Thomas Dale won the Rebel Invitational and started its season 3-0 by defeating Douglas Freeman, Mills Godwin and Meadowbrook. “We played good team basketball,” Rogers said. “We are being very unselfish on the offensive end and playing team defense on the other end. This is a good start, but…