Johnson named preseason All-MAAC second team
0BUFFALO, N.Y. – Canisius senior men’s basketball player Malik Johnson was recently named to the Preseason All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference second team. The Chesterfield resident has started all 99 career games played at the Jesuit-founded college and was an All-MAAC third-team choice at the end of the 2018-19 season after he averaged 9.6 points, 4.8 assists, 4.2 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game in 32 contests. Johnson and his Golden Griffin teammates tipped off the 2019-20 basketball season on Nov. 9 against Brown. Johnson played 40 minutes and tallied 24 points, nine rebounds and five assists, but Canisius lost 75-68…
The world is their oyster!
0Chester residents Jerry Chambliss, Brenda Andrs and Cindy Harrison took a break at the Urbanna Oyster Festival, which was Nov. 1-2, to catch up on some local news. A great time was had by all.
Traveling
0Hello and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound. I recently had the opportunity to go to a show that was a tribute to Neil Diamond. I had heard of this place before, a lot of good shows and performers, but never had the opportunity to actual attend. This location is about 90 minutes from where I live, and this being a night show, I wanted to try and get there early because night driving in an unfamiliar area with lots of traffic is not my cup of tea. I got there just before it really got dark,…
Election of first Muslim to state Senate draws reaction on Facebook
0By Hannah Eason and Sravan Gannavarapu (VCU Capital News Service) Days after Virginia’s legislative elections, anti-Muslim comments flooded news stories about Ghazala Hashmi becoming the first Muslim to serve in the state Senate, with hundreds of Facebook users linking her to terrorism and saying it was a “sad day” for Virginia. Hashmi, 55, D-Midlothian, defeated incumbent Republican Glen Sturtevant by 8 percentage points, 54-46. Sturtevant won Chesterfield, 51-48, and Powhatan, 77-23, but lost Richmond, 25-75. The state House has two Muslim men: Sam Rasoul, 38, D-Roanoke, who was born in Warren, Ohio, and Ibraheem Samireh, 27, D-Herndon. Samireh, who was…
Fall Sports Video Highlights
0By Shavonne Johnson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y9HUW56qpc Jasiah Williams’ game-winning to pass to DeAngelo Gray with :38 seconds left. Thomas Dale beats Dinwiddie 46-44 in a shootout thriller. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDETJhWkC7M Matoaca builds big lead, falls to Petersburg 34-28 https://youtu.be/g5EUQA8lFO0 Full highlights of Thomas Dale’s thrilling 19-14 win over Matoaca. https://youtu.be/Fuf_YEle6C4 HAIL MARY! Thomas Dale gets a miracle to beat Matoaca with no time left. https://youtu.be/5q0bhYYdEsM Full highlights of L.C. Bird’s 7-2 win over Cosby. https://youtu.be/4cercem2ejo L.C. Bird’s Angel Hines becomes the first female football player in school history. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W6IXOkBKb4&feature=youtu.be Matoaca vs. Colonial Heights, and an interview with Annie Grace Louthan. https://youtu.be/JyDUpD6lbtA Matoaca rallies, but…
It’s a package deal: Mexican company coming to Meadowville Technology Park
0Cartograf, a leading provider of packaging solutions across a wide range of industrial sectors, announced Oct. 23 that it will invest $65.3 million to establish its first folding and micro-corrugated package printing facility in the U.S. The 100-acre site will be located in the Meadowville Technology Park in Chesterfield County. Alexandra Wilson, a spokeswoman from The Keith Corp of Charlotte, N.C., said construction on a 315,000-square-foot building was set to begin the first week of November. Target opening date is March 2020. Virginia successfully competed with North Carolina and Georgia for the project, which will create 63 new jobs, according…
Hughes responds to political ad
0My opponent, Tim McPeters, purchased a full-page ad in last week’s Village News in which he criticized me personally and professionally in an attempt to convince citizens to vote for him. In the ad, he also disclosed my home address, which I consider completely unethical and, frankly, shameful. I am a single mother with a teenage son, and I live in a quiet neighborhood in North Chesterfield. This has compromised my family’s and my neighbors’ safety. I have contacted law enforcement, and they consider this a sufficient threat that they are planning to patrol my street until the election on…
Man, woman charged in child’s death
0Goode Pierce The driver of a vehicle involved in a fatal crash that occurred at the intersection of East Hundred Road and Meadowville Road on March 19 was recently charged with involuntary manslaughter. Police said a Mazda Protege was traveling east on East Hundred Road when it began to turn left at a crossover, but then reentered the eastbound travel lane. A white Infiniti sport utility vehicle, which was traveling behind the Mazda, struck the Mazda and pushed it into the crossover. The vehicles traveled into the westbound lanes, and the Mazda struck the rear bumper of another vehicle. A…