News & Features
REMINISCENCE: Chester names that ring a bell
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| Rosa Williams McLaurin Micou, left, has playtime with her cousin, Laura McLaurin Hurt Sloan. The year was 1919. Regular visits continued until Sloans’ death several years ago. |
“When I walked down the street it was like relatives were falling out of the trees,” said Mary Byrd Micou Martin of her childhood in Chester. Martin and her brother Chip Micou share a lineage that includes many Chester notables, including the founding members of the first Chester Library, public school, woman’s club, garden club and the Chester Baptist Church, among others.
Feb 3, 2010 - 11:14:33 AM
News & Features
CCPS superintendent proposed $26 million in cuts
Chesterfield County Public School Superintendent Marcus Newsome’s proposed budget, which includes the elimination of 225 instructional positions, drew reactions from throughout the community last week.
Feb 3, 2010 - 11:09:57 AM
News & Features
Special license plates would alert rescuers to medical conditions
At the suggestion of a Colonial Heights woman, the General Assembly is considering a bill to provide special license plates for people with certain medical conditions.
Feb 3, 2010 - 11:08:32 AM
News & Features
Legal Briefs
At its Feb. 10 meeting, which will begin at 6:30 p.m. and take place in the Public Meeting Room of the Chesterfield Administration Building, the Board of Supervisors will consider the following matters:
Feb 3, 2010 - 11:07:48 AM
News & Features
Community zoning meetings
A community meeting on Holiday Signs’ request for a conditional-use permit for a computer-controlled, variable message, electronic sign in a community business district is set for Monday, Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. at the Chester Library.
Feb 3, 2010 - 11:06:37 AM
Community
Celebrating Black History Month
The annual Business Breakfast, a by-invitation-only event, is tentatively set for Feb. 26. The breakfast will feature a highly-acclaimed speaker and deserving Chesterfield County students will be awarded scholarships for higher learning.
Feb 3, 2010 - 11:03:36 AM
Sports
Middle school hoops tournament begins, Warriors advance
Matoaca, Elizabeth Davis and Salem Church have all advanced to quarterfinal play in the 2010 CCPS Middle School Basketball Tournament by virtue of first round victories last Thursday. They join the Falling Creek Panthers, who earned a first-round bye with their 11-1 regular season record.
Feb 3, 2010 - 11:02:41 AM
Sports
The Next Level
If you are a parent, coach, athletic director or simply a fan you can help the Village News identify Bird, Community, Dale, Matoaca or Meadowbrook graduates who are contributing at the college level. Specific information can be sent to sports @ villagepublishing.com.
Feb 3, 2010 - 10:57:30 AM
News & Features
Police Blotter : February 3, 2010
JEFFERSON DAVIS HWY 1/24 Hank’s BBQ. Entry to the rear of the business was gained by breaking out a rear window. Suspect/s were unable to go beyond the rear room, as the door leading into the front portion of the restaurant was deadbolted.
Feb 3, 2010 - 10:53:38 AM
Opinion
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Letters
Letters: February 3, 2010
Support of Christmas Mother program outstanding
SOS: Save our schools
Adding perspective to Williams’ excellence
Feb 3, 2010 - 10:50:57 AM
Opinion
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From the Editor
Would you vote Goldman Sachs for President?
The snow hit us pretty hard on Saturday: A great day to be forcibly shut-in. Sometimes you need something like a snow storm to sort of shove you down and make you take a break, to push you down on the sofa and coerce you to watch movies all day or take a little nap as snow depths reached the six-inch mark outside.
Feb 3, 2010 - 10:49:40 AM
Columns
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Charlie Todd
Big potatoes
“My commencement speaker, Dr. Flemmie P. Kittrell, at Henderson Institute in North Carolina, told a story about a farmer who brought his potato crop into town in baskets on a rickety wagon,” said Dr. Calvin Herritage Thigpen during a chat at his home in Chesterfield County.
Feb 3, 2010 - 10:47:59 AM
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