Chesterfield officials are tentatively projecting a $10-$15 million increase in tax revenue for the upcoming 2013 fiscal year – up from the $705 million for the current fiscal year. The higher revenue will boost the FY13 general fund, which pays for most public services. The fund grew $5 million during the current fiscal year, after peaking in FY09 at $750 million More...

State officials have given the green light to install a traffic signal that Brandermill residents have been seeking for some time. The Virginia Department of Transportation said it has reconsidered an earlier decision and now agrees that a stoplight is needed at the intersection of Brandermill Parkway and Powhite Parkway/ Old Hundred Road for safety reasons. More...

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It’s become common knowledge that Americans, as a population, are getting older while health-care costs have been climbing faster than almost any other type of expense. That combination spells financial worry when it comes to arranging long-term care for elderly people. More...

Unwelcome visitors appeared twice in the 2500 block of Moseley Road during the early morning hours of the weekend of Jan. 14-15. On Jan. 14, a resident answered a knock at the door around 2:30 a.m. and encountered an unknown person who unsuccessfully tried to enter forcibly. A shed on the property was found to have been rummaged through. More...

Every two years it starts over. About the time I can make a phone call without calling up the Air Force, our cell phone contract is up, and we can get a new phone with a new plan. Understand we are not trying to keep up with the Joneses, just our kids. We used to talk to them, but now we text. More...

I have a real concern regarding the way our schoolchildren are being used to benefit the school system with funds collected during sales drives, such as the cookie dough drive now going on at Midlothian Middle School. I know times are tough right now, but they have been for a long time, as far as the school system goes. More...

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TAKE NOTICE Take notice that the Board of Supervisors of Chesterfield County, Virginia, at an adjourned meeting on February 8, 2012, at 6:30 p.m. in the County Public Meeting Room at the Chesterfield Administration Building, Rt. More...