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What kind of house will $1,000,000 buy here?
Skyrocketing real estate prices have hit the luxury home market hard
Where is the helicopter pad? The putting green? The enclosed tennis courts? A million doesn't buy what it once did, but buyers of luxury homes reportedly get more value in Chesterfield than elsewhere in the metro-Richmond area. With a $1,000,000 price tag buyers can expect "a good parcel of land in More...
Schools' paychecks are called competitive
$38 million more recommended
by Charles Batchelor Staff

"This is good news," Ron Reynolds told the school board at its last meeting. "We found the county is very competitive" in its pay for both teachers and its non-instructional employees, the compensation consultant More...

Barber's legal defense team expanding
By Greg Pearson Staff

The Ed Barber legal team added attorney Craig Cooley to help defend the Midlothian supervisor against More...

 News
• article has image Traffic ties up Watkins Centre zoning approvals
The Planning Commission's vote on the Watkins Centre rezoning was again deferred last week because county staff wanted more data to analyze the transportation issues at Midlothian Turnpike and Route 288. More...
• Cloverleaf Mall's plans stall, neighboring center improves
• article has image What happened to Linda?
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 Family
• article has image For every family
COACH encourages families to become more active
Being above average is usually a good thing, but unfortunately that's not the case for Chesterfield County's overweight children. More...
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 Crime Watch
• Hull St. ABC store robbed
The suspect entered the Virginia ABC store in the 9900 block of Hull Street on Jan. 17 armed with a small silver handgun. More...
• More details on Barber's Dec. 29th arrest provided
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 Loose Ends
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The problem with change
I love change. Change is good. It shakes up my routine and forces me to work with something new. But, I just didn't like it when my cosmetic company More...
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 Opinions
• Smaller must be tougher
Dear Editor, It was such a pleasant surprise to see a picture of my son on the front page of [Jan. 11] Chesterfield Observer ["Wrestlers grapple More...
• media watch
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 Calendar
• Chesterfield Choral Society meets Tuesday
Email calendar annoucements to calendar@ ChesterfieldObserver.com or mail to Chesterfield Observer, P.O. Box 1616, Midlothian, VA. 23113. Next deadline is Feb. 8. Wed., January 25 More...
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 Sports
• article has image Skyhawks soaring in Coach Waller's first-year reign
Size and speed don't often go hand-in-hand in scholastic basketball, but those gifts have become the modus operandi for Lloyd C. Bird's girls varsity basketball squad. The combination More...
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