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September 20, 2006
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Dateline Chesterfield
Police enact own version of "To Catch a Predator" Online safety tips from Chesterfield Police
By Richard Foster CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Jerry Hoyle, a 58-year-old retired elementary school teacher from Henderson, N.C., must have been pretty excited as he was driving to Virginia, about to finally meet the 13-year-old girl with whom he'd been engaging in sexually explicit Internet chats for weeks. More...
Free speech lawsuit will go to jury trial
Federal judge sides with Steinburg
By Greg Pearson STAFF WRITER

A Federal District Court is allowing a lawsuit against the Chesterfield Planning Commission and two of its commissioners to go to jury trial on Oct. 10. U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Payne recently denied a request by the County Attorney's Office for the $2.6 million lawsuit to be dismissed. More...

DEQ denies permit for Galleria
By Greg Pearson STAFF WRITER

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has denied a permit for HMK to disrupt wetlands and streams to build Galleria Mall on a 160-acre site bounded by Powhite Parkway, Jahnke Road and Chippenham Parkway. The Chesterfield Board of Supervisors approved zoning for retail, office and re More...

 News
•Tennis facility replaces Brandermill condo plan
A plan to replace 12 tennis courts at Brandermill Country Club with 45 condominiums has been scrubbed to make way for an enclosed tennis facility by the Midlothian Tennis Club (MTC). The proposed enclosure of four tennis courts could open by year's end, said Ken Baker, one of the investors. More...
•Woodpecker Rd. neighbors sue county over use permit
•Bon Secours Health System opens new Cancer Institute at St. Francis
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•Help name a school
Chesterfield County Public Schools is asking for input on the naming of three new schools in the Bermuda and Matoaca districts. Suggestions can be e-mailed to ccpsinfo@ccpsnet.net or mailed to Community Relations, P.O. Box 10, Chesterfield, VA 23832 by Oct. 2. School Board members will receive the s More...
•Eppington open on Oct. 7 to public
•Cosby High cheerleaders host girls' camp
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 Calendar
•Full Story
Wed., Sept. 20 Congressman Eric Cantor's District More...
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 Letters/Opinion
•Citizen questions county audit process
Dear Editor, Lest some citizens derive too much comfort from the recent article, "County audit in process [Aug. 9]," I caution them that those checks do not include a process audit to identify duplicate payments such as those made for the design of Cosby High School. Neither is KPMG's audit design More...
•Animal shelter reporting
•Golf Open benefits job seekers with mental disabilities
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 Family
•New Bermuda middle school will honor Elizabeth Davis
A new middle school to be built in the Bermuda District will be named after former School Board member Beth Davis, who passed away last June. More...
•Fun and festivities at ChesterFest
•A bear-y, bear-y special event set for Sept. 23
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 Seniors
•Explore healthcare options during annual Senior Community Day
"It's Your Time: Explore, Chart, Transition" is the theme of the Richmond Senior Network Fourth Annual Senior Community Day on Wed., Sept. 28. More...
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 Crime Watch
•Big brother's watching you
Elli Morris/Chesterfield Observer The free rides for toll cheaters along Chesterfield County's portion of Powhite Parkway are almost over. The Virginia Department of Transportation recently installed cameras at the toll booths to catch motorists who speed through without paying a toll. The cameras a... More...
•Unknown suspect robs Hardees restaurant along Hull Street Road
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 Loose Ends
•Once upon a pillow
We don't stay in hotels very often, but they all flunk pillows. Some aren't bad, but they aren't like mine, and it is a pass/fail test. More...
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