NEWS BRIEFS
Gecker will remain on planning commission
      Commissioner Dan Gecker will finish out his last year on the Chesterfield County Planning Commission even though he’ll serve under the man he lost to while seeking the Midlothian supervisor seat.
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Chesterfield chamber offers Spanish classes
      The Chesterfield County Chamber of Commerce will offer a 10-week Beginners’ Conversational Spanish Class for business professionals on Jan. 30-Apr. 3 at Lloyd C. Bird High School, located at 10301 Courthouse Road. The class will meet weekly on Tuesday evenings from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
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Pace of commerical development quickens
By Greg Pearson STAFF WRITER
      The county planning staff has been busy reviewing numerous site plans particularly for projects around the Watkins Centre at routes 60 and 288. Officially, only the Westchester Commons retail site plan has been submitted, but it is generating more activity in its wake.
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Corrections & Amplifications
      Correction: In the Dec. 6 issue, the Chesterfield Observer reported that State Senator John Watkins had endorsed the candidacy of Manoli Loupassi for the Republican nomination for the delegate race in the 68th District. The newspaper’s source for the endorsement is inaccurate. Watkins is not endor...
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County high school students lag behind on SAT scores
By Greg Pearson STAFF WRITER
      Despite doing well on other academic testing criteria, Chesterfield County Public Schools (CCPS) continues to under-perform on the SAT test, the nationally recognized college assessment exam. For the 2005-06 SAT, Chesterfield scored below the Virginia averages in all three areas – critical reading,...
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Recent real estate sales in Chesterfield
      PROVIDENCE GREEN 8008 PROVINCETOWN DR 3 1 1 1,400 $140,500 $97,700 PROVIDENCE MEADOWS 8510 MIDDLE LP 3 2 0 1,560 $182,000 $116,500
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Series filmed at Henricus
      Lone Wolf Productions of South Portland, Maine, recently filmed a NOVA series entitled “Pocahontas Lived Here” at Henricus Historical Park. The series, which focuses on Virginia’s Indians and how they viewed English settlements, will later air on PBS. During production on Dec. 4, Bunt Young (top), ...
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