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January 24, 2007
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It's less than 10 months before Election Day, but the apparent frontrunner, Republican Steve Elswick, has withdrawn from the race for supervisor in Matoaca District. Late last year, Republican Supervisor Renny Humphrey announced that she would not run for the Matoaca seat for a fourth term and was... More...
Specialty center teaches community involvement

The Spanish Immersion Specialty Center at Manchester High School teaches students more than a language, it teaches values such as volunteerism and cultural tolerance. The specialty center's service learning class is where students get the opportunity to hone their language skills and help the loca... More...

Playing politics is alleged

The Chesterfield Planning Commission last week voted to recommend denial of a 53-acre residential project by Greenacres Limited Partnership to the county board amid accusations of playing politics and not playing fair. The parcel is owned by Yi Nan Chou and Wan Fen Chou, who also own 235 adjacent ... More...

The Chesterfield Board of Supervisors is expected to approve a $9.2 million sale of the Cloverleaf Mall site at its meeting this week. But because the county owns only 37 acres of the site, another 46 acres will have to be purchased first by the county and then resold to Crosland, a Charlotte, N.C.... More...
County ranks high in training and development
Chesterfield County has been named one of Training magazine's Top 125 for 2007, an annual ranking of organizations leading the way in employee training and development. Training magazine is a 41-year-old professional development publication that advocates training and workforce development as a bu... More...
It's logical to assume that the final 900 competitors from a field of more than four million in a sports skills competition would have had extensive training and coaching in their chosen skills. But that's not the case for one recent competitor in the Pepsi National Football League's Punt, Pass & ... More...
We have an obligation to make Virginia government more open and more efficient with our tax dollars. Democrats have put forward measures to accomplish these important principles this year to ensure that we are making government work for Virginia families. More...
County's chess clubs dominate school league
After Bill Barrow and Badr Sharobim taught their kids to play chess, it wasn't long before their progenies turn to prodigies. Their sons' love for the strategic board game led both men to become coordinators for high schools in the Greater Richmond High School Chess League. More...
eBay can be fun and a way to make a little money. This session will use lecture, handouts and overheads to demonstrate the basics of buying and selling on eBay. A book about eBay will be available for use during the class. More...
Wheelchair-bound man arrested for bank robbery
In an account that reads like a "stupid crooks" story, Chesterfield police arrested Norman L. Ampy, 32, a one-legged man living in the 400 block of Westover Hills Drive in Richmond and charged him with robbery and use or display of a firearm in the commission of a felony. Ampy allegedly robbed the... More...
Archeology 101
My life is layered, and it's all on top of my desk. If I need last Friday's crossword puzzle, and it's Thursday, then the newspaper section is about six days worth of papers under the pile on my desk. Or maybe only five since I didn't work at my desk on Sunday. More...