NEWS BRIEFS
Powhite toll cameras are watching
      It's now harder to drive through the toll booths along the Powhite Parkway in Chesterfield without paying. After months of testing, security cameras at the booths are now operational and are taking photographs of toll violators.
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Political pace picks up during election year
By Greg Pearson STAFF WRITER
      This November, Chesterfield voters will select their candidates for the Board of Supervisors, School Board, House of Delegates, State Senate and constitutional officers, but Chesterfield's dominant party is still trying to get comfortable under its big tent philosophy.
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New sheriff in town
      Lt. Col. Dennis S. Proffitt was sworn in as the county's new sheriff last week by Circuit Court Judge Frederick G. Rockwell. Proffitt's predecessor, Sheriff Clarence G. Williams Jr., retired Feb. 1 after 37 years in law enforcement. Proffitt will serve until a sheriff is elected this November. He ...
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Commission suit dismissed
By Greg Pearson STAFF WRITER
      A U.S. District Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the Chesterfield Planning Commission and two of its commissioners. According to County Attorney Steve Micas, Judge Robert E.
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