Perhaps reacting to citizen comments at last week's public hearing, the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors appears ready to reduce the property tax rate to less than 99 cents per $100 of assessed value. During the hearing, many citizens called for a rate that wouldn't produce any new taxes for coun... More...
Move over, Comcast. County residents could soon have another choice when it comes to choosing a cable company. Verizon plans to bring fiber optic (FiOS) television to Chesterfield soon. Currently, only Comcast and Cavalier Telephone have cable franchises that allow them to operate within the count... More...
PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held pursuant to Section 15.2-2606.A of the Code of Virginia, 1950, by the Board of Supervisors (the Board of Supervisors") of the County of Chesterfield, Virginia (the "County"), on Wednesday, April 11, 2007, at 6:30 p.m. More...
County residents can expect to see more police officers along the Hull Street Road corridor now that a new district police station has opened in Woodlake. This community-based station is temporarily located at 6812 Woodlake Commons Loop while the county searches for a more permanent home somewhere... More...
Several groups have already scheduled upcoming events as golf tournament season gets into full swing in Chesterfield. They include: Tech Center Play golf for a chance to win a 2007 Toyota Camry during the annual Chesterfield Technical Center/Automotive Youth Educational Systems (AYES) Golf Tourn... More...
Dear Editor, This is in response to K.G. Braun's letter in the Mar. 21 edition. I never thought twice about having to get fingerprinted for my background check. Perhaps that's because coaching is a privilege, not a right, and I have nothing to hide. I wonder what Mr. Braun's real concern is? More...
While few school grounds would win contests for aesthetic appeal, 19 Chesterfield schools now boast watershed gardens and bioscapes that earned Watershed Action Awards from Friends of Chesterfield's Riverfront. More...
What do basketball star Julius Erving, comedian Whoopi Goldberg and cellist Yo-Yo Ma have in common? They're all devotees of the Feldenkrais method of movement education. Moshe Feldenkrais (1904 - 1984) combined his backgrounds in engineering, physics, martial arts and human development to creat... More...
At press deadline, Chesterfield police are keeping mum on a suspect they plan to arrest after he is released from a local hospital. The suspect suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Mar. 25 after he fled from police at 1:30 p.m. He was later found wounded while hiding in some nearby bushes. More...
I am losing my patience. The plants I brought in for the winter have announced that they are tired of being in the house. They're obviously fed up with my absentminded attention to watering and resentful of the layer of house dust on their leaves. Clearly they have the right to be irritated with m... More...
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