The Chesterfield Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Oct. 21 for new guidelines regulating the heights of church steeples. Several churches want to increase the height of their steeples - perhaps as an opportunity to house a concealed cell tower to generate extra revenue. More...

Lisa Billings/Chesterfield Observer - Samantha Salmon, a new first-grade teacher at Bon Air Elementary, loads a computer into her cart at From Crayons to Computers. Located at the Beaufont Center, From Crayons to Computers provides free school supplies to county teachers. The shop held a preview opening for new teachers and staff members last week. The store is stocked with donations from the Chesterfield Public Education Foundation, business partners and individuals and is sponsored by Chesterfield County Public Schools and the foundation. For more information or to donate items, e-mail crayons@ccpsnet.net or call 276-7407 or 305-4279. More...

Every once in awhile someone in the media business in this market does something that makes some of the rest of us blanch. We have learned over the years not to trot out the First Amendment defense when it just favors one of us - citing freedom of the press needs to be for something important. More...

A man and his friend had left Chesterfield Towne Center and were walking toward their car in the mall parking lot at about 6:15 p.m. on Aug. 14 when two men stopped them and demanded the man's money and other valuables. When the victim hesitated, one of the suspects hit him. Then the same suspect pulled up his shirt to reveal a gun. More...

I never thought that my inability to make decisions would affect my life in so many ways. Just yesterday, I stood in front of my closet wondering what I should wear and decided to go for color - that new rose-colored tank top to wear under my white linen blouse. More...

Dear Editor, I appreciate the interest the recent writer [Aug. 20] has in offshore drilling as this will be one of the most important parts of addressing our energy supply need in the years to come. More...

Thurs., Aug. 28 Intermediate Bridge Club, 9 a.m.-noon, Bensley Community Building, 2900 Drewry's Bluff Road. New intermediate players are welcome to join this weekly group for seniors. For more information, call Joyce Wenberg, 275-5842. More...

Soon, Chester area resident and triathlete Bob Flanigan is going to spend a leisurely afternoon swimming, riding a bike and running. He's going to start with a simple 2.4 mile swim, follow immediately with a bike jaunt of 112 miles and then cap his day with a 26.2 mile run. That's just pure, normal, Ironman suck-it-up stuff. More...

Public Notice The Board of Zoning Appeals of Chesterfield County, on Wednesday, September 3, 2008, beginning at 1:00 p. m. More...