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April 9, 2008
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"I don't have a place to go"
Americana residents scramble to find new homes
By Julia Torres Barden CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Darnell Williams worked hard as a truck driver to come up with a $3,500 down payment to buy his first home. Just months after purchasing a trailer at the Americana Mobile Home Park for $69,000, he found out his neighborhood was going to be razed to make way for a new mixed-use development of shops... More...
Home prices down
County takes precautions on budget
By Greg Pearson STAFF WRITER

The downturn in real estate sale prices hit home last week on the very night the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors was holding a public hearing on the property tax rate and the FY09 budget. Compared to assessed values, selling prices have apparently peaked and are coming down. More...

Searching from afar
School system looks out-of-state for candidates to fill teacher vacancies
By Katherine Houstoun CONTRIBUTING WRITER

When Michigan native Shanna Sellers attended a teaching job fair sponsored by her university last spring, Chesterfield County wasn't on her radar - or anywhere close to it. Forced to look for a teaching position outside of her native state because of the weak local economy, Sellers was investiga... More...

 Legal Notices
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CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VIRGINIA PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA AND PUBLIC NOTICE Tuesday April 15, 2008 NOTE: The 2,symbol indicates that an attachment accompanies the agenda item. These attachments are generally available the second or first Wednesday prior to the Planning Commission meeting, dep... More...
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 News
•Citizens ask for tax relief during public hearing
A parade of county residents asked the board of supervisors last week for tax relief, mostly in the form of a lower property tax rate, during public hearings on the annual budget and property tax rate. Several of those speakers demanded the county cut spending to an annual limit of inflation plus ... More...
•Explore opportunities at Workforce Expo 2008
•Gecker seeks more info on school architectural fees
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 Calendar
•Calendar
Pick up the beat at Midlothian High's Project: Percussion Thurs., Apr. 10 Does Water Get Sick?, 10-11 a.m., Rockwood Nature Center, 3401 Courthouse Rd. Discover what water pollution is and if water can be cleaned. Part of the Exploring Nature with Small Hands Series for 3-4 year olds. Cost is... More...
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 Letters/Opinion
•School redistricting should be handled in-house
Dear Editor, When I read [Chesterfield Observer, Mar. 26] that [Midlothian School Board member Patty] Carpenter began the Mar. 20 meeting for public input on the revised Tomahawk Creek Middle School boundaries by "apologizing for a flawed process," I thought that perhaps the citizens should have... More...
•Rajah comments were "divisive"
•Police deserve higher pay
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 Family
•A short history lesson on Winterpock and Clover Hill
Many families arrived in America via the seaport at Bermuda Hundred and amongst them, in 1621, was the Shippy family. Martha, a daughter of this family, married a successful planter in what was then Henrico, had several children, was widowed in her late 30s or early 40s, and went on to become one ... More...
•James River High School senior named Boy of the Year
•Make your own rain barrel
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 Media Watch
•MEDIA WATCH
Daily papers' futures give weekly papers a black eye
The "gloom and doom" forecasts of the newspaper business are paralleling what's happening in the real estate market with one important difference: housing sales are expected to rebound by next year. Don't expect the same to occur for daily newspaper circulation and their corresponding advertising ... More...
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 Seniors
•Council releases resource directory for seniors, others
The Chesterfield Council on Aging has published its biennial resource directory of services for older adults and adults with disabilities in Chesterfield County. The directory is intended for older adults, adults with disabilities, their families, caregivers, professionals and service providers. More...
•See Washington, D.C. by land and sea during trip
•Senior program to address planning, services
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 Crime Watch
•No charges against voyeur
A Goolsby Avenue peeping Tom is walking free after his victim declined to press charges. The suspect was observed looking into the victim's bedroom window at a residence in the 3000 block of Goolsby Avenue at 2 a.m. on Mar. 26. More...
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