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Room for improvement
VCU study evaluates eastern Hull Street Road
The drive along Hull Street Road from Warwick Road in the city of Richmond to Chesterfield's Route 360 West Shopping Center isn't exactly pretty. Well-worn footpaths have been pounded into the sidewalk free land along the road, and dreary vistas of concrete and vacant buildings seem to permeate the landscape. More...
Being thrifty pays
Thrift stores and pawn shops see spikes in business as economy sours
By Richard Foster CONTRIBUTING WRITER

When the economy goes south, not every business suffers. Pawn shops and thrift stores are seeing growing numbers of customers looking to buy and sell used merchandise in response to the national economic crisis. More...

Historical sites could be closed
By Jim McConnell CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Barring changes to Chesterfield County's fiscal year 2010 budget, the slumping economy will claim two more victims. Included among the nearly half-million dollars in budget cuts proposed for the county's parks and recreation department is funding for part-time staff positions at Magnolia Grange and the Chesterfield County Museum. More...

 News
• Water, sewer rates are proposed to increase July 1
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
While the county is not proposing to increase real estate and personal property tax rates in the FY10 budget (starting July 1), residents can expect to pay an average of $3.04 more per month for water and sewer service. More...
• article has image Boards to hold joint public meeting
• Board to discuss outsourcing maintenance
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 Family
• article has image MiNdScapes Night of music, friends and entertainment Bandfest is fun, safe environment for teens
Calling all teens! Enjoy listening to local bands? Like to play games, eat great food and hang out with friends? Then come out to Chesterfield County's Seventh Annual Bandfest. Southside Nazarene Church recently held auditions for its ever-popular Bandfest. More...
• article has image What's in your wallet?
• article has image What you need to know before you're "prom-ready"
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 Media Watch
• Media reports bad news, hides its own
Today's front pages and newscasts are full of bad economic news while most of us in the serious news business are successfully ignoring or under reporting our own. Collectively, after decades of practice, we've become good at it. More...
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 Seniors
• article has image Volunteers offer tax-return help
It's that time when anyone who earned a paycheck last year has to prepare a tax return - unless you can get someone else to do it for you. The AARP, along with Senior Connections, has made that last option more possible by offering free tax counseling and preparation by volunteers at nine Tax-Aide sites around the area, three of them in Chesterfield. More...
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 Crime Watch
• Small store robbed again
Dyson's Store, located at 8109 River Road, was recently robbed during evening hours, and not for the first time. According to police, a masked man entered the store at about 7 p.m. on Feb. 21. He pulled out a handgun and demanded cash from the register. More...
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 Loose Ends
• article has image Reality living
Loose Ends
Cold, rainy days give me time to reflect on my life and the lessons I have learned. How could I have known that researching a play in the college library to find the names of the lead characters and the theater where it was first performed wouldn't naturally flow into life lessons? More...
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 Opinions
• Paper should not allow anonymous letters to be printed
Dear Editor, In your Feb. 4 edition you printed a long letter, supposedly from a county teacher, in which they recommended ways to save money. I do not know of any other paper that allows anonymous letters to be published. More...
• More on church and state
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 Calendar
• article has image Find a shamrock and improve your luck
In the Spotlight Let's Go on a Shamrock Hunt, March 11 and 12, 10-11 a.m., Rockwood Nature Center, 3401 Courthouse Road. Enjoy a short hike and follow hidden shamrocks to a pot of gold. Part of the Exploring Nature with Small Hands series for children ages 3-4. A parent or guardian must accompany each child. $4/child. Denise Flora, 674-1629. More...
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 Sports
• article has image County youth enjoy fast-paced Futsal
Fast and furious. That's perhaps the best way to describe the frenetic pace in the increasingly popular sport of Futsal. And lots of Chesterfield County youth are participating in the sport, which is a modified game of indoor soccer. More...
• article has image Going west
• Former Monacan students sue coach, principal
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