Login Subscribe Get News Updates
For local news delivered via email enter address here:
 Print Edition News Archive Profile
September 8, 2010  RSS feed
Committee to review draft land-use plan
Will guide future growth for decades
It’s often been said that the “devil is in the details.” If so, the details of the draft land-use plan to be discussed at the Sept. 14 Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee meeting are likely to provoke a lively discourse. More...
Community rallies behind Parker family
Sept. 17 golf tournament planned
By Jim McConnell
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

A photograph on the Parker sisters’ website shows their family during a happier time: the four young women, Cherry, Hanna, Vanessa and Molly, flanking their parents, Richard and Cindy. There’s a lighted Christmas tree in the background of their River’s Bend home, and they’re all smiling as if life couldn’t possibly be better. More...

What a difference a year makes
From special-needs puppy to athletic dog with a little TLC
By Gwen Sadler
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

A puppy born with a severe deformity is now holding her head up high after a year of physical therapy and lots of loving care. More...

 News
• article has image Sen. Warner briefs Chesterfield leaders
Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) spoke to leaders of the Chesterfield County Chamber of Commerce late last month for about 45 minutes, including answering businessrelated questions submitted by some chamber members. More...
• article has image Dogwood property owners want their amenities
• Chemobrain workshop to be offered
>> Click here for all stories
 News Briefs
• article has image A repeat appearance and other prostitution tales
A woman who appeared in the News Briefs section of last week’s Chesterfield Observer as a result of a prostitution arrest for actions she took on Aug. 15 has been arrested twice since for the same offense. Police conducted a prostitution operation along the Jefferson Davis Highway corridor, making several arrests around 2:40 p.m. on Aug. 26. More...
• Expensive vehicle returned to the showroom
• Man arrested after dog died
>> Click here for all stories
 Family
• article has image Backpack safety can be a heavy issue
With the start of school comes homework, heavy books and the prospect of lugging all of it between school and home. Heavy backpacks can put a big strain on children’s backs. Dr. Katherine Beck, a doctor of sports medicine for CJW Medical Center, says a good rule is to limit the weight of backpacks to 10 percent to 15 percent of a child’s body weight. More...
• Teachers’ “store” now open
• article has image Dancer to perform at Thomas Dale
>> Click here for all stories
 Crime Watch
• Some thieves stop at nothing to break in
Thefts of autos and the things inside them is a perennial crime. About all vehicle owners can do to deter criminals is lock the doors. But even then, vehicles and the valuables left inside are still at risk as these recent cases show. More...
>> Click here for all stories
 Loose Ends
• article has image My red shoes
I kept those shoes in my closet for years and maybe wore them once. They were a brick red, and I had to have them. I was sure I was the red shoes type. They spoke to me. But when I wore them, all I could think about were my feet. They glowed in those shoes. I felt like everyone was staring at them. They were speaking to me all right. They were yelling, “Whose bright idea was this? More...
>> Click here for all stories
 Opinions
• Hull Street Road doesn’t need another YMCA
It was not unexpected, but very disappointing, that the planning commission has expressed great admiration for the proposed YMCA on Hull Street Road. When our planning commissioner [Wayne Bass] expresses admiration for a nonprofit, non-tax providing business that will compete with already existing taxproviding services in the area, it makes you wonder where his priorities are. More...
• Data on animal deaths is questioned
• Correction
>> Click here for all stories
 Calendar
• article has image Get the scoop on bees and honey
In the Spotlight Introduction to Beekeeping, Monday, Sept. 13, 7-9 p.m., weekly through Oct. 18, Rockwood Nature Center, 3401 Courthouse Road. Learn everything there is to know about beekeeping and honey production in this six-week course. $75. Kristi Orcutt, 310-7964. Thursday, Sept. 9 More...
>> Click here for all stories