New Kent’s Ara Buchman’s first place finish in the girls’ long jump was the highlight as the Lady Trojans placed sixth at their home opening track meet Tuesday afternoon. Buchman leaped a distance of 15’3”, winning the event by nearly a foot over the next closest competitor. The Lady Trojans accumulated 60 points to finish sixth at the meet. Warhill won the competition with 114.5 points, followed by Tabb (103.5), and Grafton (96.83). On the boys’ side, the Trojans put together 27.5 points, good enough for an eighth-place team finish. The top event performer for the Trojans was Will Ashley…
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New Kent’s Lady Trojans’ tennis team dropped their first match of the year falling at the York Lady Falcons 5-4 Tuesday afternoon. The Lady Trojans’ record is now 3-1 on the season. York 5, New Kent 4 Singles: Kannarkat (Y) def. Smith (NK) 6-3, 6-1; G. Vincent (NK) def. McCreery (Y) 6-1, 6-3; Wathan (NK) def. Browning (Y) 6-0, 6-2; S. Vincent (NK) def. Gerhardt (Y) 7-5, 6-0; Staik (Y) def. M. Vincent (NK) 4-6, 6-4 (10-5); Brame (NK) def. Valerio (Y) 6-0, 6-1. Doubles: Kannarkat/McCreery (Y) def. Smith/G. Vincent (NK) 8-4; Browning/Gerhardt (Y) def. Wathan/S. Vincent (NK) 8-6; Staik/Yang…
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Charles City County leaders received their first look at the proposed FY2024-25 budget presented by County Administrator Michelle Johnson Tuesday night. And while there isn’t much change to the overall figure from the current fiscal year, a possible three-cent tax increase to support emergency services is on the table. Johnson proposed a budget of $22,434,369 to supervisors for operations in the upcoming fiscal year. The figure is slightly higher than the current year’s $21.2 million budget based on projections from increases to real property (13 percent), real and personal public service corporation (13 percent), and rental property (15 percent). The…
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A Heathsville man will spend seven months in jail for illegally possessing ammunition in New Kent County. Terry Lynn Hunter Jr., 36, entered guilty pleas to an amended count of possession of ammunition by a convicted felon (originally possession of a weapon by a violent felon), and misdemeanor counts of providing a false identification, misdemeanor reckless driving, and driving without a license as part of Monday morning proceedings in New Kent Circuit Court. In a summary of evidence provided by New Kent Commonwealth’s Attorney Scott Renick, on Apr. 23, 2022, a Virginia State Police trooper noticed a four-dour vehicle swerving…
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