News for New Kent County and Charles City County, Virginia | March 2, 2026
News Archives for 2008
Last second baskets lift CC over Appomattox 66-63
Two baskets in the final seconds from guard Shana Braxton enabled Charles City’s Lady Panthers to overcome Appomattox Regional Governors School’s Dragons 66-63 in a Tri-Rivers District basketball thriller. The host Lady Panthers trailed by three with 25 seconds left in the Jan. 15 game and their leading scorer, Jolisa Williams, on the bench after fouling out. But Braxton, playing with four fouls, took over in the final seconds after Amanda Adkins cut the Dragon lead to one at 63-62 on a close range shot with 15 seconds to go. Following a Charles City time out, the hosts’ defense stripped…
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NK pressure dominant in 87-34 conquest of Charles City
Round two of the annual Charles City-New Kent basketball rivalry tipped off Saturday night before a packed house inside New Kent’s gym. But most of the crowd didn’t stick around until the end. The host Trojans dominated from the start in a contest where the outcome was never in doubt beyond the first quarter when the hosts opened a 25-4 lead. The Panthers could never close the gap in falling 87-34 in the non-district affair. “I’ll bet [New Kent] shot 70 percent from the floor,” Charles City coach Brenner Carter said afterward. Actually, the Trojans hit 58 percent in the…
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Defendants plead guilty to felony charges in CC court
A Hopewell man, who was set to be freed on bond after pleading guilty last Friday to cocaine possession, will be sitting in jail from now until he is sentenced in April after testing positive for marijuana and opiates. Judge Thomas B. Hoover revoked bond for Christopher Lee Carter, 23, of 1617 Autumn Wood Drive, after a urine screening, ordered by the judge following Carter’s trial in Charles City Circuit Court, came back positive. A test for cocaine was negative. Carter told the judge he had used marijuana and painkillers in recent weeks. While Hoover said he appreciated Carter’s honesty,…
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Female defendants agree to plea deals in NK court
Two women, one charged with stealing cash from her employer and the other accused of obtaining powerful painkillers with forged prescriptions, have entered into plea agreements in New Kent Circuit Court. Mindy Beth Chenault, 23, of 5171 Morgan Ford Road in Ridgeway, Va., was indicted in November on one count of grand larceny in connection with $740 taken on Aug. 12 from Rick’s Local Deli where she worked. As part of a plea deal, the charge was reduced to misdemeanor petty larceny Chenault pleaded guilty to the lower charge on Jan. 14. She received a sentence of 12 months in…
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Dail vying for Mrs. Virginia
Tara Leigh Dail will be representing New Kent County at the Mrs. Virginia United States Pageant to be held inside Williamsburg’s Kimball Theatre on March 1. The pageant is the official state preliminary for the nationally televised Mrs. United States Pageant. The pageant operates on the premise that married women should be recognized for their ability to integrate intellect and beauty. Entrants must be at least age 21, married, and a Virginia resident. Students attending a Virginia school are eligible as well as anyone employed in the state. Competition is held in swimsuit, evening gown, and interview. Dail graduated from…
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Commission recommends zoning okay for PF business
A request that will pave the way for a Toano-based contractor firm to build office, maintenance, and storage space in Providence Forge is heading to New Kent’s Board of Supervisors with a favorable recommendation from the county’s Planning Commission. Commission members voted unanimously during their Jan. 22 meeting to recommend that supervisors approve Trinity Contractors’ request to rezone 3.65 acres from B-1 Business General to M-1 Warehousing and Limited Industrial. The site, known as the Carswell Estate, is located on Route 155 (South Courthouse Road), just south of the CSX Railroad crossing. Trinity owners Phil Davidson and Dale Cava plan…
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Neighbors oppose plan for housing development in CC
While praising the good intentions of a Charles City resident who is spearheading an effort to improve housing for county residents in need, opponents of a proposed single- and multi-family housing development are saying not in their backyard. Residents who live along Holly Tree Lane near Adkins Store turned out to oppose a plan by CrossGap Ministries and its founder, county resident Ed Baber, to build 26 multi-family apartments and 13 single-family dwellings on just over 15 acres at 9500 Holly Tree Lane. Several voiced opposition during a joint Planning Commission/Board of Supervisors public hearing held during supervisors’ Jan. 22…
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Upgrading CCES playground estimated to cost $132,000
Modernizing the playgrounds at Charles City Elementary School is expected to cost just over $132,000 based on figures presented earlier in January to county School Board members. “The existing playground equipment is outdated. It has chipped paint and rust is forming on the legs,” elementary school principal Danielle Belton told board members during their Jan. 15 meeting. Belton presented equipment replacement proposals for separate playground areas that serve students in pre-kindergarten through first grade and grades 2-5. Cost for new equipment appropriate for younger children is pegged at $58,768 while equipment for grades 2-5 has a slightly lower $55,450 price…
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NK proposes raising limits on tax relief for elderly, disabled
Income limits for New Kent’s elderly and disabled to qualify for up to a $500 reduction in their real estate tax bills were upped by $5,000 last year. This year, county supervisors are looking into a $10,000 increase. Supervisors, meeting Monday in a work session, scheduled a March 10 public hearing on the proposal, which has been recommended by county revenue commissioner Laura Ecimovic. In a Jan. 15 letter to the board, Ecimovic requested that the current $25,000 annual income ceiling for an elderly or disabled resident to qualify for relief be raised to $35,000 and the overall household income…
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No new debt proposed in NK capital plan for next year
New Kent will not be sinking deeper into debt next year under a proposed Capital Improvement Plan unveiled last week before the county’s Planning Commission. The proposal presented by County Administrator John Budesky to planners at the commission’s Jan. 22 meeting lists close to $20 million in spending for the next fiscal year (2008-09) beginning July 1. But of that total, only $2 million will require local tax dollars. “Our goal is to cash-fund the CIP and not to borrow money,” Budesky said in a separate interview. “I have $2 million available for one-time projects, and that’s why we’re recommending…
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