News for New Kent County and Charles City County, Virginia | April 25, 2024
News Archives for January, 2010
‘Muscle’ in robbery attempt handed 7 years in prison
A defendant labeled as the muscle in a botched robbery attempt last April outside a New Kent County restaurant must serve the next seven years behind bars. Charles Frederick Kirby, 28, of 3839 Poverty Hall Road, Quinton, cooperated with authorities starting immediately after being apprehended for the April 11 crime, and Judge Thomas B. Hoover took that into consideration before imposing sentence. “If you had not testified, I would impose at least 10 and more like 15 years in prison,” the judge told Kirby during sentencing on Dec. 21 in New Kent Circuit Court. Hoover handed Kirby 10 years each…
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Manslaughter charge tossed
A charge of alcohol-related involuntary manslaughter lodged against a Charlottesville woman in connection with a fatal accident last June on Interstate 64 in New Kent has been dismissed in county circuit court. Judge Thomas B. Hoover tossed out the charge against Sara Ethridge Klingel, 27, following a Dec. 21 trial, ruling that the prosecution had not proven its case beyond a reasonable doubt. Last June 13 around 3 a.m., Klingel was behind the wheel of a Mitsubishi Montero that suddenly swerved out of the passing lane near the 223-mile marker on westbound I-64, crossed the travel lane, and struck a…
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Charles City school capital plan close to $10 million
Charles City school officials have unveiled a list of 16 capital improvement projects totaling almost $10 million and spread over the next three years. County School board members opted during their Dec. 15 meeting to pass along the proposed schedule for scrutiny by county Planning Commission members. How many of the projects come to fruition and when depends on funding availability, and Charles City, like other state school systems, faces a less than rosy budget picture for the next fiscal year (2010-11). Five projects, totaling close to $2.3 million, are placed for now in the next fiscal year. Topping the…
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Rite Aid move in works
Plans for a new Rite Aid pharmacy, a neighboring Fas Mart convenience store, and a separate retail facility on Route 60 near Bottoms Bridge in New Kent are approaching the final approval stage by county planning staff. Construction work could begin early this year. Developers plan to build a 14,667 square-foot Rite Aid on the site now occupied by the building that once housed Lipscomb Hardware. The location is the south side of Route 60 at the Route 249 intersection. County economic development director Rodney Hathaway said Rite Aid plans to close its store in the New Kent Crossing shopping…
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Peace Corps stint stimulates New Kent poet’s creativity
A two-year Peace Corps assignment in Jamaica enabled New Kent County resident Mike Henrich to not only help his fellow man but also stimulate his creativity in the realm of poetry. People and places in the Caribbean island nation are the subjects of a collaborative book effort matching the retired New Kent High School teacher’s poetry with photographs taken by a fellow Peace Corps volunteer. “Wood and Water” is an 80-page collection of Henrich poems and accompanying photos snapped by William Pace, a graduate student from the Baltimore, Md. area. But don’t look for their work in bookstores. The book…
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Girl abducted in New Kent found safe in South Carolina
An 11-year-old North Carolina girl, allegedly abducted Sunday afternoon by her father from Cumberland Hospital for Children and Adolescents in New Kent County where she was a patient, has been found safe in South Carolina. Alexis Cartwright, who is diabetic and requires twice daily insulin injections, is reported to be in good condition after being examined at a South Carolina hospital. Police in Manning, S.C., a small town on Interstate 95 about 45 miles east of the capital city of Columbia and 70 miles south the North Carolina line, arrested the father, Lemuel R. Cartwright, as he walked out of…
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New Kent Farms not in trouble, developers insist
New Kent Farms developers insist their massive housing and commercial project under construction in the center of New Kent County is not threatened with serious problems brought on by the ongoing recession. Nevertheless, they are seeking revisions in the Farms of New Kent Planned Unit Development (PUD) ordinance that governs the development. The changes, they say, are necessary so that New Kent Farms can remain competitive in a troubled housing market. Build-out for the development, pegged at 15 years when the ordinance was approved in 2005, has now been pushed back to 2022. The list of revisions comes before the…
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