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Free meals available to New Kent students until Dec. 31

Students who attend New Kent County Public Schools will receive free meals until Dec. 31, 2020. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved waivers for local school divisions to extend the Summer Food Service Program for free meals due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All children will be eligible for the free meals, but a new meal application is required. Only one application is needed per household and can be found at http://newkentschools.org. Once a week meals can be picked up at George Watkins Elementary School (Tue. 3:30-5:30 p.m. or Wed. 7-9:30 a.m.) or New Kent Middle School (Tue….
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Editorial: Look forward to life after the end of the Coronavirus pandemic

This is an editorial meant to look forward to life after the 2020 pandemic. When we look back at 2020, it is the year for many of us where life has been turned upside down. We currently live in a world where it feels like we are more controlled than ever through the usages of temperature checks, along with being told where we can or cannot go. However, I want to look at this from another perspective. That view is one of appreciation of the world we had before and never taking it for granted again. The pandemic has taught…
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Editorial: Advice to manage finances at an early age

The world can be a dark place and there are some things are out of our control. One thing that we can control are our finances. This is my outlet to give advice to young people on how to handle their money before it gets out of hand. When I was in college, I received a refund check after paying for my classes and books. I thought these thousands of dollars was going to last me a while. But when the reality of paying for gas, food, paying bills, and taking out a girl a few dozen times, I had…
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Jenna Grace King Memorial Scholarship recipients

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Editorial: It’s time to understand each other instead of judging people for their beliefs

Charles City and New Kent are phenomenal communities. However, our communities aren’t perfect. Despite there being several opportunities to communicate and voice concerns, some people elect not to take on the issues in the foreground. Instead, they choose to navigate in the shadows to initiate uproar and confusion. Speaking with my employee Robb Johnson, he received an email from a person complaining about pictures that he took at the ‘One New Kent’ Unity Walk. That email accused him of a one-sided depiction of the event. While I cannot confirm the exact origins of the email, it may have come from…
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Letter to the Editor: Believes New Kent missed opportunity to install Internet lines

I do not understand why New Kent is not working with Dominion Power and an Internet provider to bury an Internet cable as they bury the power lines. When the power lines were buried on my road, I asked the contractor about the feasibility and was told they would allow the cable to be buried with the power cables. I brought this up at a board meeting and was ignored. I believe this was a huge missed opportunity. Harold Miller Quinton

Letter to the Editor: Thanks New Kent County for support

As your Sheriff serving this great New Kent County, I feel it necessary and important to say thank you to the citizens of our community. The citizens of this region continue to proudly show their support of this office in so many ways. We are blessed to have such an excellent relation with our community, and we are blessed to serve in such a community. As we face the day-to-day responsibilities of serving and protecting our communities, we are confronted with additional factors outside of our normal activities. The COVID-19 pandemic and the turmoil across our nation certain have affected…
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