Dandridge scholarship winner

Donation to New Kent Educational Foundation

Quinton native wins award for innovation

Mark Pool, a native of Quinton, received the Coastal Entrepreneur Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at a recent presentation. The award was presented by the Greater Wilmington Business Journal and University of North Carolina-Wilmington to boost entrepreneurship in the area by showcasing up-and-coming companies. Pool won the honor with his creation of QuickPlumb, a software application created by his company, Epiphany Software Corporate, that assists with creating diagrams and 3d views of new construction and renovation plumbing project plans.

Editorial: Don’t let hiatus on high school fall sports stifle your goals

This upcoming fall, we will not have high school football in Charles City or New Kent. For people outside of the sporting community, this seems small and not such a big deal. However, it is a huge deal from my perspective because I look forward to the fall air, snapping photographs, and hearing the roars from the crowd. The smell of the grass, the goosebumps as a journalist knowing that for the next few hours everything will be blocked out as you cover a special event with people on the field and stands that are dedicated to making the night…
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NKES Jr. Beta Club members place in virtual national convention

Several New Kent Elementary School Jr. Beta Club members placed in national competition during a virtual convention held in July. Place winners are Jamie Martin (2nd-Creative Writing), Landon Evans (3rd- Fifth Grade Science), Lily Newman, Jazmin Garcia-Neri and Scarlet Rodgers (6th- Book Battle), Aidan Horne (6th- Fourth Grade Math), Tobey Davis (7th- Fifth Grade math), and Noah Barnett (10th- Fifth Grade Social Studies).

Letter to the Editor: Overreaching laws are taking away our freedom

Did you see where Virginia’s Legislators submitted 3,900 bills this year? Approximately 1,289 of them cleared both houses and were approved by Governor Ralph Northam. If you that is extreme, just think how many laws have been approved over the years that were written to control our lives. There are a total of 50 states and the federal government making laws, ruling over our very lives everyday and restricting our freedom. I bet from the moment we rise from our beds everyday that we could be charged for a dozen unknown violations before we retire for the day. Aren’t you…
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Editorial: Be appreciative and humble yourself during the pandemic

As I write this editorial in the wee hours of the night/early morning, the biggest takeaway is that our vision of 2020 was something we never saw coming. Hopefully, it will also teach us how to humble and appreciate what we have. Sports from all levels were taken away. The cling of bats in softball games to the sound of athletes breathing hard in races were replaced by echoes of silence. Cheers from fans were quickly drowned out by the pinging of raindrops on metal bleachers during affairs that consisted of rainfall. Football fans and bands for the Fall are…
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Editorial: Stop blending the Coronavirus pandemic with politics

The politics of this Coronavirus must stop, and it must stop now. Things are getting out of hand with people thinking that the virus is not real. The virus is real, and it will kill you if people continue to be ignorant. I am not here to debate how the virus got here. The time for conspiracy theories is not appropriate. We can handle that after things have cleared up. I say that meaning that if people were responsible for intentionally doing this, they should be held accountable to the highest of the highest in the justice system. Now let’s…
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New Kent County takes ownership of old PFVRS building

After two years of vacancy, a former fire station will now be in possession of New Kent County. Former charter and founding members of the Providence Forge Volunteer Rescue Squad agreed to transfer ownership of the building located off Pocahontas Trail in Providence Forge to the county. “We have been working on this for over two years,” said District 4 representative Ron Stiers, who represents Providence Forge. “It’s been a long process and as of last night, the building was turned over to us.” Receiving the blessing from charter members Wimpie Isgett, Richard Morris, and F. W. “Wakie” Howard Jr.,…
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Charles City Library receives grant to assist with Wi-Fi services

The Charles City branch of Heritage Public Library has received funding from a federal grant that will allow additional Wi-Fi services to residents and visitors in the vicinity. With the grant, the library installed a new long-range device that will provide access to the building’s Wi-Fi form further away. The grant was the result from the federal e-Rate program. Access to the library’s Wi-Fi service is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.