Change made in process to start business in New Kent

A key change to start a new business in New Kent County became effective Jan. 1, 2020. New businesses based in New Kent must register their fictitious business or trade name with the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC). New Kent County’s Clerk of the Circuit Court will no longer accept new certificates of assumed or fictitious names. The new requirement is the result of an amendment adopted by the Virginia Assembly (Code of Virginia, Chapter 59.1-69). The New Kent Clerk of the Circuit Court will continue to accept filings for cancellations of certificates if the original certificate was filed in…
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CCPS selected as locality for electric school bus program

Charles City Public Schools has been selected as one of the initial localities to implement the use of electric school buses. Dominion Energy will place 50 electric buses in 16 different localities as part of its phase one operations. The buses will be constructed by Thomas Built Buses and expected to be on area roads by the end of 2020. According to a press release, the electric school buses will serve as a grid resource by creating additional energy storage technology to support the company’s integration of distributed renewables such as solar and wind power. The buses also provide environmental…
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Honoring New Kent’s first African-American supervisor

Gregory completes studies at Virginia Tech

Lauren Gregory, a 2015 graduate of New Kent High School, recently completed her studies at Virginia Tech University. Gregory graduated Magna Cum Laude on Dec. 20, 2019 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Environmental Horticulture and minored in Entomology.

Editorial: It’s 2020; discrimination and racism still exists

It’s 2020. Discrimination still exists. It’s very sad that even in today’s time after centuries of history and decades of fights that discrimination is still present in today’s world. Instead of learning to love each other and accept one another for our differences, there are those who instead choose to single us out because of our unique qualities and traits. In December 2019, a note with a racial slur was given to an African-American student in New Kent High School telling them to “go home.” It was a very disturbing sight to see. A group of people, let alone young…
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Editorial: My opinion on ‘Second Amendment sanctuaries’

Throughout the last month, the rise of “second amendment sanctuaries” has grown due to the declaration by county leadership. The declaration means that local counties will support people’s rights to bear arms as written in the United States Constitution and will oppose any legislation that may be passed at the state level to prohibit it. I’ve been asked my opinion on this issue and I will keep it simple; don’t attempt to strip the right of the people in an effort to control firearms. In an editorial I wrote on Feb. 20, 2018, I wrote that gun laws are not…
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State qualifiers

Donation to Charles City High School

Editorial: Resolutions for everyone for the year 2020

While there really isn’t a lot of news going on this week in our localities, I thought I’d write an editorial about resolutions. Not resolutions in general per say, but more along the lines about obligations and responsibilities we should have to each other as humans. 1. Make sure your elected officials do their respective jobs. If you voted or you have an interest in who is running your locality, make sure you take time to attend a board meeting or stop by the offices where they work at. I know I have mentioned this before, but the standard of…
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Editorial: What I personally learned in the year 2019

Another decade has come and gone, just like 2019. As I look back over the occurrences that took place this year, I’d thought I’d write this editorial on the things I’ve learned this year and hopefully, some of these may apply to you and help you in the transition into 2020. 1. I learned that by being patient, risks taken years ago will be well worth it. I had two instances this year that this applied to. The first was when the Chronicle decided to become a daily newspaper. The turnover of news was at a rate where it seemed…
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