‘Jogging all the way’

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Hill becomes chartering member

A New Kent woman is among one of the chartering members for the Central Virginia Chapter of the Top Ladies of Distinction. Sonja Hill was among 19 women inducted into the organization at the Nov. 18 induction ceremony. The Top Ladies of Distinction is a national, non-profit, humanitarian organization dedicated to enhancing and enriching lives of youth and adults through national and community-based programs. The Central Virginia area will cover areas of New Kent, Richmond, Henrico, and Petersburg.

Editorial: Let’s celebrate Thanksgiving, not Black Friday shopping

As we enter the holiday season, let’s take time to actually celebrate spending time with the ones that we love. That is why it’s called Thanksgiving. But over the past years, the craze of Black Friday has ridiculously grown to a point where it is flat out annoying. Instead of seeing commercials of Thanksgiving dinners, I see advertisements of stores opening at 6 p.m. on Thursday evening. What began as a family gathering to eat turkey and watching football has evolved to an early lunch and hopping into the car to wait outside a door for five hours to go…
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Stocking up the pantry

A report from Honduras

‘Turkey Trot’ at Charles City Elementary School

Quin Rivers seek board representatives

Quin Rivers Community Action Agency, that serves Charles City and New Kent, is currently looking for representatives as part of expansion to their board of directors. Citizens will have the opportunity to represent low-income households. The representative does not need to be low-income himself or herself, but must be democratically nominated and elected by low-income individuals in the Quinton Service area. If you are interested or wish to have additional information, contact Cassidy Moore at 966-8766 or cmoore@quinrivers.org.

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New Kent University’s Class of 2017