Bottom of the Bridge LaSertoma announces scholarship winners

Bottom of the Bridge LaSertoma has announced the awarding of two scholarships to recent graduates of New Kent High School. Haley Ashford and Kevin Doran were each awarded $2,000 from the organization during a recent recognition ceremony. Ashford was also the recipient of an additional $1,000 from LaSertoma International. She will enroll in Randolph College in Lynchburg and intends to major in marketing and museum programs. Doran will be attending George Mason University this fall and will pursue his studies in computer science.

St. Peter’s Parish announce award recipients

St. Peter’s Parish has announced the awarding of four one-year scholarships in the amount of $1,000 each to recent graduates of New Kent High School. Lucy Adamson, Sherese Bonner, Gunnar Carlson, and Justin Mitchell were announced as award winners at a recent ceremony. Adamson will be studying crop science at Virginia Tech, Bonner plans to major in pharmacy at the University of Virginia, Carlson intends to study international relations at Virginia Tech, and the area of marine biology will be Mitchell’s intended focus of study at the College of William and Mary. The scholarships, named in memory of Louise Miller…
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Quimby named to Dean’s List at High Point University

Zacheriah Quimby, a native of Providence Forge, was named to High Point University’s Dean’s List for the Spring 2017 semester. Quimby, who graduated from New Kent High School in 2016, is majoring in secondary education with an emphasis in history. In order to be named to the university’s Dean’s List, a student must accumulate a grade-point average of 3.5 or better.

‘Charles City is for Lovers’

Sendoff with cycles

Richard named to Old Dominion University’s Dean’s List

Sydney Richard, the 2016 valedictorian of Charles City High School, has been named to Old Dominion University’s Dean’s List for the Spring 2017 semester. In order to be named to the prestigious list, a student must accumulate a grade-point average 3.4 or higher while taking at least 12 credit hours. Richard is completing her first year at the university and plans to pursue her studies in biology.

SOL celebration at George Watkins Elementary School

Charles City Elementary School Field Day 2017

NKBA’s Colgin wins state fishing championship tournament

New Kent Bass Angler’s, consisting of New Kent High School students, recently competed in the 2017 Virginia Bass Federation High School State Championship on June 10-11 on the Chickahominy River. Team member Tyler Colgin emerged as the state champion in the 16-18 year-old division, netting a total weight of 15 pounds, four ounces in the tournament. Teammates Justin Bostic (3rd), Bryce Henley (5th), and Edward Davis (7th) also finished in the top ten. In the 11-15 year old division, Joshua Chaffin earned a fifth-place finish while Sterling Woods also ended up in the top ten by placing ninth. The club…
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Braxton scholarship winners