Letter to the Editor: Thanks good Samaritans for help during snowstorm

To the Samaritans I met on Holly Fork and Tabernacle Roads: In the Bible, Luke 10:25-37 tells the story of the Good Samaritans on the road to Jericho. Traveling home on Sunday, Jan. 24, on Holly Fork Road after the snowstorm, my car slipped into the ditch and I was blessed by five Samaritans who helped me get out the ditch. After arriving at my driveway on Tabernacle Road, I could not get up it, but along came seven more Samaritans to help me get into my yard. I do not know the names of all the people but I…
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Making “cents” for Matthew

Gardy captures two firsts in state surveyors competition

New Kent surveyor David R. Gardy, LS, of Gardy and Associates P.C., is the first place winner in both the ALTA/ACSM Surveys Maps and the Miscellaneous Maps (Boundary Line Adjustment Plat) categories of the Plat Contest held during the annual Virginia Association of Surveyors General Membership Meeting and Convention. Surveyors from across the Commonwealth showed their best work in the Plat Contest during the event held Jan. 21-23 in Norfolk. The Plat Contest judges adhere to the minimum standards set forth by NSPS and VAS. Entries are judged by a panel of surveying professionals. Other categories include subdivision plats, topographical…
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“Goins” out a winner

Seventh grader wins NKCPS Spelling Bee

Pooh at the public library

Two New Kent residents earn degrees from Rappahannock Community College

Two New Kent residents were among 66 students who earned degrees or certificates from Rappahannock Community College from Fall 2015. Ryan Sherenco and Ethan Smith were among those recognized for meeting academic standards to graduate from the college. Sherenco will graduate cum laude, posting a grade-point average between 3.2-3.49. Students received their degrees and will have an opportunity to march during the commencement ceremony at the conclusion of the spring semester.

Awards available for youth through Bottom of the Bridge LaSertoma

Bottom of the Bridge LaSertoma is pleased to announce through fundraisers, the organization will sponsor a $100 Youth Service Award to a New Kent student. The award is to recognize a youth in the community that exemplifies leadership and community service. To be eligible, a student must be a resident of New Kent and recognized for outstanding performance in the areas of volunteer community service and school-required service activities. Applications are available at each of the New Kent schools’ guidance offices, or by calling Brenda Johnston at 932-9423. Applications are due by Mar. 2.

Donation to New Kent’s Humane Society

New Kent citizens reminded of deadlines to vote in primary election

New Kent citizens are reminded to make sure they are registered in the precinct in which they live in order to be qualified to vote. In order to vote in the Mar. 1 primary election, citizens are to be registered no later than Feb. 8, 5 p.m. at the voter registration officer, located inside the Health & Human Serivce building, located at 7911 Courthouse Way, Suite 400, New Kent. The office is open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Absentee voting is now being accepted, with the last day for mailed applications Feb. 23. The voter registration office will also be open…
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