Charles City Christmas Parade 2024

Quinton woman fights to get additional legislation passed after death of son

A Quinton resident is continuing to fight for her son, even after his untimely passing. Tammy McGee lost her son, Conner Guido, on Oct. 26, 2019 in a motor vehicle accident as they returned from a homecoming dance. Conner was one of three young men who died after a BMW driven at a high rate of speed was driven by an unlicensed driver went off the road and hit several trees. “This should have never happened,” she said in an interview. “The driver was entrusted with a vehicle even though he was underage and unlicensed.” Since the tragedy, the Quinton…
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Fifteenth annual Providence Forge Christmas Parade

QCV announces donation by AES Corporation to assist with Charles City youth literacy

Quickstart Children of Virginia (QCV) has announced AES Corporation had contributed $10,000 to the program, with a portion of those funds benefiting children in Charles City. Funds from the donation will be used to startup Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library (DPIL) in Charles City. In addition. Some of those funds will also be used to support Charles City Elementary School’s Library to help improve childhood literacy.

New Kent Peace Poster contest winner

Fifteenth Forge Foundation Feast

Honoring veterans and the fallen in Arlington

Ashford earns Dean’s List accolades from Palmer College

Drew Ashford, a resident of Providence Forge, has been named to the Summer 2024 Dean’s List at Palmer College of Chiropractic. In order to earn the recognition, a student must accumulate a grade-point average of 3.5 higher while being enrolled full-time.

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Providence Forge Christmas Parade is Dec. 8

The 15th annual Providence Forge Christmas Parade will be held on Sunday, Dec. 8, beginning at 2 p.m. The parade route will occupy eastbound and westbound lanes of U.S. Route 60 (Pocahontas Trail) between Carriage Road (Rt. 629) and Olivet Church Road (Rt. 618). Traffic will be closed at 1:45 p.m. and diverted to Boulevard Road to bypass the parade route. The parade co-grand marshals will be Sgt. Jonathan Miles of the Virginia State Police, and the Rev. Daniel W. Patterson Jr. Miles is the brother of the late Sgt. Floyd Miles Jr. of Charles City County, who served in…
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