Chickahominy Tribe’s 64th pow-wow celebration

Charles City voters reminded of registration requirements

Charles City citizens are reminded to make sure they registered in the precinct in which they live in order to be qualified to vote. In order to vote in the Nov. 3 general/special election, citizens are to be registered no later than Tuesday, Oct. 13, 5 p.m. at the General Registrar’s office, located at 10900 Courthouse Road. The office is open Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and will be open on Saturday, Oct. 24 and Oct. 31 for those who need to vote by absentee ballot. All absentee ballots sent by mail, e-mail, or fax machine must be received by 5…
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Rudolph awarded LaSertoma scholarships

Hunter Rudolph, a 2015 graduate of New Kent High School, is the recipient of the Bottom of the bridge LaSertoma scholarship. Rudolph received a $1,500 scholarship from the organization. He also received an additional $1,000 check from Lasertoma International as one of ten high school graduates selected from a pool of applicants. Rudolph is attending Thomas Nelson Community College this fall and is planning to major in business administration.

Williams earns scholarship as SkillsUSA winner

Chase Williams, a senior at New Kent High School, is the recipient of a $500 scholarship from the Chifford H. “Ted” Rees Jr. Scholarship Foundation. Williams was awarded the scholarship as a result of being the statewide winner of the SkillsUSA Championships in the HVACR category at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference. Williams participated in the national SkillsUSA National Championships July 22-26 with more than 6,000 other career and technical students from the secondary and post-secondary level.

USDA offers grants for projects to educate new farmers

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced that $2.5 million in grants are now available for projects to educate new and underserved farmers about more than 20 Farm Service Agency (FSA) programs that can provide financial, disaster, or technical assistance in the agricultural community. Grants will be awarded to nonprofits and public higher education institutions that develop proposals to improve farmer education on topics such as financial training, record keeping, property inheritance, and more. Evaluation periods to review applications will have deadlines of Nov. 20, Jan. 22, 2016, Mar. 18, 2016, and May 27, 2016. Awards will range between…
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“No more bullies!”

72 reasons to smile

Chromebooks for education

Letter to the Editor: Tells local officials not to support Iran deal

This is an open letter to Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, and Congressman Dave Brat: Please, I beg of you do not support the Iran nuclear deal. Iran has been instrumental in the deaths of many of our military. They are behind the support of the terrorism in the world. They pledge the destruction of Israel and death to America. They are holding Americans hostage. We get nothing out of this but maybe 10, 15 years before they go nuclear (assuming they even observe the agreement). Where is the loyalty to “We the People?” Sixty to seventy percent of…
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Charles City’s 99th annual county fair