Letter to the editor: Does not approve of decision to allow sludge disposal

The DEQ/Water Control Board permit that compels New Kent and other counties to accept “industrial sludge” is an act that makes a mockery of a basic principle on how the Commonwealth should function. In 1816, Thomas Jefferson wrote. “…the way to have good and safe government is not to trust it all to one but to divide it among the many,… Let…the State government (be entrusted ) with the civil rights, laws, police, and administration of what concerns the state generally, the counties with the local concerns of the counties…” Land management belongs to counties as long as they comply…
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NKMS citizenship award winner

90th birthday celebration

Charles City County 36th annual Christmas Parade

Breakfast with Santa in CC

New Kent’s Christmas Mother

Sheriff Howard ‘Good Citizen’ recipients

CCES November ‘Leaders of the Month’

Lanier named executive director for Quin Rivers

Dr. Jack Lanier has been appointed as executive director for the Quin Rivers Board of Directors in New Kent. Lanier most recently served as CEO of the Richmond Behavioral Health Authority and President of Richmond Behavioral Health Foundation. He is professor emeritus at Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia’s Department of Epidemiology and Community Health. “We are very pleased Dr. Lanier accepted the position of executive director Quin Rivers,Inc.,” said board president Christine Tillman. “He has excellent credentials and he is a competent leader with strong organizational and communication skills. Dr. Lanier is well-known in the community and he will…
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NK Chamber of Commerce “Business After Hours”