Grammer to attend Coast Guard conference

Cameron Grammer, a sophomore at New Kent High School, will attend the Coast Guard Academy’s Youth Leadership Conference on Feb. 22, in New London, Connecticut. The conference is led by Coast Guard cadets and organized to expose young and developing leaders of tomorrow in grades 8-10. The conference focuses on principles of Coast Guard leadership through interactive engineering and leadership based activities. Students will participate in a number of leadership theory discussions, as well as team-oriented engineering and management exercises. They will also get the opportunity to observe as theories are discussed and put into practice on the Coast Guard…
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Prized buck

National Law Enforcement honors

Scholastic Bowl district champions

New Kent High School Scholastic Bowl team captures conference title

40 years of service

NK deputies at inauguration

Adult classes coming soon to Bridging Communities

New Kent Parks and Recreation is excited to partner with Bridging Communities Career and Technical School to bring lifelong learning opportunities to adults ages 18 and up with its first offering of adult classes. The first two classes commence Thursday, Jan. 30 at the Bridging Communities campus. The first course offering is a mobile application (mobile app) development class that introduces students to the basics on how to develop applications for mobile platforms. The course is specifically geared for Apple iOS and Google Android devices. Students will obtain tools and introductory knowledge necessary to create applications that run on various…
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JTCC hosting financial aid workshop

John Tyler Community College will be host a “Super FASFA” week event on Feb. 1, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., in Bird Hall, rooms B124 and B126 at the Chester campus location, l3101 Jefferson Davis Highway. In conjunction with the Virginia Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (VASFAA), the event is an annual service project where individuals seeking funding for postsecondary education receive free, professional assistantance in completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FASFA) forms. Parents and students will hav access to computers in order to complete the forms, as well as financial aid representatives guiding them through the process….
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Inclement weather forces postponements of meetings

Several local meetings have been postponed due to this week’s inclimate weather. Charles City County’s school board meeting originally scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 21, will now be held on Monday, Jan. 27, 7:30 p.m. New Kent County’s school board meeting originally scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 21, is now scheduled for Monday, Jan. 27, beginning at 5 p.m. New Kent’s Planning Commission meeting originally tabled for Tuesday, Jan. 21, has been cancelled. The commission will reconvene for its annual monthly meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 18 at 6:30 p.m. New Kent’s division wide spelling bee, originally scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 22, has…
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