Saudé Creek named top wedding vendor

Saudé Creek Vineyards in New Kent County has been chosen as one of Virginia Living Weddings’ top wedding vendors for 2013. Virginia Living Weddings is a special supplement to Virginia Living’s January/February 2013 issue that will celebrate the unique style and tradition of weddings done in grand Virginia fashion. Featuring real weddings from around the state and celebrating the very Virginia traditions that make a wedding in the Commonwealth an event to remember, Virginia Living Weddings also includes Virginia Living’s Top Wedding Vendors 2013, a comprehensive editorial list of over 600 of the highest quality wedding professionals throughout Virginia. With…
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Hofmeyer serves as alternate delegate

Norman Hofmeyer of Charles City County was one of two alternates from Virginia Farm Bureau Federation who joined more than 5,000 Farm Bureau members from across the nation in shaping policies important to farmers and ranchers Jan. 13-16 at the 94th American Farm Bureau Federation Annual Convention in Nashville, Tenn. The theme of this year’s meeting was “Many Voices, One Vision.” Delegates helped formulate AFBF policy for 2013 and concentrated on issues such as the 2012 Farm Bill, agricultural labor, water quality and estate and capital gains taxes. The event included presentations on the 2013 outlooks for livestock and crop…
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New Kent eligible for Sandy relief

New Kent County is among a growing list of Virginia localities eligible for federal disaster assistance stemming from Hurricane Sandy. The U.S. Small Business Administration is offering low interest loans to eligible private nonprofit organizations that sustained physical or economic damage. Eligibility information and application forms are available by calling 800-659-2955 or e-mailing disastercustomerservice@sba.gov. Forms can be downloaded at sba.gov. Deadlines are Jan. 25 for physical property damage applications and Aug. 26 for economic injury applications.

New Kent NAACP holds Jubilee Day

Sylvia Tabb Lee of Williamsburg, a storyteller of the African-American legacy and times during the 18th century, told the story of slaves that ran away from slavery in southern plantations to freedom in the north. Lee’s words highlighted the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation during Jubilee Day hosted by the New Kent branch of the NAACP on Jan. 1 at St. Luke Baptist Church in Eltham. Minister Doris Crawley of Mt. Nebo Baptist Church, Barhamsville, read the proclamation to the crowd, saying, “That on the first day of January in the year of our Lord one…
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NK Rotary doubles bicycles bought for Christmas Mother

New Kent Rotary Club, working through its Christmas tree sales, raised enough money to double its Richmond Area Bicycling Association donation, which in turn doubled the number of bikes purchased for the county’s Christmas Mother. Purchasing bicycles to support the work of Charles City and New Kent Christmas Mothers was an idea that occurred to the Richmond Area Bicycling Association over 10 years ago. Dr. Randy Rosemond is responsible for the collection in the local area. Volunteers store, build, and distribute the bikes. RABA members then show up at the storage area with trucks, vans, and trailers to transport bikes…
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CCMS December leaders

Ready, set, play

Triple celebration

Donation to NKHS athletics

Chili contest winners