Editorial: It’s time to enjoy life again this Spring and Summer

This Spring and Summer, I want people to enjoy life again and understand just how lucky we really are. When thinking back over the last few years with the pandemic, it is amazing how far we have truly come. There were times when people were afraid to leave their homes. There were times when people were actually calling the police because people were outside. This all seems nuts now, but this was our way of living for a while. These past two years have been confusing, maddening and draining us. We all have to deal with this thorn in our…
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Letter to the Editor: Knowing the truth and what revelations it brings

How many of you want to know the pure, unvarnished truth? If it is constructive, positive, and beneficial, most of you do. I personally seek to know and tell the honest truth about everything I think and say, but not say it now if it will needlessly or frivolously hurt someone. This latter discretion must come from tactful consideration of any message you convey to others. Some expressions of truth are gentle. Others are harsh. A form of lying occurs when you keep hiding irksome reality. Others get a false sense of optimism, sweeping the ugly stuff under the rug,…
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CCHS Solar Team success

Pushing In and Pinning ceremony

CCPS spelling bee champion

New Kent High School Fashion Club hosting second annual show

New Kent High School’s Fashion Club will host its second annual fashion show on Mar. 31 at 7 p.m. inside the high school’s auditorium. The show is presented in collaboration with the My Princess Project, a nonprofit organization that helps teenagers get a dress to wear to prom. Julie Bragg of CBS 6 and Miss Virginia America Heather Speaks will be the emcees for the event. Featured models are New Kent Superintendent of Schools Brian Nichols, New Kent High School assistant principal Allison Strickland, and numerous students and staff of the school. For more information, contact Karyss Milby at kmilby5058@gmail.com…
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New Kent Woman’s Club offering $1,000 scholarship

New Kent Woman’s Club is offering a scholarship to a graduating senior girl of New Kent High School. The scholarship will be awarded to a graduate of the Class of 2022. The scholarship amount is $1,000. Applications are available in the high school’s guidance office and are due back by Apr. 15.

Tidewater Physics Olympics

Bay Transit reinstating fares beginning Apr. 4

Bay Transit, that services Charles City and New Kent County, will reinstate its fare collection starting on Monday, Apr. 4. Bus fares will be $2.00 per ride on demand responsive buses and $0.50 on deviated fixed-route buses. Bay Transit suspended fare collection in March of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Letter to the Editor: Let’s have better behavior toward our fellow humans

I want to exert my influence for good on you all, however small it might be. Our society is a tad ragged and could use something beyond the latest technology. We see technological advancements all around us but have not advance significantly as a civilized brother and sisterhood of people. The way we think and act overall is pretty much like it has always been; often compromising righteousness for our selfish ends. It’s time to do something about this. We need to develop more constructive thoughts and behavior toward our fellow humans. We’ll never be perfect, but we can be…
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