News for New Kent County and Charles City County, Virginia | November 2, 2026
Local News
Briefly… for Nov. 29-Dec.12, 2012
Traffic detours in effect for parade The 2012 Providence Forge Christmas Parade is Sunday, Dec. 9, starting at 2 p.m. and concluding between 3:15 and 3:45 p.m. The parade will travel west on Pocahontas Trail (Route 60) from the intersection of the western end of Carriage Road to Olivet Church Road. At Olivet Church Road, the parade will make a U-turn and travel back eastbound on Route 60 to the area of Carriage Road. Once the parade begins, all four lanes east and westbound on Route 60 will be closed. Motorists who wish to get around the parade will be…
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Co. 2 Santa Run scheduled
Quinton Volunteer Fire/EMS (Company 2) is announcing its 2012 Santa Run schedule. Wednesday, Dec. 12- Leave Quinton Fire Station at 6 p.m. Route 249 West to Henpeck Road. Henpeck Road to Autumn Hills Subdivision. Henpeck Road to Putsy’s Trailer Park and Quinton Park Subdivision. Henpeck Road to Route 249 West to Brookwood Manor. Route 249 West to Dispatch Road. Dispatch Road to Wood’s Edge Subdivision and Orapax Farms. Dispatch Road to Sherwood Estates. (Residents of Moran’s Trailer Park, Thompson Road and Higgins Road are asked to come to the main road to see Santa). Thursday, Dec. 13- Leave Quinton Fire…
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Providence Forge Co. 1 Santa Run set
Providence Forge Volunteer Fire/Rescue (Company 1) is announcing its 2012 Santa Run schedule. Santa will leave from Station 1 (weather permitting) at 6:30 p.m. and travel with his caravan to the designated neighborhoods. Monday, Dec. 10- Chickahominy Shores, The Colonies, Carter Road, South Waterside Drive and *Fire Station 4. Tuesday, Dec. 11- Rockahock Road, Mount Pleasant, Carriage Road, Windsor Shades, and Eagle’s Landing. Wednesday, Dec. 12- Olivet Church Road, Townsend Boulevard, Minitree Glen/Hill, Old Forge Road, Highway 155, and Deer Run. Thursday, Dec. 13- Eltham Road, Virginia Ave., Brown Ave., Piper Dr., Curle Dr., Parks Rd., Plum Point and *Fire…
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NK Planning Commission rejects Liberty Landing
New Kent’s Planning Commission is recommending that the county’s Board of Supervisors turn thumbs down on a rezoning application that would pave the way for building 344 townhouses, 264 apartments, and 100,000 square feet of commercial space on Route 60 near Bottoms Bridge. Commission members voted 9-0 with one abstention Monday night to forward an unfavorable recommendation to supervisors concerning the Liberty Landing project that is proposed for 113 acres on the south side of Route 60 across from the Five Lakes subdivision. Virginia Beach-based Boyd Homes (Bridgewater Crossing Inc.) is spearheading the project that was first introduced in 2006…
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Charles City animal control officer under investigation
The death of an 18-month old yellow Labrador retriever that was being trained to be a therapy dog is now at the center of an investigation involving a Charles City County animal control officer. Axel, the pet of county resident Sharon McGein, was shot to death by animal control officer Franklin Bates on Nov. 2 after Bates received a complaint from McGein’s neighbor. According to an animal control report furnished by county administrator Zach Trogdon, Bates responded to a call from Gail Chanity after she reported the animal chased her 17-year old son from a school bus drop-off point to…
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Tolls on Interstate 64 part of study set for public hearing
Interstate 95 isn’t the only major highway being considered for tolls. In a press release by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), a proposed study on Interstate 64 of a 75-mile corridor between Richmond and the Hampton Roads area is being evaluated for imposing tolls. According to the 108-page document, the goal is to reduce heavy traffic and congestion along the thoroughfare. The primary focus is to reduce traffic in the Hampton Roads and Peninsula areas, something that may affect local New Kent citizens. While no specifics were mentioned in the document, New Kent County is among one of the…
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NK School Board members unhappy with office plans
New Kent School Board members are unhappy with how the county’s Board of Supervisors has handled renovation plans for turning a building at the Historic School into new school board office space. School officials claim to have been left out of the loop and charge that supervisors have ignored their recommendations. School board members vented frustration over the situation during their regular meeting on Nov. 5. Acting county administrator Rodney Hathaway presented floor plans approved by supervisors during the group’s Oct. 31 work session to the school board. Supervisors are now in final steps of negotiations with the contractor, Richmond-based…
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CC teacher salaries must improve, board members told
Charles City School Board members listened to suggestions from citizens and parents during a pre-budget public hearing on Nov. 7. One thing became evident in the suggestions: teachers and staff have to be better compensated. After a presentation by financial analyst David Papenfuse on student projections for the upcoming years, those in attendance voiced concern over losing teachers in the school system to surrounding localities. “We need to raise teacher salaries in order for this school system to be competitive,” said Judy Ledbetter, who’s been adamant on the issue since the completion of the 2012-13 fiscal budget. “We should also…
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Wrong way driver sentenced to active time behind bars
A Mexican national convicted on four felonies in connection with driving the wrong way on Interstate 64 and sideswiping a New Kent deputy’s police cruiser will be spending the next year and a half in jail. Angel Rafael Lopez-Morga, 42, who had been living in Richmond on an expired work visa, was sentenced Nov. 5 in New Kent Circuit Court on the four offenses that occurred on May 11. That day, the defendant drove his white Jeep Cherokee west in the eastbound lanes of I-64 between the Talleysville and Providence Forge exits. When encountered by police, he sideswiped Sgt. Brent…
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Scholarship partnership announced
Del. Joe Morrissey, who represents Charles City County and the 74th District in the state House of Representatives, is partnering with Great Aspirations Scholarship Program (GRASP) for the 74th District Scholarship Fund. For years to come, a $1,000 scholarship will be awarded to a student at each of the following high schools: Charles City, Henrico, Highland Springs, Hopewell, and Varina. GRASP is a Virginia 501(c)(3) non-profit, charitable, education organization funded by school systems, foundations, businesses and individual donors. GRASP’s mission is to ensure that every student has an equal opportunity for continuing education after high school, regardless of financial or…
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