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• Jamestown upends Lady Trojans 3-2 to spoil Senior Day celebration

  

  New Kent’s Lady Trojans’ softball team saw their Senior Day spoiled by the visiting Jamestown Lady Eagles. The Lady Trojans fell 3-2 in the Bay Rivers District finale. The game was a total different vibe in comparison to New Kent’s earlier 19-4 victory over Jamestown. Despite New Kent taking an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first, miscues by the hosts began to plague them. Jamestown took advantage of the basepaths, slowly grinding out a 3-2 lead as New Kent came up to bat in the bottom of the seventh. But a lack of offense proved to be…
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• New Kent defeats Jamestown in successful Senior Day celebration

  

  The New Kent Trojans’ baseball team wrapped up their regular season with a May 20 Senior Day victory over the visiting Jamestown Eagles. The visiting Eagles opened the contest with a run in the top of the first. But New Kent began orchestrating scores in the bottom half of the second inning. Keegan Branch’s RBI double drove in Dylan Bowman to tie the score at one apiece. Jonathan Hochman’s single brought in run number two for the hosts. New Kent loaded the bases after Broady Cash was hit-by-a-pitch. A sacrifice fly by Andrew Staskiel drove home the third run of…
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• New Kent’s Board of Supervisors adopts $271 million budget for FY2026-2027

  New Kent’s Board of Supervisors adopted its FY2026-27 budget and tax levies during Tuesday morning’s work session. Board members unanimously adopted the $271,427,179 figure at the meeting. As part of that adoption, the real estate tax is set at 58 cents per $100 of assessed value. That number marks a four-cent tax increase from the equalized rate of 54 cents. The four cents are slated to be used to fund capital improvement projects (CIP). Leading the cost of the CIP total of $146,405,155 are two major projects that are scheduled to begin construction during the upcoming cycle. The construction of…
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• New Kent defeats Lakeland in first round of girls’ regional tennis tournament

  New Kent’s Lady Trojans defeated the Lakeland Lady Cavaliers during the first round of the Region 3A tournament on May 19. The Lady Trojans season came to an end on May 20 as they fell at Tabb in the regional semifinals. New Kent 5, Lakeland 1 Singles: Barden (L) def. Vincent (NK) 6-1, 6-1; Carpenter NK) def. Nuwalezi (L) 6-0, 6-0; Pettit-Pokora (NK) def. Sullivan (NK) 6-3, 6-0; Bennett (NK) def. Erwin (L) 6-0, 6-0; Wood (NK) def. Douglas (L) 6-0, 6-0; Doucet (NK) def. Peet (L) 6-0, 6-0.

• New Kent Sheriff’s Office seeking information in overnight Memorial Day larcenies

  New Kent Sheriff’s Office is asking the public for assistance to provide information stemming from overnight larcenies and attempted grand theft auto. According to authorities, in the early morning hours of May 25 in the neighborhoods of Kentwood Farms, Greenwood Farms, and the Rochambeau subdivisions, suspects attempted to break into several vehicles, tampering with them and attempting to steal items inside. When some victims confronted the individuals attempting to commit the crimes, the suspects shot in the direction of the victims, with at least one vehicle, a black 2010 Lincoln MKT SUV, being stolen from the site. There were no…
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• Man dies after falling off boat at Diascund Reservoir in New Kent

  A man has died after falling off a boat at the Diascund Reservoir in New Kent. According to the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources and New Kent Sheriff’s Office, Dalton B. Dunlap, 31, was pronounced deceased after his body was recovered from the water on May 23. According to an investigative report, a call was received at 3:45 p.m. for help of an individual falling off a boat and into the water. The victim did not resurface. Dunlap was apparently fishing when he fell overboard. Dunlap was not wearing a life jacket at the time of the incident. Alcohol is…
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