New Kent Charles City Chronicle

News for New Kent County and Charles City County, Virginia | April 11, 2026

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By Andre Jones | October 29, 2012 12:54 pm

Inside New Kent's Emergency Operations Center, interim New Kent fire chief Lisa Baber briefs county officials (from left) Chief Deputy Joe McLaughlin, acting county administrator Rodney Hathaway, Sheriff F.W. "Wakie" Howard Jr., and District 5 Board of Supervisors member Ray Davis on equipment ready for emergency response. At bottom, storm surge flooding combined with high tide has submerged and cut off from shore docks like the one pictured in the Chickahominy Shores subdivision in Lanexa in New Kent County.

Alan Chamberlain Photos