March 31, 2009

Carol Cuneo, art teacher and real estate agent, dies
By JOHN D. CLARKE TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER

Carol Anne Cuneo turned a little closet into a darkroom and gave Hanover County schools their first photography program. With a typewriter, a stapler and...


March 30, 2009

Land-disturbance approval required in Hanover

Before clearing or disturbing land, even for an agricultural activity, be certain the required approvals are obtained. Failure to do so can result in substantial...


March 29, 2009

Hanover adopts community meeting guidelines

Hanover County resident Jim Ellis said he didn’t know about a recent community meeting to discuss a residential development potentially coming to...


March 28, 2009

GRTC to begin route between Richmond, Ashland

Hanover County commuters will have a new way to reach their jobs in Richmond next month with the launch of an express bus service between Ashland and the...


March 27, 2009

Richmond region will add about 1,300 hotel rooms this year
Richmond region will add about 1,300 hotel rooms this year

Despite the slumping economy, the metropolitan Richmond region will add about 1,300 hotel rooms this year, an 8 percent increase. That will come on top...

Hotels proposed or being built in Richmond area

Chesterfield County: Residence Inn by Marriott, Chester area   Hanover County: Country Inn, Doswell Country Inn and Suites, Lewistown Road Comfort...


March 26, 2009

Hanover dog-leash law in effect

Each year, beginning April 1 and lasting through the end of June, Hanover County’s running-at-large laws apply to dogs in rural areas as well as...


March 24, 2009

Career-transition workshops at libraries available for people looking for jobs

The Pamunkey Regional Library offers help to people who are looking for a job. This includes career-transition workshops which help participants use library...


March 22, 2009

Festival organizers optimistic despite economy
Festival organizers optimistic despite economy

If the first day of the Church Hill Irish Festival is any indication of what the festival season will bring, organizers have cause for optimism. Thousands...

Hanover development up for final OK on April 15

A development along Cool Spring Road in Hanover County that was approved last week by the county’s Planning Commission would have 236 detached single-family...


March 20, 2009

Hanover mixed development advances with condition

Hanover mixed-use project advances Planners approve it on the condition that road remain open Plans for a Hanover County development featuring retail,...


March 19, 2009

Motorcycle ride to benefit Habitat for Humanity

Eight Habitat for Humanity affiliates will each host a Ride Virginia Poker Run on April 18, 2009. Motorcycle enthusiasts across the commonwealth will get...


March 18, 2009

Church-sponsored workshops in Mechanicsville will help those who lost jobs

New Highland Baptist Church. 9200 Ashcake Road in Mechanicsville, will host a Career Transition Workshop on April 4 from 9 a.m. to noon, for those who...

Cantor endorses Cox in race for 55th seat

Cantor endorses Cox in 55th race Hanover County trucking executive John Cox has been endorsed by Rep. Eric I. Cantor, R-7th, in the battle for the Republican...


March 15, 2009

R-MC fundraiser helps create miracles for children

Guy Harvey is a miracle child. His mother, Amanda Harvey, had him 24 weeks into her pregnancy. He weighted 1 pound, 10 ounces and had a 10 percent chance...

Hanover School Board votes to raise fees to rent school facilities

Hanover School Board Rental fees for school facilities to rise The changes, which are the first in six years, will take effect in July At a time when everyone...

What government officials are paid in central Virginia
What government officials are paid in central Virginia By WILL JONES, Times-Dispatch Staff Writer, and RANDY JESSEE, Times-Dispatch Special Projects Editor

Richmond Times-Dispatch Exclusive: Six-figure wages reach from big localities to tiny King and Queen.


March 14, 2009

Mechanicsville man’s Coast Guard mementos mistakenly sold

Matt Rigsby may have “swallowed the anchor” and ended his service in the Coast Guard, but those years still matter to him. So he’d like...

Kersey Creek Elementary shows off its green features

A field trip to another school Chesterfield 4th-graders learn about Hanover’s green elementary building The urban legends surrounding the mysterious...

Missing Coast Guard mementos

Shellback certificate for crossing the equator Golden Dragon certificate for crossing the 180th meridian, the international date line Golden Shellback...

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