January 17, 2010

Part-time legislators, but full-time business owners
Part-time legislators, but full-time business owners

Running a business is often a 24/7 job. Owners spend countless hours nurturing their entrepreneurial dreams, fretting over the details and talking to clients....

Open University classes for seniors spread to Hanover

The Shepherd’s Center of Richmond has spread its reach to Hanover County with its first set of Open University classes at the Covenant Woods retirement...

Drop in fire fatalities a pleasing trend for region

Richmond fire officials began the month of December with fingers crossed, hoping their education and prevention efforts—and good luck—would...

Schools look at increasing class sizes to cope with budget

Some local school systems feeling the pain of deep budget cuts are looking at increasing class sizes to help with financial woes. Increasing pupil-teacher...


January 16, 2010

Hanover school couple face sex charges

C. Linnon A. Linnon A Hanover County couple, both employees of the public school system, face a court appearance Tuesday on multiple charges of taking...

Alfred Howe Todd, ex-Richmond official, dies at 87

Alfred Howe Todd was returning to Richmond from Atlanta by train when he sat next to a man who was en route to establish a city of Richmond planning office....

Hanover County dog-rescue group seeks help as adoptions slow

Every time Eric Kaplan has to give up a dog, he’s happy. It means the dog he has nurtured will have a permanent home. Kaplan provides a foster home...


January 15, 2010

Hanover school employees charged with taking indecent liberties with children

A Hanover County couple, both employees in the public school system, face a court appearance Tuesday on multiple charges of taking indecent liberties with...

Richmond-area relief groups await word on how to help in Haiti

A leadership vacuum in Haiti that is creating problems with the nation’s rescue effort after a devastating earthquake is being felt as far away as...

Funding cut for Chesterfield’s Black History Month events
By WESLEY P. HESTER TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER

Chesterfield County’s Black History Month celebration in February will feel the effects of the troubled economy. Funding for the annual event—provided...

Hanover man gets 3½ years in fatal crash

When a witness approached David Milton Casstevens III after seeing a car involved in a crash, Casstevens muttered that he hadn’t been the driver....


January 14, 2010

Richmond-area residents with Haiti ties are left anxious

The powerful earthquake that left much of Haiti’s capital in ruins had far-reaching effects in the Richmond area, where people wondered about the...

Glen Allen man charged in Denver with disrupting flight crew
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DENVER—A Virginia man accused of becoming unruly when he was refused more alcohol on an AirTran Airways flight was charged yesterday with interfering...

Hanover bans sales, solicitations on roadways

Don’t plan to peddle your NASCAR gear on Hanover County roadways when the racers return in the spring. The Hanover Board of Supervisors, on a 4-3...

How the Richmond area is helping Haiti

The meeting at the Red Cross, 420 E. Cary St., will include representatives from the Catholic Diocese of Richmond and the Virginia Council of Churches....


January 13, 2010

Hanover schools chief aims to close budget gap

The only silver lining for Hanover County school employees going into a tough budget year will be the school administration’s desire not to pass...

Hanover schools chief aims to close budget gap

The only silver lining for Hanover County school employees going into a tough budget year will be the school administration’s desire not to pass...

Local schools win Governor’s Awards
By STAFF REPORTS

A number of central Virginia public schools were among the 153 in Virginia honored yesterday by Gov. Timothy M. Kaine with the 2010 Governor’s Award...


January 12, 2010

Kaine requests $49 million from FEMA for storm costs

Hanover County is the only locality in the Richmond area to qualify for federal payment of costs from responding to a storm that dumped up to 2 feet of...


January 11, 2010

Biz Buzz: Richmond Ford, local restaurants, CarMax, hhgregg
Biz Buzz: Richmond Ford, local restaurants, CarMax, hhgregg

While the automobile industry is coming off a very tough year, at least one area dealer is optimistic that the worst has passed. Ron Kody, president and...

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