Matoaca News

In recent years, Chesterfield County's countywide graduating classes have been losing about 500 students who drop out because they weren't able to find success in the traditional high school setting.

Dozens of parents rallied yesterday outside Chester Middle School to protest proposed attendance patterns they say will change where their children go to school.

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Chesterfield County citizens who reside in the Clover Hill Magisterial District participated in the process of mapping the countya s future at a public workshop held at Monacan High School on the evening of September 29.

County supervisors also approved a new noise ordinance that would ban: noise from a group of 10 or more people between 12:01 and 7 a.m. audible inside another dwelling unit or from 50 feet away; music or television noise audible within another person's home, or from 50 feet from the source, between 12:01 and 7 a.m.; noise from animals audible ...

Font size: [A] [A] [A] High Octane Lock-in planned for military children COLONIAL HEIGHTS - Military youth ages 9 to 13 of all branches are invited to participate in a High Octane Lock-In. This lock-in is sponsored by Virginia Operation Military Kids which is the US Army's collaborative effort with Virginia's communities to give support to military ...

Two signage issues currently being addressed by Chesterfield County officials are gaining attention from Brandermill residents who are concerned about safety and aesthetics.

Hand sanitizer should be at the top of the " back-to-school" shopping list. The Wal-Mart in Chester was packed Monday with last minute back-to-school shoppers.

CHURCH RD 6/20 License plate reported stolen from victima TMs vehicle. IVAN RD 6/29 Eagle Cove.

Evelyn Tucker, right, walks with her granddaughter Lauren Wheeler on the trail that bears her name.

Heather Egan and other parents of students at Matoaca Middle School in Chesterfield County are concerned about violence at the 1,100-student school.

Barton Wines of Warrenton, Va., won the Walmart Bass Fishing League Shenandoah Division tournament on the Potomac River Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 18 pounds, 15 ounces.

Marleen K. Durfee was elected as the Matoaca District Supervisor on November 6, 2007, and began her term of 4 years on January 1, 2008.

Chesterfield County is a FIRST CHOICE community in which to live, work, raise a family and play.

New businesses opening in the district include the Bank of Virginia and Ocean Breeze restaurant on Hull Street Road, and the Longhorn Steakhouse in Hancock Village shopping center.

Even before a vote to increase cash proffers on residential development was addressed last month by Chesterfielda s Board of Supervisors, an ordinance amendment intended to ease costs to commercial developers was proposed.

Iris Dove calls her business The Matoaca Weaver. She has been spinning wool for18 years.

IF YOU GO Comprehensive plan: Chesterfield County's 32-member comprehensive-plan steering committee will meet for the first time this week.

Tiara Smith received lots of help getting her cap and gown together from Ms. Wright, Mrs.

Motorists driving past Virginia Commonwealth University's Monroe Park campus should expect delays over the next 10 days while high school graduations are held at the Siegel Center.