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Yesterday | The Goochland Gazette - Serving Gooch...

Rest stop closing will produce mixed effect

Robert and Julia Smith were on their way from their home in Wilmington, N.C. to Pennsylvania on a vacation trip the other day when they decided they needed to make a stop.

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Related Topix: Oilville, VA, Goochland, VA, Rockville, VA

Wed Jul 01, 2009

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Henrico police recover suspect from swamp

Henrico County police ended an hours-long search for a larceny suspect just before 5 p.m. today, plucking him from a swamp off Patterson Avenue.

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Related Topix: Henrico County, VA, Short Pump, VA

Mon Jun 29, 2009

Richmond Times-Dispatch

A flight to remember for 95-year-old Goochland resident

It was Christmas 1944 when Warren Johnson Sr., an aircraft commander with the U.S. Army Air Forces, gave his 4-year-old cousin Ben his first model plane, along with a promise to build it when he returned from the Pacific.

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Related Topix: Flying, Life, Hobbies, Goochland, VA, Gliding

Sun Jun 28, 2009

The Goochland Gazette - Serving Gooch...

Revised shopping center plan gains commission approval

Photo by Jim Ridolphi Is this the most dangerous intersection in Goochland County? Many neighbors expressed that view at a recent Planning Commission public hearing regarding a proposed shopping center at the intersection.

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Related Topix: Goochland, VA

Fri Jun 26, 2009

The Goochland Gazette - Serving Gooch...

Goochland's Fourth of July celebration has a new home

Goochland County is preparing to celebrate the Fourth of July with a fireworks display that has become one of the county's most popular traditions.

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Related Topix: Goochland, VA

The Goochland Gazette - Serving Gooch...

35-Mile group eyes county road tour

The 35-Mile Drive Association met again last week, this time at the Edible Garden on River Road, one of the first stops in the envisioned road trip through the county along River Road out to Columbia, which the group hopes to promote in bringing tourist dollars to the county.

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Related Topix: Goochland, VA

Wed Jun 24, 2009

WVAW

Scottsville Residents Gather at Annual Batteau Festival

For 24 years a small group of batteaus have made an annual pilgrimage down the James River from Lynchburg to Maidens Landing in Goochland County; every year stopping in Scottsville, where the town greets them with a huge festival.

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Related Topix: Maidens, VA

Sat Jun 20, 2009

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Faster pace expected for James River Batteau Festival

Whatever other factors combine to make this year's batteau trip down the James River unique, organizers and participants agree on one thing -- this year's should be a fast ride.

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Related Topix: Maidens, VA, Richmond, VA

Sun Jun 14, 2009

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Military families unite at Goochland picnic

Grilling hot dogs and hamburgers over open flames is a rite of summer. But for about 70 people, a cookout yesterday in Goochland County was about more than good food and fellowship.

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Related Topix: Goochland, VA, Richmond, VA

Sat Jun 13, 2009

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Debate a natural at Rudlin Torah boarding school

Hands and arms in constant motion, voice rising and falling by the word, Rabbi Yosef Bart engaged his class in an animated discussion on the age-old question of the chicken and the egg.

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Related Topix: Richmond, VA

Thu Jun 11, 2009

The Central Virginian

Goochland's biosolids battle

Lane Ramsey stopped short of calling it an investigation. But the interim Goochland County administrator is reviewing the county's biosolids rules in the wake of a controversial application of sludge in the James River floodplain during last week's heavy rains.

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Related Topix: Goochland, VA

Tue Jun 09, 2009

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Monks force out Benedictine headmaster, take increased role at school

Benedictine High School's headmaster has been forced out by senior monks who are reorganizing the administration of the 98-year-old school .

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Related Topix: Henrico County, VA

Sun Jun 07, 2009

Richmond Times-Dispatch

She liked the spa, so she opened one in Goochland

For years, Brenda Clymer looked forward to receiving a gift certificate for spa services each time a special occasion rolled around.

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Related Topix: Goochland, VA, Manakin Sabot, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, Henrico County, VA, Pilates, Fitness

Thu Jun 04, 2009

The Central Virginian

Goochland schools plan programs with stimulus

With more than $1 million of federal stimulus funding on the way for Goochland's school system in the next two years, the school board authorized three new positions to aid the county's low-income and special education student populations.

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Related Topix: Goochland, VA

NBC12

Viewpoint: Goochland Free Clinic

NBC12 Viewpoint: Broadcasting only in digital NBC12 Viewpoint: Helping the homeless Richmond has its share of the chronically homeless.

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Related Topix: Goochland, VA, Richmond Metro, Richmond, VA

Wed Jun 03, 2009

WTVR Richmond

Henrico Man Arrrested For Goochland Bank Robbery

Goochland Sheriff's deputies and Henrico Police have arrested a 28 year old Henrico man for the May 27 robbery of the C & F Bank in Goochland County.

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Related Topix: Goochland, VA

The Goochland Gazette - Serving Gooch...

Va. still a red state, says RPV candidate Mullins

Last year's presidential victory by Barack Obama in Virginia was an "aberration," said Republican Party of Virginia Chairman Pat Mullins May 26 at a luncheon for Goochland County Republicans.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Virginia, Barack Obama

Tue Jun 02, 2009

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Goochland couple aim to open Montessori-style school

All 12 of Doug and Tamra Adams' children have learned on the family's 131-acre farm in Goochland County, mostly in the 70-year-old granary they affectionately call "the little red schoolhouse." Now, the parents want to open their learning farm to other youngsters.

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Related Topix: Goochland, VA, Henrico County, VA

Mon Jun 01, 2009

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Richmond police seek info in fatal shooting

Richmond police are seeking information in the shooting death of a man early yesterday.

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Related Topix: Richmond, VA, Violent Crime

Sun May 31, 2009

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Trade Names: 89-Paint wants professional finish

No one at 89-Paint winced when Helen Riley Anderson made a last-minute decision to change the colors she had chosen for each of the rooms in her three-story house.

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Related Topix: Tuckahoe, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, University of Virginia, Henrico County, VA, Chesterfield, VA

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