The Chesterfield Daily

According to Chesterfield Observer:

“Millwood School has announced plans to offer grades 9-12 beginning in the fall of 2009. The school is located on 79 acres on the western border of Woodlake.”

Read more about the school.

According to RotaryNews.com, Mazda has opened a new engine rebuilding facility in Chesterfield County. This 133,000 square foot building is “the only operation of its type in North America”.

“Our remanufacturing here is primarily for rotary engines,” [Robert Davis] said. “We’re looking to expand in the future, maybe to transmissions and even other automotive parts.”

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The Cultural Center of India (CCI), a non-profit organization, announces the 5th Annual “Taste of India” event, to be held at the Cultural Center of India, 6641 Iron Bridge Parkway, Chesterfield, on Sat., June 21 and Sun. June 22, noon - 9 p.m. For directions, go to the Cultural Center of India Web site home-page, http://www.geocities.com/ccihall/index.html
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County residents concerned that property in their neighborhoods is not being maintained properly, or worried that their community may deteriorate in the future, have a new place to turn to for advice and information.

The Chesterfield County Sustain Our Communities Committee, or SOCC, has developed a new Web page at www.chesterfieldcommunities.com to assist residents who have such concerns.
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The prestigious Goldwater Scholarship went to 321 student out of over a 1000 across the nation. Three students from Virginia Tech received this scholarship. David Tatum, resident of Midlothian, was one of those three.

“A member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, Tatum has studied the trafficking of sulfur in bacteria with the Department of Biochemistry and, more recently, molecule-based magnets with the Department of Chemistry.” according to Virginia Tech.

Read more about this scholarship and the three Virginia Tech students.

This morning (Sunday) a plane crashed into a Midlothian home near the intersection Hull and Genito. The two men in the plane that had taken off from a Chesterfield airport died in the crash while the woman in the house, Melissa Bowen, is now at VCU Medical Center in critical condition.

The Crash happened approximately at the 3100 block of Woodsong Drive.

9 females inmates from a prison in Chesterfield County pressed charges about being sexually abused in prison by male and female guards as well as one teacher. One of the inmates ended up getting pregnant as a result of it. After pressing charges and seeking 10 million in damages, a settlement was reached. It’s not public though what deals were made.

More at Lawyers and Settlements

Chesterfield County will receive certification as a StormReady Community by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Weather Service Office at the Board of Supervisors Meeting, Wednesday, April 23. StormReady is a nationwide community preparedness program that uses a grassroots approach to help communities develop plans to handle all types of severe weather. In order to be certified as StormReady, communities must have an emergency response plan, a 24-hour warning point and emergency operations center, establish ways to receive severe weather warnings and alert the public, and promote the importance of public readiness through education and emergency exercises. Chesterfield County is one of nine counties in Virginia to be certified as a StormReady Community. For more information, visit stormready.noaa.gov.

The Chesterfield County Department of Parks and Recreation and the LifeSpring Community Foundation announce the grand opening of the XZone skatepark, Saturday, April 26, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., 6851 Courthouse Road. The grand opening will include demonstrations by a local skate team, vendor booths, food, and giveaways.

The LifeSpring Community Foundation’s XZone youth program works in collaboration with community businesses, county agencies, youth development services and schools to provide educational programs, counseling and activities for students.

Well, they got the atmosphere right… You walk into the stand alone building in the town of Midlothian, and immediately are drawn in by the aroma of coffee beans, and the crackling of a real wood fire. It’s charming really, with original artwork covering the walls and big cushy leather chairs near the hearth, this seems like the perfect place to curl up and spend a chilly afternoon. There’s just one problem… the price! I wasn’t very hungry the day we went, and thus asked to try the café’s meat and cheese plate. Thankfully I asked the price, because my little nibble could have cost me a whopping $18 dollars. I opted to just sip on a glass of wine ($9) and share some of my husband’s $9 curried chicken wrap. Our friends had their little boy with them, and ordered a child’s grilled cheese for $6.
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