Annual Bluegrass Festival Sept. 16-19 at Chesterfield County Fairgrounds

Celebrate bluegrass music at the Annual Bluegrass Festival and Virginia State Bluegrass Championship Contest, Sept. 16-19, at the Chesterfield County Fairgrounds, 10300 Courthouse Road. The four-day event includes performances by Big Country, the McPeak Brothers, Remington Ryde, Code Blue, and Shenandoah Drive, as well as a potluck dinner on Thursday, Sept. 16. On Saturday, Sept. [...]

Police Emphasize Traffic Safety for Labor Day

The Chesterfield County Police Department’s Traffic Section is conducting several countywide DUI checkpoints and roaming patrols in conjunction with the Start Safe-Finish Safe campaign. The summer boating and traffic safety initiative began May 28 in which officers targeted drunk driving and boating, speeding, red light and seat belt/child safety seat violations.
Police continue to create awareness [...]

Chesterfield to Partner with Richmond to Revitalize Hull Street Road Corridor

Chesterfield County is partnering with Richmond and Virginia Local Initiatives Support Corp., or LISC, to apply for a grant that would be used to revitalize a 4.7-mile section of Hull Street Road between Walmsley Boulevard in Chesterfield County and just west of Belt Boulevard in Richmond.
The county and city have submitted [...]

Discover Chesterfield Walking Club Plans Outings This Fall

The benefits of joining the Discover Chesterfield Walking Club are twofold: walkers get plenty of exercise and they get to experience a new Chesterfield County park!
The club meets for walks at 9 a.m. on the first Tuesday of each month. Walks are free and led by a Chesterfield County Department of Parks and Recreation staff [...]

Henricus Historical Park Commemorates 400th Anniversary with Year-Long Celebration Beginning in September 2010

Henricus Historical Park announced today it will commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Citie of Henricus with a year-long series of events kicking off in September 2010. Founded in 1611 by Sir Thomas Dale, Henricus became the second successful English settlement in the “New World” and was established to replace the unhealthy environment of Jamestown. [...]

Chesterfield County Fair returns to the Fairgrounds, Aug. 27-Sept. 4

The 97th Chesterfield County Fair is returning to the fairgrounds Aug. 27-Sept. 4. Two new major attractions this year are a petting zoo featuring 30 animals indigenous to Africa, South America, and Asia, and daily circus shows. The Star Family Circus and Thrill show includes acrobats, motorcycle daredevils, jugglers, performing [...]

Cat Exposed to Rabid Raccoon Captured and Euthanized

Chesterfield County Animal Control officers were called to a home in the 13800 block of Winterberry Ridge today after the owner of a cat injured last week in an encounter with a rabid raccoon reported that the cat had returned home.
In accordance with state law, the cat was euthanized as a [...]

Dupont To Invest $20 Million in New Facility In Chesterfield

Governor Bob McDonnell today announced that DuPont will invest $20 million to establish a facility in Chesterfield County to make the first nanofiber-based polymeric separators for high-performance lithium ion batteries for electric vehicles and many other potential commercial uses.
The facility, an early commercial-scale plant to produce the new material for this growing market, will be [...]

Explorers Take Third in National Competition

The Chesterfield County Police Department’s Law Enforcement Explorer Post 609 placed third in the shoot/don’t shoot competition at the 2010 National Law Enforcement Explorer conference at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. The explorers are comprised of young men and women from 14-21 who are interested in future law enforcement or criminal justice [...]

Underage Drinking at Reedy Mill Home Results in 14 Arrests

Fourteen people between 16 and 20 were arrested and charged for underage possession of alcohol on July 24 after police discovered underage drinking at a party in a Reedy Mill home.
Police responded to a home in the 12400 block of Waterfall Crest Way at 1:45 a.m. to investigate reports of loud [...]

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