The Salvation Army’s red kettle season is almost here and Maria Post of the Salvation Army’s Gloucester Service Center tells the Gazette-Journal volunteers are needed to lend a hand in the annual fundraising effort. Post says it’s not too early to make plans to ring with family, friends, with your church or even by yourself. … Read more
This is national Teen Driver Safety Week and the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles encourages teen drivers and their parents or guardians to have candid conversations about safe driving habits. While driver education classes help instill the rules of the road and provide some basic driving experience, they are only one component of helping teens … Read more
The Virginia Tourism Corporation is selected as one of 10 global recipients of the AFAR Media 2022 Travel Vanguard awards. The agency was selected for its exceptional work creating a more inclusive and equitable destination experience for Black travelers. The annual awards, first launched in 2016, are the highest honor that AFAR bestows and recognize … Read more
The Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation is taking steps to break down barriers and build opportunity for the Hispanic and Latino workforce. According to Governor Glenn Youngkin’s ofrfice the department has expeditiously worked over the last 6 months to translate contractor’s application instructions and exams into Spanish. Applications for all contractors and tradesman … Read more
The Virginia DOT is proposing to create a dedicated right-turn lane off of Route 3 – Main Street in Kilmarnock onto Route 688 – James B. Jones Memorial Highway – to alleviate traffic back-ups at that intersection. It will facilitate truck traffic as non-through trucks must use Route 688 since it is the truck by-pass … Read more
Dominion Energy filed a proposal with the Virginia State Corporation Commission to implement nearly two dozen new solar and energy storage projects including 2 in Richmond County. If approved, the projects will provide more than 800 megawatts of carbon-free electricity, enough to power more than 200,000 Virginia homes at peak output. Dominion is proposing to … Read more
Bay Aging is participating in the observance of October as Residents’ Rights Month. According to the Gazete-Journal it marks the anniversary of the 1987 Nursing Home Reform Law which guarantees nursing home residents individualized care, respect, dignity, the right to visitation, the right to privacy, the right to complain and the right to make independent … Read more
The Woman’s Club of White Stone holds its Halloween Game Day event on October 27 at its clubhouse on Chesapeake Drive. Doors open for game play at 10:30 a.m. with a Halloween buffet lunch at noon. Although costumes are optional, there will be prizes for those entering the costume contest. Proceeds benefit the club’s funding … Read more
The Rappahannock Foundation for the Arts recently received a grant from the Joseph M. Ruffin Foundation. President Kathy Rhodes tells the Rappahannock Record the Foundation was created nearly 10 years ago to exclusively enrich Virginians’ lives and communities. Rhodes says Mr. Ruffin very much enjoys music and is delighted to assist RFA in continuing to … Read more
Northumberland County’s Household Hazardous Waste and E-Waste fall collection is Saturday, October 29 from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. at the middle school bus parking lot. County residents and property owners can dispose of oil-based paint, cleaners, solvents, old or used petroleum products, pool chemicals and pesticides along witrh spent florescent and CFL bulbs. Electronic … Read more