2022-10-19

2022-10-19 E-Edition

‘UNFORTUNATE ERROR’

Wrong ballot given in Nottoway
VOTER FILED SUIT LAST MONTH AGAINST ELECTORAL BD., COUNTY, OTHERS

A former Officer of Election — one who is suing the Nottoway Electoral Board and Board of Supervisors over her firing last year — recently received the wrong District Two ballot in early voting and therefore was unable to cast votes in Crewe’s municipal races. General Registrar Rodney Reynolds declines to identify the voter — saying only that she resides […]

It’s Official!

Blackstone Mayor Billy Coleburn cut the ribbon Tuesday morning, Oct. 18th, with officials and staff of Kalyan Hospitality to celebrate the opening of The Inn at Blackstone — a $17 million renovation that has transformed the former VUMAC and old Blackstone College for Girls building into a 110-room hotel. Raj Patel and Rita Patel are shown holding ribbon. Gold and […]

‘GUN-FREE SCHOOL ZONE,’ BUT…

Nottoway orders new signs to tout armed security
‘TWO SEPARATE MESSAGES,’ SAYS OFFICIAL

Entrances to public school buildings in Nottoway County will be getting additional exterior signage to be displayed beside the division’s current “Gun-Free School Zone” warnings. The new signs will read, “NOTICE: Armed Security Assigned to This Location.” The 4-0 vote came last Wednesday night, Oct. 13th and was the result of a suggestion last month by District One member Bill […]

AND THE SCHOOL BOARD SAID AMEN

Bible classes moving forward next month in Nottoway

Just two months ago, it was shaping up to be a ‘David vs. Goliath’ struggle. But today, Weekday Religious Education classes have prevailed and are scheduled to resume for Blackstone and Crewe 1st and 2nd graders. The optional classes, which require parental permission slips and which are held off-campus, will continue Nov. 14th after a lay-off of more than two […]

SHERIFF: PLAY IT SAFE

Secure valuables, lock doors

Nottoway Sheriff Robert Jones says that with increasing reports of thefts from vehicles — most of them unlocked — and the holidays approaching, it’s important for residents to take extra precautions to protect their valuables. “It is coming upon the time of the year,” Jones said this week, “when people will be shopping and buying items. Criminals will be looking […]

‘JUST PURE NONSENSE’

Electric buses opposed by official

The wheels on the bus go ‘round and ‘round, but those wheels will be pricy if it’s an electric bus. Nottoway School Board member Bill Outlaw told his colleagues Wednesday night that the Virginia School Boards Association (VSBA) is promoting electric buses. Outlaw says the price of a single electric bus is about $770,000, and replacing the battery runs another […]

AROUND TOWN

The Inn at Blackstone is open for business! A ribbon cutting was held yesterday (Tuesday) on the 100th anniversary of that building opening in 1922 as Blackstone College for Girls. In special session Monday night (Oct. 17th), Nottoway Supervisors authorized staff to execute a lease-to-purchase agreement for the Nottoway Lanes bowling alley with Inception Amusement, LLC. Details, page 12: 4- […]

Bowen

Barbara Jenkins Bowen, 82, passed away peacefully at her home in Burkeville, Virginia on October 9, 2022. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert E. Bowen, Sr., her parents, Robert and Sarah Jenkins; her sister, Sandra Leigh Jenkins; and her brother, Robert Wade Jenkins, Jr. She is survived by her children, Robert Earl Bowen, Jr. (Janet), Janice Bowen […]

Meadows

Mamie Goin Reed Meadows, 95, of Crewe, passed away peacefully in her sleep with her family by her side on Friday, October 14, 2022. She was the wife of the late Henry Willard Reed and late Charlie Meadows. Born in Appomattox on October 4, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Ernest Wesley Goin and Edna Mayberry Goin. She […]