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Colonial Heights News

Local news for Colonial Heights, VA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

Yesterday | Progress-Index

Community Center work OK'd

The city's elderly residents have been waiting almost 30 years for the expansion of the Community Center on Roanoke Avenue.

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Related Topix: Elderly

Mon Aug 18, 2008

The Mercury

Bears lose to South Richmond

The Boyertown Bears lost to South Richmond, Va., 8-4 late Saturday in the American Legion Mid-Atlantic Regional tournament in Colonial Heights, Va.

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Sun Aug 17, 2008

Free Republic

Jim Gilmore's Working Families Tour III

On August 20th and 21st, 2008 Day 1......August 20 City Location and Time Colonial Heights Meet & Greet - 9:30 am Swift Creek Mill Theatre / 17401 Jeff Davis Hwy Richmond Meet & Greet - 12:30 pm Rare Olde Times ...

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Related Topix: Richmond, VA, Richmond Metro, Tappahannock, VA, Jim Gilmore, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

Fri Aug 15, 2008

Pottstown Mercury

Today's area sports schedule

LEGION BASEBALL Mid-Atlantic Regional Tournament At Colonial Heights, Va. Boyertown vs.

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Thu Aug 14, 2008

Stafford County Sun

Va. budget may be short $1 billion

Virginia's cash crunch is going from bad to worse, possibly shorting the state budget another $1 billion and forcing more cuts in services and layoffs.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Richmond, VA

Wed Aug 13, 2008

Progress-Index

Community Center to relocate?

After successfully tabling the demolition of the old Baptist Church for at least a year, citizens of Colonial Heights are preparing for another fight.

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Mon Aug 11, 2008

Progress-Index

More of this story

Police in Colonial Heights are still wondering what made a 55-year-old man dump bags of soiled adult diapers on Temple Avenue last month.

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Sat Aug 09, 2008

Progress-Index

Nine-mile river race planned

Friends of the Lower Appomattox River are planning a canoe and kayak race as part of a river weekend this fall.

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Related Topix: Prince George, VA, Richmond Metro, Petersburg, VA, Hopewell, VA

Thu Aug 07, 2008

Progress-Index

Neighbors Unite Against Crime

For Police Chief Steven Martin, crime can be like a dark doorstep. "Every time I come home late at night, it seems to be dark.

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Related Topix: Richmond Metro, Petersburg, VA

Tue Aug 05, 2008

WJLA-TV Arlington

ABC 7 News - Va. Woman Becomes First Consecrated Virgin in Richmond Diocese

Fresh-faced and vivacious, Bernadette Snyder says she grew up in Virginia assuming Catholic girls like her either became nuns or found a man.

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Related Topix: Wedding, Richmond Metro, Richmond, VA

Progress-Index

Cold, hard cash is good motivation on hot days

Think it would be hard to find kids who want to work on hot summer days at Pocahontas State Park? Not with money as bait.

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Related Topix: Chesterfield, VA, Family, Teenagers, Chesterfield County, VA

Sun Aug 03, 2008

Progress-Index

Woman pulled from river after accident

A family's river outing took a turn for the worse after an accident. Eyewitnesses say a woman hit the water hard after her personal watercraft struck something in the Appomattox River.

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Related Topix: Richmond Metro, Hopewell, VA

Sat Aug 02, 2008

Progress-Index

Banking on a landmark?

The mighty foundation of Violet Bank has been suffering from moisture for many decades.

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Related Topix: Richmond Metro

Thu Jul 31, 2008

WRIC-TV Richmond

Crime Solvers Starts "Text-A-Tip" Program

Chesterfield-Colonial Heights Crime Solvers introduced Thursday a new way for citizens to send anonymous tips to police via text message.

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Tue Jul 29, 2008

WTVR Richmond

Three Arrested In Catalytic Converter Thefts

Three people suspected of stealing catalytic converters are behind bars, thanks to a pair of quick thinking car stereo sales people.

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Sun Jul 27, 2008

Progress-Index

the buzzy season

Tonya and Mike Haley of Colonial Heights have hundreds of little employees pulling their share this summer.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Honey, Apiculture, Science, Prince George, VA

Fri Jul 25, 2008

Progress-Index

Car flees from police, crashes

A car slammed into two vehicles in Petersburg yesterday after it fled from police in Colonial Heights.

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Related Topix: Richmond Metro, Petersburg, VA, Dinwiddie, VA

Wed Jul 23, 2008

Hopewell News

Anthrax scare at Federal Correctional Complex

At the scene, a white government car blocks the entry to Magnolia Road. Authorities reported a hazmat incident in the mailroom of the Federal Correctional Complex near Riverside Regional Jail on Wednesday ...

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Related Topix: Fort Lee, VA, Prince George, VA

Mon Jul 21, 2008

WTVR Richmond

Dirty Diaper Mystery

Colonial Heights Police want to know who is dumping bags of dirty diapers on the new Temple Avenue ramp, almost on a daily basis for nearly a month.

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Sat Jul 19, 2008

Progress-Index

Teen shaken by abduction attempt

A teenage girl from Petersburg fought off an unidentified man who attempted to abduct her close to her home Wednesday evening.

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Related Topix: Richmond Metro, Petersburg, VA

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Colonial Heights, Virginia is located in Bristol County and is part of the Richmond Metro Area. Zip codes in Colonial Heights, VA include 23834.

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