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Cameron Foundation to help PCPS reward full SOL accreditation

The Cameron Foundation will grant each Petersburg City public school a cash award at the end of the 2008-2009 school year, to be used for whatever the school needs: technology, textbooks or programs. A committee of department representatives at each school will decide the best use for the funds. There is one catch. The […]

Strategies to manage your business in a troubled economy

The Crater Small Business Development Center of Longwood University and The Petersburg Chamber of Commerce are pleased to bring a seminar entitled: Learning New Strategies to Manage Your Business in a Troubled Economy.
 
The seminar is led by Casey Willson, a 35-year veteran of the retail, restaurant and tourism industry.  Prior to joining the Maryland network […]

March events, Petersburg Public Library

1) Small Business Center – Brown Bag Lunch Series Part I, March 11
2) Applying for Social Security, Retirement & Disability Benefits Online, March 12
3) Friday for the Arts Exhibition, Anna Evdokimova, March 13

1) Small Business Center – Brown Bag Lunch Series Part I, March 11
WHEN: 12pm – 1:30pm
WHERE: McKenney/Central Library, 137 S. Sycamore Street, Lower Level
COST:  FREE
INFO/Sign-up: […]

Pathways Kitchen Tour

Pathways‘ Annual Kitchen Tour will be held on Sunday, March 15, 2009, from 1:00 pm until 5:00 pm.  The event will feature seven of Petersburg’s most interesting and unique home kitchens.  Included in the price of the ticket will be a wine and cheese tasting at Olde Towne Marketplace at 124 West Bank Street and […]

Three Southside nonprofits merge operations – Strengthening for lean times

The Appomattox Regional Library System (ARLS) announces the merger of three separate local nonprofit programs: the Southside Virginia Nonprofit Resource Center (SVNRC), Focus INC and ConnectSouthside.org into one combined group. The group will operate as a program of the Library under the governance of the ARLS Board of Trustees.  The merger combines the strengths of […]

Ward 3 meeting, Mar 9

From Councilman Pritchett: The next ward meeting will be held at 6:30 PM at Vernon Johns Junior High School. A very important presentation will be made by the Virginia Attorney Generals staff about the gang problems we have in Petersburg and the State of Virginia. Our Chief of Police John Dixon and our Commonwealth’s Attorney […]

PHS Boys Varsity Basketball team: now ranked #10 in region, #30 in the country

From PCPS: The Petersburg High School Crimson Wave Boys Varsity Basketball team is now ranked #10 in the East Region and #30 in the country, with a 22-0 record. (see here, and here).

It has been an exciting year as the team has battled and prevailed over each of its tenacious rivals in the region, from Prince […]

Ward 4 workshop, Feb 24

Brian Moore will be hosting a Ward 4 Workshop on February 24, 2009 at Old Towne Catering (9 West Old St.), from 5:30pm to 10pm. Dinner will be 7pm to 8pm, featuring as a speaker the Honorable Viola O. Baskerville, Secretary of Administration, Commonwealth of Virginia. The focus of the workshop will be the […]

Virtual Geocaching at Petersburg National Battlefield

In celebration of National Parks week, Petersburg National Battlefield is launching their Virtual Geocaching Program on April 20, 2009. Petersburg National Battlefield is using a version of Geocaching called Virtual caching. Virtual caching is a cache that exists in a form of a location. Depending on the cache “hider,” a virtual cache could […]

Agenda, Feb 25 ARB meeting

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