The Kenbridge-Victoria Dispatch

1 week ago | kenbridgevictoriadispatch.com | Brian Carlton

Published 1:03 am Saturday, June 21, 2025 With temperatures hitting 90 and higher, it’s a good time to cool off in the Victoria Pool. Also the Farmers Market is open and we have some fundraisers for different groups over the next few weeks going on. Just a reminder, the Church and Community Events calendar is published each Wednesday. Items must be submitted by 4:30 p.m. Monday for that Wednesday’s calendar.

1 week ago | kenbridgevictoriadispatch.com | Brian Carlton

Published 12:17 am Saturday, June 21, 2025 A new project on Courthouse Road is focused on taking advantage of the wedding industry. During their Thursday, June 12 meeting, Lunenburg County supervisors approved an application from the Paynter family to launch Fox Run Events. The business is built around an events center at 10929 Courthouse Road, a remodeled home that has been designed to hold weddings, reunions, bridal showers, birthday parties and baby showers.

1 week ago | kenbridgevictoriadispatch.com | Brian Carlton

Published 7:50 am Thursday, June 19, 2025 Could a solar project at the Lunenburg airport help generate revenue for the county? Is airport solar something even doable? That’s what the county is looking into, as they get set to invite developers to make a pitch. Developers will be asked to pitch their proposal on how to handle a relatively small solar project, between 20 to 25 acres, on the southern side of the airport property.

2 weeks ago | kenbridgevictoriadispatch.com | Brian Carlton

Published 11:10 pm Tuesday, June 10, 2025 Time’s almost up. At this point, early voting for the June primaries in Lunenburg County will be over in just a couple of days. That will run through this coming Saturday, June 14, with Primary Day taking place next Tuesday, June 17. However, it’s a much smaller set of races than originally expected, as Republicans have already chosen their candidates in the statewide races for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general.

3 weeks ago | kenbridgevictoriadispatch.com | Brian Carlton

Published 1:54 am Tuesday, June 3, 2025 Does the policy go far enough or will it need to be changed in the months to come? That’s a question a number of school districts both in this region and across the commonwealth will be asking over the summer, as they work to interpret Virginia’s new Cell Phone-Free Education law. On Friday, May 30, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin held a ceremonial signing of his “Bell-to-Bell Cell Phone-Free” policy and left no doubt as to what will be required.