🌱 How could New Kent’s data center fight reshape Route 33 and rural life?
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- How could New Kent’s data center fight reshape Route 33 and rural life?
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- Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 67 and low of 40 degrees.
- Tuesday: Clouds giving way to some sun, temps: high: 67, low: 51.
- Wednesday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 67 and low of 51 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• New Kent leaders struggle with how to approach data centers (pilotonline.com) — New Kent County supervisors are sharply divided over whether to welcome data centers, as they weigh a proposed technology overlay district along the Route 33 corridor. Some board members and residents fear impacts on rural character, water, power, and noise, while others want the draft rules to advance to a public hearing so the community can formally weigh in. 
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New Kent Trojans vs Bruton Panthers
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Board of Equalization Application Window - 3/30/26 to 4/30/26
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Board of Supervisors Work Session
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Board of Equalization Application Window - 3/30/26 to 4/30/26
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Eltham Streetscape Study Meeting with District 5 Supervisor Jordan Stewart
New Kent County, VA Calendar , 18950 Motel Drive , Eltham
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Board of Equalization Application Window - 3/30/26 to 4/30/26
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New Kent High School Trojan Theater Presents SISTER ACT
New Kent High School , 7365 Egypt Rd , New Kent
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New Kent Farmers Market
New Kent County, VA Calendar , 7589 New Kent Hwy. , New Kent
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Tuesday April 28
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Electoral Board Meeting- Canvass Reconvene April Special
King William County, VA Calendar King William, VA 23086
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Guided Nature Walk at VCU Rice Rivers Center
VCU Rice Rivers Center , 3701 John Tyler Memorial Hwy , Charles City
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King William Cavaliers vs Windsor Dukes
King William High School , 80 Cavalier Dr , King William
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Baseball/Softball vs Thomas Jefferson
West Point High School , 2700 Mattaponi Ave , West Point
6:30 pm
Monday April 27
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- Has anyone else noticed the roughness, uneven surface and pitch of the new asphalt on 249 in front of the new Pomeroy Park sub-division in the west bound lane?
(just west of fire station 2) The existing road surface leading up to and after the new asphalt seems smoother. New asphalt should typically be… (Nextdoor Tunstall)
- Shirley Contracting Company posted a job opening for Carpenter (Structural) in New Kent. Apply here.
- Churchill Downs Inc. posted a job opening for Maintenance Technician in New Kent. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near New Kent here.
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Williamsburg
- VA250 event in Williamsburg focuses on those who were here first (pilotonline.com)
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