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Kings Dominion reopening, with no masks required for vaccinated guests
Kings Dominion opens for its 46th summer season Saturday, a year after the COVID-19 pandemic shut the annual tradition down. Although the Hanover County amusement park will require masks worn by anyone who is not vaccinated (if they are age five or older), more than 60 rides, live entertainment and the redesigned water park will […]
$60M Hanover industrial development to begin construction in May
A $60 million, five-building industrial development is set to begin construction next month in Hanover County. Northlake II will include approximately 655,000 square feet of Class A industrial space. Construction on the first three buildings will commence in May, with an anticipated completion of spring 2022. The project is being developed by Maryland-based Matan Cos.; […]
Kings Dominion sets minimum wage at $13 for seasonal workers
Kings Dominion, the Doswell amusement park, has set its minimum wage for seasonal employees at $13 per hour, it announced Thursday. Previously, the base wage was $9.25. The park, owned by Cedar Fair Entertainment Co., expects to hire 2,100 seasonal workers before reopening May 22, and it also is hiring 80 new full-time positions with […]
Chantilly systems integrator acquires Mechanicsville biz’s security solutions division
Chantilly-based tech systems integrator Corbett Technology Solutions Inc. (CTSI) announced last week it has acquired the integrated security solutions division of Mechanicsville-based electrical contractor Electrical Controls & Maintenance (EC&M). Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. EC&M was founded in 1996 and in 2001 launched its security systems integrator divis[...]
Capital Region Small Business Development Center opens in Richmond area
Now part of the state’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) network, the Capital Region SBDC opened this month to assist Richmond-area small business owners, Virginia Community Capital announced Monday. Funded by the U.S. Small Business Administration with $192,000 in CARES Act money, plus matching grant funds from regional sources, the center will provide COVID-19 assistance, […[...]
Kings Dominion to make holiday season comeback
Making a brief comeback before the end of 2020, Kings Dominion will reopen in December for a limited-time, limited-capacity holiday event after being closed for an entire summer season for the first time in its 45-year history, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Owned and operated by Cedar Fair Entertainment Co., the amusement park in Hanover […]
Kings Dominion general manager to retire
Growing up on a tobacco farm outside of Raleigh, North Carolina, Tony Johnson learned the meaning of hard work early on. At a time when his local school system had a later start to the academic year to allow for the picking season, Johnson would get up at 4 a.m. to work the fields. “It […]
Central Va. sales, use tax rate to increase Oct. 1
Starting Oct. 1, the sales and use tax rate in Central Virginia will go up by 0.7% to a total of 6%, Virginia Tax announced Tuesday. The change approved by the 2020 Virginia General Assembly affects the 4.3% state tax, the 0.7% regional state tax and the 1% local option tax. Affected localities include Richmond […]
Calabash Seafood ordered closed by court
Updated 2:45 p.m. A Hanover County seafood restaurant was ordered closed by a Hanover County Circuit Court judge Tuesday after the restaurant continued to operate with a suspended license due to COVID-19 safety violations. Judge Patricia Kelly issued a temporary restraining order effective as of 10 a.m. Tuesday, temporarily shutting down Mechanicsville’s Calabash Seafood, which […]
State files injunction motion against Hanover seafood restaurant
Updated, Aug. 19 The state health commissioner and the Virginia Board of Health have filed a motion for an injunction against a seafood restaurant in Hanover County that refuses to close in spite of multiple public health orders alleging it is in violation of the state’s COVID-19 rules. Calabash Seafood has been “serving customers food […]
Hanover County packaging manufacturer making isolation gown material
Hanover County-based packaging manufacturer INDEVCO North America announced Thursday that it’s shifting its manufacturing materials to make materials for protective isolation gowns, worn by first responders and medical workers. The company typically produces house wrapping material under its Barricade Building Products brand, but due to COVID-19, there’s been a decrease in U.S. housing[...]
Mechanicsville apartment complex sells for $7.6 million
The Signal Hill Apartments complex in Mechanicsville sold for $7.6 million on March 26, according to Glen Allen-based real estate company Commonwealth Commercial Partners LLC. Signal Hill includes 68 units and one four-bedroom rental home and is located at 8111 Signal Hill Road. The property came on the market during fall 2019 and was sold […]
