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Cute, shy and touting tomatoes
Will saying the Hanover tomato is a favorite food influence the judges in the Tiny/Little Miss Tomato Festival Pageant? That answer won’t be revealed until July 11, when the 31st Annual Hanover County Tomato Festival fills Pole Green Park

New! Mechanicsville Crimes and Arrests

HABCC welcomes new director
With almost 20 years of communication and media relations experience, Jennifer Y. Scott has assumed the position of executive director of the Hanover Association of Businesses and Chamber of Commerce

MRMC nurses prove they’re best
For the fourth year, the National Association for Female Executives (NAFE) has recognized Bon Secours Richmond, which includes Memorial Regional Medical Center in Mechanicsville, in its Top Companies for Executive Women awards program

Wal-Mart loses its ‘Candyman’ in fatal crash
Wreck victims being remembered by community.

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Young golfers go for national spots
Tournament at The Crossings opens opportunities

Elder drivers, harsh words and cows
RIR IndyCar Weekend notes

Ganassi on target at RIR
Teammates Dixon and Franchitti take one-two in SunTrust Indy Challenge

Old Schooler, Brian Tyler takes James River Grounds 100
Displaced sway bar does in East

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Local finds it way to the 2009 Baseball Spring Training
On a recent trip to Tampa, Florida, Gail & Ralph Ellis they had a chance to see the 2008 World Series Champions Philadelphia Phillies play the New York Yankees at the Bright House Field in Clearwater. They also saw games between the Detroit Tigers and Florida Marlins and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Toronto Blue Jays. While there they visited with former Mechanicsville residents and family members, Bonnie and Paul Thomasson.

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Success has not changed motive
A recent interview with the people at the heart of the Hanover Tomato Festival was an instant reminder of what is good about the place we call home

An unmistakable passion for country
OK, I’ll confess — I was more than a little curious about this group that calls itself the 912 Project

Now let’s turn our attention to Nov. 3
For those of you who actually took the time to vote on June 9, thank you.

Put in earplugs: it’s football season
Despite the initial impulse to be flip and facetious, I will refrain from that behavior

Voting — a right and a privilege
For years, no matter what newspaper I was affiliated with at the time, I have devoted this space at election time to write about the importance of voting

They had a dream and made it reality
The need was there, the want was there, the support was there and The Mechanicsville Local became a reality

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