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The Mechanicsville Local welcomes your Letters to the Editor on topics of concern to you and the community.

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Christmas Mother: thanks for a successful year

On behalf of the Hanover Christmas Mother program thank all of you for making this a successful year.

Kind individuals, clubs, churches and businesses made it possible for us to assist 865 families and their 1,773 children. …

Owners join to protect signs

Vandalism, trespassing and theft are crimes. They are punishable by a fine and/or jail time.

As a private property owner with a big yellow message board sign on my own personal property, I am writing to put all of the criminal(s) on notice that…

Community Services Board: thanks for holiday support

On behalf of the individuals and families that are served through Hanover Community Services Board’s Case Management/Supports Coordination Department, I would like to express my sincere appreciation to all those who donated gifts,…

Nearly 5,000 attend church’s retelling of Dickens’ classic

As the senior minister of the Fairmount Christian Church, I wanted to thank you and the staff of The Mechanicsville Local for your inclusion of “Scrooge – the Musical” in your “Local Pick”…

Responding to Tech incident

This letter is in response to the letter titled “What Tech needs to do” from Joseph Pierro of Mechanicsville.

I see that Mr. Pierro formulated his misinformed opinion from the Richmond Times Dispatch article that once again tried to lay…

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