We hope you didn’t encounter any trouble from this weekend’s wintry weather. Hopefully this week’s warm weather brings some cheer after a cold January!
Planning Commission to Host Public Hearing Feb. 13 on Updated Comprehensive Plan Draft
The York County Planning Commission will host a public hearing 7 p.m. Feb. 13 to receive comment on the updated draft of the Comprehensive Plan.
The hearing will take place at the commission’s regular meeting. The Comprehensive Plan, called “Charting the Course to 2023: The County of York Comprehensive Plan,” outlines the long-range goals for the development of the county. The code of Virginia requires the plan to be reviewed at least once every five years.
The Planning Commission will review public comments before taking action. Once the commission approves the draft, it will go to the Board of Supervisors who will consider the draft for final adoption.
If you can’t make it to the public hearing, you can submit your comments by e-mail to [email protected], by fax at 757-890-3418, by calling 757-890-3404 or by mail to the following address:
York County Planning Division
P.O. Box 532
Yorktown, Va. 23690-0532
Carrot Tree to Host Literary High Tea Wednesday
The Yorktown Carrot Tree will host Literary High Tea Wednesday, featuring Lois Winter who will lecture on the Civil War in Yorktown.
The high tea will feature scones, biscuits, petite quiche, tea sandwiches, dessert plates and silk sachet teas. Seating is limited. Call 757-988-1999 for pricing and information.
Riverwalk Restaurant to Host Valentine’s Day Special
Have you made plans for Valentine’s Day? If not, consider a dinner with that special someone at Riverwalk Restaurant. The special is good for Feb. 14 – 16.
After an appetizer of chilled shrimp and lump crabmeat cocktail topped with sauce Louis and a hearts of romaine salad with saved parmesan, brioche croutons and black cherry vinaigrette, enjoy an entrée of grilled filet mignon and lobster thermidore with roasted fingerling potatoes and pearls.
Dessert will be a chocolate fondue with fresh fruit and cake. Dinner for two is priced at $125 or $150 with a bottle of Simonet champagne. Call the restaurant at 875-1525 for more information or visit their website by clicking here.
Swing by the Senior Center of York for a Pair of February Events
Laurel VanderJeudt will lead a workshop that will teach you how to create cards and bookmarks with old-fashioned pictures and artificial flowers on Feb. 11 at 11 a.m.
Register by Feb. 6. Each participant will be allowed to make up to four cards.
Col. Lafayette Jones, a descendent of the first people to live in James City County’s Freedom Park, will present a discussion on the present-day development and history of the park site that goes back to the 1650s.
Freedom Park is built on land that was once home to the earliest known free black settlement. There is also an 18th Century cemetery, a 17th Century home site and the land where the Battle of Spencer’s Ordinary took place in the Revolutionary War.
Refreshments will be provided. Register by Feb. 12.
The annual Bingo event at the Senior Center of York will take place Feb. 15 from 1 – 3 p.m. Everyone goes home with a prize.
Call 898-3807 to register for any of these events.
Use Your York County Library Card to Explore Genealogical Records
Use your York County Library Card to explore your family’s genealogical records through HeritageQuest Online by clicking here. The service contains resources that date back to the 1700s.
Included in the collection are U.S. Census records from 1790 to 1930, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant application files, Freedman’s Bank Records for African-American genealogical research and more than 28,000 family histories.
