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The proposed fiscal year 2024 budget represents a $16 million increase over the current year and contains a proposal to raise the real estate tax rate by 2 cents from $0.67 per $100 of assessed value to $0.69 per $100.

A list of upcoming events in the Williamsburg area.

New Kent Fire Chief Opett said it was “probably one of our smoothest burns we’ve had in a while."

Shenandoah Downs might not be home for Stacey McLenaghan, but it’s close. McLenaghan moved with her family from Canada to Virginia when she was 12 and grew up in New Kent, about three hours southeast of Woodstock, Virginia, where Shenandoah is located.

On Tuesday, March 28, the team at New Kent's Colonial Downs race track set fire to the famous Secretariat Turf Course in preparation for the 2023 horse racing season, which is currently set to begin July 13.

Feedback on Hampton Carousel, update on Rudee Loop development, controlled burn at Colonial Downs, and today's weather

County Administrator Rodney Hathaway said the proposed budget attempts to address many of the county’s capital needs that were deferred in previous years “due to affordability.”

A pair of graded stakes races for older horses at Oaklawn Park are the highlight of this weekend's racing action in North America

Private Terms raced in the colors of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Janney’s Locust Hill Farm, winning 12 races, nine stakes and more than $1.2 million

Train to Artemus has won four of five starts since trainer Kelly Breen claimed the 5-year-old Tapizar mare for $35,000