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Windsor will get first female mayor

May 4, 2010

WINDSOR—When the votes are counted Tuesday, Carita Richardson is expected to be the first female mayor in the town’s 108-year history.

Richardson, a one-term councilwoman, is running unopposed for mayor.

“Well, it looks like I will be the first woman to fill the post,” she said. “Unless, of course, there are a lot of write-in votes.”

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Windsor businesses, officials differ on impact of possible Route 460 relocation

April 27, 2010

WINDSOR — Businesses are divided about a renewed push by Gov. Bob McDonnell to realign U.S. 460 — a project that would include rerouting U.S. 460 to go around Windsor rather than through the heart of town.

“It’s going to affect business,” said Chiquilla Gholston, assistant manager at Daily Queen. She said her restaurant is a magnet for locals, as well as tourists traveling from the Richmond and Norfolk areas.

“We’re extremely busy in the summer,” she said.

Any construction might hurt restaurants or gas stations, but not all businesses say it would be bad. Many of the businesses along U.S. 460 are dependent primarily on local customers.

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