Tickets for Flying Squirrels game!

Hanover County is celebrating its 300^th birthday this summer and fall and the festivities kick off with $3 tickets for the August 7 Richmond Flying Squirrels game. These are field-level tickets – great seats – and if you are a Hanover resident you can buy them at the office of Hanover County Parks & Recreation, 7515 Library Drive, Room 120 Mon.-Fri. 8:30-5 p.m. through Friday. In person sales only – cash, check or credit card.

Community information session on new Montpelier Community Center and Library proposal Thursday night

Hanover County is planning to build a new Community Center and Library at Montpelier Park. We are considering several options and need your feedback. Everyone who is interested is encouraged to attend one of the three information sessions being on Thursday, August 5, at the Montpelier Center for Arts and Education. Sessions will be held at 5, 6 and 7 p.m. and will include an overview of the project, potential location and facility options, and cost implications. Your feedback is important so it can be shared with the Board of Supervisors to make final decisions to move the project forward. If you are unable to attend, information and an opportunity to provide feedback will be available on the Montpelier Park page of the Hanover County website beginning August 6 through August 20, 2021.If you have any questions, please contact Hanover County Parks and Recreation at (804) 365-4690 or email at [email protected].

Gleaning for Food Banks

In an effort to address food insecurity in Hanover County, Hanover Cooperative Extension has started their first gleaning program. Local farmers sometimes have surplus produce that they need “gleaned”, or gathered after harvest, to clear their fields in preparation for their next crop. Rather than letting this produce become compost, the Extension office is directing it to local food pantries in need! In cooperation with farmers in the area, Master Gardeners who have taken a food safety course go to the fields on coordinated dates, harvest the produce, and transport it to food pantries that serve the Hanover community. In the first two weeks of the project, Hanover Cooperative Extension has worked with three farms to donate over 700 pounds of produce such as zucchini, squash, cabbage, and corn, and almost 500 pints of fresh blackberries to eight different food pantries! That is over 4,000 servings of fresh fruits and vegetables that have been donated to Hanover community members facing food insecurity. If you have extra produce to share contact the Hanover Extension Office at 804-752-4310.