Practice Fire Safety this Holiday Season

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Festive celebrations, family dinners, and flickering lights make the holidays magical, but they also pose fire risks. The Newport News Fire Department and the Village Green community encourages everyone to stay safe this holiday season. Below are some tips from the Newport News Fire Department to ensure you and your family remain safe this holiday season.

Holiday Decorations

  • Select decorations that are flame-resistant or flame retardant.
  • Use flameless candles.
  • Ensure that lights can be used indoors or outdoors.
  • Replace broken or frayed lighting strands.
  • Use clips, not nails, to hang lights to prevent cord damage.
  • Blow out candles when you leave the room or go to bed.
  • Turn off all light decorations when leaving the home or going to bed.
  • Keep live trees well-watered!

Holiday Entertaining

  • Test your smoke and carbon monoxide alarms and tell guests about your home escape plan.
  • Keep children and pets away from lit candles.
  • Keep matches and lighters locked away from children.
  • Stay in the kitchen when cooking.
  • Ask smokers to smoke outside. Smokers should use large, deep ashtrays and wet cigarette butts with water before discarding.
  • NEVER use water on an electric, grease, or gas fire.

Fall Prevention

  • Clean up spills immediately.
  • Install nightlights.
  • Use a slip mat for the bath.
  • Clear traffic areas of clutter.
  • Use tape to secure area rugs.

For more tips, visit the U.S. Fire Administration’s Holiday Fire Prevention webpage.

Airport Master Plan Public Information Session

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Newport News Williamsburg Airport (PHF) is in the process of developing an updated Airport Master Plan and Airport Layout Plan (ALP), which will help determine the future of the airport. There will be a public information session on Thursday, Dec. 14, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. at the Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce, 11850 Merchants Walk, Suite 110, in City Center at Oyster Point.

The Airport Master Plan is being developed in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) guidance and is principally funded by the FAA and Virginia Department of Aviation (DOAV). This public information session will serve as an opportunity for the community to learn about the Airport Master Plan process, interact with the project team, and provide input. The Airport’s last Master Plan and ALP were completed in 2014.

Since 2014, the aviation industry has changed significantly, and this Master Plan will examine the facilities needed to accommodate these changes. This session will focus on the planning process, the existing airport inventory, and aviation forecasts.

Additional details including goals and timelines can be found at masterplan.newportnewsairport.com.

Sat, Dec 2 @ 9am — Clean up day around tennis courts and park

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On Saturday Dec 2nd starting at 9am, we will be attempting to get the area by the tennis courts cleaned up.  There is trash on the tennis courts, large limbs in the area, and bushes and small trees that need to be removed. Our goal is to make the area easier to maintain.  A team of us improved the fields under the power lines earlier this summer (removed overgrown brush and ground several stumps) which has made maintaining those areas much easier and less hazardous too.  The goal is to do that for the area back by the tennis courts. We will need the following:

  • A couple of trucks with trailers (preferred) to make runs to the landfill with debris (bushes, tree limbs).
  • A couple of chainsaws to handle larger limbs and small trees.
  • A few axes to help with chopping down very small trees.
  • Rakes and tarps.

Thank you!

Neighborhood WIDE Elfing!!!

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Hello Village Green if you liked BOOing back in October get ready it’s time for Elfing!!
Once you have been Elfed Please get together some fun Christmas items and Elf two other households. Remember to put up your Elf poster on your door RIGHT away so you are not Elfed twice. Be sure to copy your poster two times and put one each in the bags for your neighbors that you are going to Elf. Let’s spread this cheer and get around to as many neighbors as possible. Merry Christmas Village Green and be safe!!!

Presents with Santa

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PARENTS: Please have your child present dropped off by December 9th to the tote on porch @ 657 VGP. Put your child’s name on gift at drop off. Please only one gift per child the gift must be $20 & under!!!!
Join us at the park on Sunday afternoon December 10th at 1pm. Santa will come hand out the presents! We will have a few snacks and refreshments provided. Thank you!

Sweet Treats and Decorate the Park!

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It’s that time of year! Bring a sweet treat or snack to the Park and help us decorate for Christmas. Sunday, December 3rd @ 1pm

Garbage, Recycling, Bulk Waste Collection Schedule Adjusted for Thanksgiving

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The Newport News City offices and Libraries will close on Wednesday, Nov 22, at noon. On Thursday Nov 23 and Friday, Nov 24, Newport News City offices and most facilities will be closed in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. Residential garbage, recycling and bulk waste collection services will be affected due to the holiday.

The normal collection schedule will be shifted a day for all garbage, recycling, & bulk waste services during the week of Nov 27. All services will return to normal on Monday, Dec 4.

Residents can find their specific collection day by visiting the Solid Waste News Flash or by calling 757-933-2311.

Trash, recycling, and bulk waste pickup will be modified as follows:

The Newport News office hours are as follows:

VGCA: Christmas Decor contest

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Sign up will be OVER December 18th, please comment below or text 757-812-4964 to sign up. You MUST be a VGCA member to have your house judged!!! Some amazing kids will be by your place before the 24th to judge your house. Awards will be placed on your porch to display in your yard and picked back up in January. Have fun decorating VGCA!!!!

Please give name, address and what category your house will be placed in to be judged. We will have first, second and third place for each category. 

Category theme choices

  • colorful
  • inflatables
  • classic
  • over the top

VGCA Annual Meeting

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The VGCA will host its Annual Meeting on Tuesday, November 14 from 630-730pm in the clubhouse. The agenda will include an annual update on progress from the VGCA Directors and election of the Board of Directors.

The nominated Board of Directors is as follows:

  1. President – VACANT
  2. Vice President – VACANT
  3. Secretary – VACANT
  4. Treasurer – Kelly Matteson
  5. Pool Committee Lead – Donnie Woodruff
  6. Grounds Committee Lead – VACANT
  7. Communications Committee Lead – Ryan La Riviere
  8. Neighborhood Watch Lead – Glenn Woodell
  9. Governance Committee Lead – Andy Maciejewski
  10. Membership Committee Lead – VACANT
  11. Social Committee Lead – Audra Joyner

Inquiries, nominations, or new business can be sent to the VGCA Board prior to the meeting at [email protected].

As far as definitions of the VACANT posiitons, please understand the committee lead positions are pretty flexible and is what you make it (with the help of our volunteers).  Main thing is to be a coordinator for volunteers to get things done.  For example, there is a crew that cuts the grass on the power lines but sometimes we have to remind our volunteers or find substitutes.  And it never hurts to lead by example and get on the mower from time to time.  Better to maintain than to have to spend hours with a brush hog to handle grass and brush that was not handled (I speak from experience).
President, Vice President, and Secretary:
Grounds Committee Lead:
  • Develop a budget for repairs and upkeep for common grounds, playground, basketball court, tennis courts, and the VGCA Clubhouse.
  • Organizing work teams to accomplish such repairs/upkeep.
  • April to September are most active months for this.
  • Attend monthly VGCA Board meetings as a voting member.
Membership Committee Lead:
  • Promote VGCA memberships.
  • Lead annual VGCA membership drive.
  • Primary contact for collecting membership dues and explaining VGCA membership structure.
  • March-July are most active months for this.
  • Attend monthly VGCA Board meetings as a voting member.

Leaf Collection

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The City asks that leaves be put at the street by Dec 11th this year.  Please leave space along the curb for stormwater runoff and do not block the storm drains.  Try keep it safe for our walkers too.  Thank you.

We are in Area 2 and this map will let you know the progress for pickup this year:

Leaf Collection Progress (arcgis.com)

Additional information can be found here:  Seasonal Leaf Collection | Newport News, VA – Official Website (nnva.gov)