HOPEWELL Natasha Brown always expected her utilities to be around $25, maybe $30 in the hotter months.
Then her utilities started to climb. Month after month, her bill would rise exponentially although her usage remained the same. The bills kept rising, so bad she recalls receiving a bill for $294. At its highest, her rent would hit $500.
Brown had to see what was up. She says she went to her complex representative to complain around eight times, only to be given the runaround. A number here, a name there, but no matter what she was given it led to the same conclusion nothing. She was stuck.
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Gunfire after Christmas Eve fight in a Hopewell neighborhood; 17-year-old shot in chest
Police said the victim walked into John Randolph Medical Center while officers were on the scene at Thomas Rolfe Court. The wound was considered non-life threatening.
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HOPEWELL Police said a fight in a city neighborhood Christmas Eve escalated into shots being fired, one of which hit a juvenile.
The victim, an unidentified 17-year-old. showed up at John Randolph Medical Center shortly after police were called to Thomas Rolfe Court around 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Lt. Mike Langford said. He had suffered a single chest wound.