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Local students take charge collecting batteries
Most people don’t think twice before tossing used batteries into the trash. For Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School students Prithvi Chakraborty, 16, and Abhinav Mehta, 17, that bad habit became the inspiration for Batteries4Better, a student-run nonprofit working to make battery recycling more accessible throughout Henrico and
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Lewis Ginter's 'Incanto' artwork nominated for CODAawards as top-100 international collaboration
An art exhibit at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is a finalist in the international CODAawards People's Choice competition, which recognize excellence in integrating commissioned art into interior, architectural, and public spaces. Public voting is now underway and will continue through July 30. CODAworx recently announced its top 100
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Crash closes both directions of Creighton Road near I-295
Creighton Road is closed in both directions from I-295 to Hillcrest Farms Drive in Henrico County, following a single-vehicle crash July 22 at about 1:40 p.m. The incident occurred in the 4500 block of Creighton Road after a tree fell on a vehicle traveling westbound. The
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GRTC, Plan RVA investigate long term planning and community support to sustain fare-free transit
Two planning efforts are studying the long view for sustainable, fare-free public transit in Henrico County and the region. GRTC’s next five-year financial outlook looks at projected funding needs and alternative scenarios developed in collaboration with the region's nine jurisdictions and Plan RVA, a regional
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2 residential fires in Henrico deemed accidental
Investigators with the Henrico Fire Marshal’s Office have determined that two residential fires in the county that occurred within an hour of each other July 15 were accidental, the result of cooking in the homes' kitchens. The fires were located less than 10 miles apart – one in the
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