With the U.S. economy on the verge of an anticipated full re-opening in the coming months, employers are seeking experienced and qualified applicants to fill vacant positions created by the economic impact from the COVID 19 pandemic. Applicants who meet low-income and residency qualifications can train now to gain experience, while getting paid, through AARP Foundation Senior Community Service Employment […]
Obituary – Bobby Ray Axselle
Bobby Ray Axselle, 83 of Mechanicsville, claimed the promise of the resurrection peacefully in his sleep at his home on February 14, 2021. He was born on February 7, 1938, in Henrico, Virginia. A Graduate of Hermitage High School class of 1956. Proceeded in death his infant son Kevin Ray, his mother Alma Anderson Axselle, and his Father Ed Axselle. […]
Henrico reports lowest 2 COVID-19 daily case counts in 2 months
Henrico County has reported two of its lowest daily totals of new COVID-19 cases in the past two months on consecutive days – 66 Sunday and 77 Monday – according to the Virginia Department of Health. The county’s seven-day average declined to 109 daily cases, continuing a downward trend following a spike in mid-January. Sunday’s new case count was Henrico’s […]
Enrichmond hires group to begin cemetery preservation plan
The Enrichmond Foundation recently partnered with Howard Wellman Conservation, LLC to create a comprehensive preservation plan for Historic Evergreen and East End cemeteries. The historic cemeteries serve as the final resting place for thousands of individuals who faced segregation, discrimination, and racial violence while contributing in important ways to the city’s and nation’s social, political, intellectual, and religious life. Wellman, […]
Moody MS 8th-grader wins spell-off to repeat as HCPS Spelling Bee champ
Ananya Nanduru of George H. Moody Middle School won a spell-off Jan. 26 to repeat as Henrico County Public Schools’ Divisionwide Spelling Bee champion. The eighth-grader bested Hollie Kim, an L. Douglas Wilder Middle School sixth-grader, to win the tiebreaker, held virtually. Nanduru clinched the 2021 title in the second round by correctly spelling “graticule,” the network of latitude and […]
Virginia legislators kill special education bill
Virginia lawmakers killed a proposal that would allow some special education students another year of instruction because of the struggles of virtual learning caused by COVID-19. House Bill 2277 proposed that high school students with special needs who are set to graduate in the 2021 school year and who are 22 years old after Sept. 30, 2020, be allowed […]
Business in brief – Feb. 15, 2021
The Westham Sales office of Long & Foster Real Estate recently announced that Patrick Gee was its top producing agent for the month of December 2020. *** The Westham Sales office of Long & Foster Real Estate recently announced its quarterly leaders for the months of October through December 2020: Patrick Gee, Paul Gee, Phil Gee, Richard Buckingham, Robb Moss […]
Henrico News Minute – Feb. 15, 2021
The latest on the COVID-19 vaccination process; Henrico reports its lowest single-day COVID case count since Dec. 3; Henrico Police arrest and charge a man with second-degree murder following a woman’s death in Varina; the Virginia Senate and House begin the process of agreeing upon a budget. (Today’s Henrico News Minute is brought to you by the Henrico County Broadband […]