The Henrico School Board will hold the second of three virtual listening sessions April 27, with a focus on relationships. The three sessions are designed to give families, staff members and community members an opportunity to voice their thoughts. Each of the virtual sessions focuses on one of the school division’s cornerstones and one or more of its strategic goals. […]
Lawmakers adopt changes to ban guns in state buildings, Capitol Square
Virginia legislators recently accepted the governor’s substitute to a bill banning firearms on and near Capitol Square, as well as in state buildings. Lawmakers voted last year to ban firearms from the state Capitol. Senate Bill 1381, introduced by Sen. Adam P. Ebbin, D-Alexandria, will make it a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person to possess or transport a firearm […]
ACE Center at Hermitage to receive state funding for new equipment
Henrico County’s Advanced Career Education Center at Hermitage High School will receive a computer numerical control and waterjet training system as part of a $37,500 competitive grant funded by the state, Virginia Superintendent of Public Instruction James Lane announced Thursday. In total, the state will fund $600,000 in grant requests from 16 high schools and technical centers statewide to upgrade […]
Vaccination strategy begins to shift in Henrico, Richmond
Health districts planning more direct outreach, more regional vaccination sitesNow that Henrico has entered Phase 2 of the COVID-19 vaccination process, the strategy for vaccinations in the county (and in neighboring Richmond) is shifting slightly. Officials from the Richmond and Henrico Health Districts are closing one of two primary mass vaccination sites at the end of the month (the Arthur Ashe Center in Richmond) and replacing it with four […]
Strategies for overcoming COVID-19, from the Henrico Ministers’ Conference
FREE(Sponsored content) – The Henrico Ministers’ Conference hosted a panel on March 22 titled “How I Overcame COVID-19: Real Issues, Right Now Strategies,” during which panelists described how faith brought them through the worst parts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Moderated by the Rev. Zynora D. Manson, president of the HMC, panelists were asked a series of questions about contracting the […]
Restaurant Watch
APR. 1 Glenn’s Forest Café, 7202 Glen Forest Drive – The following violations were reported during a routine inspection: temperatures of bacon and sliced cheese are elevated; low boy units in kitchen have torn gaskets; cutting boards are heavily scratched; observed debris on racks throughout, on sides of equipment on front line, in between gaskets on convection oven, in drawers, […]
J.R. Tucker High School JROTC team to compete in National Academic Bowl Championship
The J.R. Tucker High School Marine Corps JROTC team has advanced to compete this summer in the 2021 U.S. Marine Corps JROTC Academic Bowl Championship in Washington, D.C. The event will be held at The Catholic University of America July 23-27. The Tucker JROTC Academic Team – which includes juniors Maliha Chowdhury and Aidan Kennedy; sophomores Sharon Albert, Ayden Feria, […]
Free COVID-19 testing planned April 22 in Henrico
The Richmond City and Henrico County Health Districts will offer free testing for COVID-19 Thursday, April 22 at the East Henrico Health Department, 1400 North Laburnum Avenue, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. To register, visit bit.ly/RHHDCOVID or call (804) 205-3501 Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Those tested will be notified of their results within 3 […]
Henrico News Minute – Apr. 15, 2021
COVID-19 cases are on the rise again in Henrico; a new traffic pattern on Airport Drive; thousands of permanent Virginia residents are now eligible for Medicaid; a prominent Henrico attorney authors a book; Sportable plans its annual golf tournament. (Today’s Henrico News Minute is brought to you by the Henrico County Department of Public Works.)
