Alymer Magill (right), representing the John Hancock team (Magill, Bryan Winter, Jordan Ramierx and Ed Thurmond), celebrates his team's first place finish in the morning round with Rebecca Ricardo, C2Adopt executive director. (Patty Kruszewski/Henrico Citizen)
Union-represented workers at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden have rejected a pay raise proposal that garden officials described earlier this month as their "last, best and final offer," setting the stage for a possible strike.
LGBG Workers United – the unionized group of garden employees that is represented by
American Legion Post 244 member Scott Maddrea recently completed his year as Department Commander, becoming the first-ever member from the post to serve in the statewide role and also the first Hanover resident to do so.
During his term in the role, Maddrea traveled more than 25,000 miles,
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden workers announced on Friday that garden management had made its last pay increase proposal earlier that morning, which the workers' union will vote on next week.
While representatives from the union – the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers – did not disclose the exact amount,
A Glen Allen nonprofit is calling on the community to help students start the school year with the supplies they need to succeed.
One Small Chance will host its Third Annual School Supplies Drive on Saturday, Aug. 8, outside the Walmart at 11400 West Broad Street in Glen Allen from