A woman was killed after she was hit by a car along a busy road in Henrico County Saturday night, authorities said. Officers were called for a report of a pedestrian struck at Brook Road at Bentley Street just after 10 p.m., according to Lt. Douglas Galindo with Henrico Police. That is not far from the Food Lion at the […]
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Virginia Memory Project aims to get better Alzheimer’s data, provide resources
Virginia will become one of the few state-backed registries that collects data on patients with dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders, in order to improve brain health and caregiving. Annie Rhodes was a doctoral student at Virginia Commonwealth University, where she now teaches, when she first noticed a gap in such collected data — not just in the state, […]
Business in brief: March 18, 2024
Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer recently announced the following lease transaction in Henrico County: Wall Candy Printing LLC – leased 2,560 SF of industrial space at Mayland Court Condos, 3526 Mayland Court (Evan Magrill represented the landlord). *** The American Red Cross will hold an onsite hiring event on Tuesday, March 19 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at 2825 […]
Henrico Small Business Spotlight: Ummah Market
In Glen Allen, Ummah Market is more than just a neighborhood grocery store, but a culmination of culture, passion, and community for customers who come to visit. Established in 2020 by brothers Jawad and Naser Shahwali, Ummah Market transcends the conventional boundaries of a grocery store, embodying a profound commitment to providing access to fresh food while nurturing a sense […]
UR to host ‘Techstars Startup Weekend’ March 22-24
Techstars and the University of Richmond will host Techstars Startup Weekend March 22-24 at UR’s Robins School of Business. The event is a designed as a creative and collaborative three-day program through which aspiring entrepreneurs experience startup life. The event is open to the public, and anyone can develop and pitch new startup ideas. The weekend includes creating a business […]
Freeman High School science students are determined to ‘Plant the Moon’
A physics class at Douglas S. Freeman High School may be the first to grow oyster mushrooms in moon dirt for NASA’s international Plant the Moon Challenge. The group of high-schoolers, led by their physics teacher Orien Altman, certainly do have a challenge ahead of them – they were given only $200 to do what even NASA scientists haven’t been […]
Henrico supervisors approve affordable housing plans in Varina, study of possible second Tuckahoe Creek Park boardwalk
Development proposals took up most of the Henrico Board of Supervisors’ March 12 meeting. First, the board approved a mixed-use complex in Highland Springs that includes a community center/early childhood education center, 22 townhomes, an office building, a playground, and two buildings with 45 apartments. It will sit on seven acres at the intersection of East Washington Street and North […]
Henrico’s Vithoulkas: Census population estimates are wrong
Federal agency suggested a net population gain of just 207 people; county officials estimate more than 5,100Henrico County Manager John Vithoulkas pushed back strongly Friday on a U.S. Census Bureau population estimate published Thursday that projected the county had grown by only 207 residents in 2023. The report, published annually by the Census Bureau, ranked Henrico’s estimated population growth as 81st among the 83 Virginia localities that it projected had experienced growth last year. But the […]
Breezeline Mobile coming to Virginia
Breezeline, a provider of broadband internet, TV, and voice services across 13 states (including Virginia), has announced plans to launch a mobile phone service this spring. Breezeline Mobile will offer customers unlimited nationwide talk and text, with data plans available in two bundles: By-the-Gig or Unlimited. It will be available to customers who subscribe to Breezeline Internet. “We are excited […]
‘All Henrico Reads’ author Strayed to visit county March 28
Henrico County’s long-running literary event All Henrico Reads will return Thursday, March 28, with bestselling and award-winning author Cheryl Strayed discussing her 2012 memoir Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail. Strayed will appear at 7 p.m. at the Henrico Sports & Events Center, 11000 Telegraph Road. The event is free and open to the public, with […]