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Driver remains at scene after fatally striking female pedestrian on Brook Road

Driver remains at scene after fatally striking female pedestrian on Brook Road

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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...

Virginia Memory Project aims to get better Alzheimer’s data, provide resources

Virginia Memory Project aims to get better Alzheimer’s data, provide resources

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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....

Business in brief: March 18, 2024

Business in brief: March 18, 2024

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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...

Henrico News Minute – March 18, 2024

Henrico News Minute – March 18, 2024

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Henrico County pushes back on US Census Bureau population estimates; Henrico supervisors approve a mixed-use development in Highland Springs and begin a weeklong budget review today; a popular Henrico restaurant...

Henrico Small Business Spotlight: Ummah Market

Henrico Small Business Spotlight: Ummah Market

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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...

UR to host ‘Techstars Startup Weekend’ March 22-24

UR to host ‘Techstars Startup Weekend’ March 22-24

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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...

Freeman High School science students are determined to ‘Plant the Moon’

Freeman High School science students are determined to ‘Plant the Moon’

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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...

Henrico supervisors approve affordable housing plans in Varina, study of possible second Tuckahoe Creek Park boardwalk

Henrico supervisors approve affordable housing plans in Varina, study of possible second Tuckahoe Creek Park boardwalk

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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...

Beloved Henrico restaurant Nick’s Roman Terrace is closing

Beloved Henrico restaurant Nick’s Roman Terrace is closing

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Nick's Roman Terrace in the Westland Shopping Center along West Broad Street in Henrico has fed hungry diners for decades. In addition to great-tasting Greek and Italian dishes, loyal customers...

Obituary – Anne Hutton Cook

Obituary – Anne Hutton Cook

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Cook, Anne Hutton, 74, of Henrico, Virginia, peacefully left this world on February 17, 2024. She was predeceased by her husband of 26 years, William N. Cook; her mother, Margaret...

Obituary – Ann Carol Whitlock Oakley

Obituary – Ann Carol Whitlock Oakley

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Oakley, Ann Whitlock, 78, of Henrico, VA passed away on Sunday, March 10, 2024. She is survived by husband, Robert “Bobby”; daughter, Jill Peck (Clifford); stepsons, Donnie Oakley (Veronica) and...

Obituary – Beth Bowman Anderson

Obituary – Beth Bowman Anderson

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Beth Bowman Anderson went to be with her Lord at the age of 64 on March 7, 2024. Beth was proudly born and raised in Yorktown, VA. A graduate of...

Obituary – Ralph Wogalter

Obituary – Ralph Wogalter

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Dr. Ralph Wogalter died on March 7, 2024. Born on October 22, 1927 in Tel Aviv, Israel but came to the U.S. when he was two years old with his...

Henrico’s Vithoulkas: Census population estimates are wrong

Henrico’s Vithoulkas: Census population estimates are wrong

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Henrico 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....

Breezeline Mobile coming to Virginia

Breezeline Mobile coming to Virginia

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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...

‘All Henrico Reads’ author Strayed to visit county March 28

‘All Henrico Reads’ author Strayed to visit county March 28

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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...

Henrico Crime Report: March 8-14, 2024

Henrico Crime Report: March 8-14, 2024

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10400 block of Jordan Drive – Police arrested and charged a citizen(s) with non-aggravated assault on a police officer and being drunk in a public place at a single-family home...

Virginia’s unemployment rate holds steady at 3%

Virginia’s unemployment rate holds steady at 3%

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Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in January 2024 remained unchanged at 3%, 0.1% below the rate from a year ago, according to data released by the Virginia Department of Workforce...

Government shutdown settlement includes funds for several Henrico, Metro Richmond projects

Government shutdown settlement includes funds for several Henrico, Metro Richmond projects

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Funding for several projects that will impact Henrico County was part of federal legislation that averted a partial government shutdown recently. The $467.5 billion government shutdown settlement will fund federal...

Richmond Raceway to host ‘Track Laps for Charity’

Richmond Raceway to host ‘Track Laps for Charity’

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The Richmond Raceway will host Track Laps for Charity, allowing fans to drive their own vehicles around the track, Wednesday, March 27, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Drivers can...

Henrico supervisors to hold four-day budget review

Henrico supervisors to hold four-day budget review

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The Henrico County Board of Supervisors will conduct a four-day review of the county's proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2024-25 March 18-21. During the process, the board will hear from...

Weekend Top 5

Weekend Top 5

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Susan Greenbaum will perform at the Henrico Theatre in Highland Springs on Friday, March 15 at 7 p.m. After working as a corporate executive in Fortune 500 companies, Greenbaum traded...

46 Henrico educators earn or renew National Board certification

46 Henrico educators earn or renew National Board certification

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Twenty-two Henrico County educators have earned the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification for the first time – the most from any school division in Virginia and the 16th...

Gov. Youngkin vetoes bills to rejoin voter data-sharing organization

Gov. Youngkin vetoes bills to rejoin voter data-sharing organization

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Gov. Glenn Youngkin recently vetoed two bills that would have allowed Virginia to rejoin a national organization that helps maintain voter rolls. The nonpartisan Election Registration Information Center, or ERIC, ensures...

Milestones: March 12, 2024

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Eli Schwartz of Henrico was named to the fall 2023 dean’s list at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn. To qualify for the dean’s list, students must earn a semester grade point average of 3.70 or higher. *** The leadership honor society Omicron Delta Kappa recently initiated into the society Madison Brousseau of Glen Allen. Students initiated into ODK must be […]

Milestones: March 5, 2024

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Samantha Hanczaryk of Henrico graduated Dec. 15 from Coastal Carolina University in Conway, S.C. *** The Virginia Department of Aviation has announced the winners of the 2024 Virginia Aviation Art Contest, which included Nitya Boggavarapu, a student from Glen Allen, who won honorable mention in the Group III – Senior Category for 15 to 18-year-olds. This year’s contest theme was […]

Milestones: Feb. 20, 2024

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Caleb Kenney of Henrico was named to the fall 2023 dean’s list at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass. To be eligible for the dean’s list, students must earn a semester grade point average of 3.5 or higher. *** Adam P. Brooks of Glen Allen was named to the fall 2023 dean’s list at Fairfield University in […]

Milestones: Feb. 13, 2024

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Nia Boyd of Henrico was named to the fall 2023 dean’s list at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Va. To be named to the dean’s list, students must earn a semester grade point average of 3.75 or higher. *** Hailey Sell of Glen Allen was named to the fall 2023 president’s list at Western New England University. To qualify for […]

Milestones: Feb. 6, 2024

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Emily Kinsey of Glen Allen recently graduated with a bachelor of arts in Communication & Information Sciences from the University of Alabama. *** The following local students were named to the fall 2023 president’s list at the College of Charleston in South Carolina: Madalyn Rutherford, of Glen Allen; and Michael Stein, John Edmonds, Austin King, Joseph Huberman, Jane Featherstone, Madelyn […]

Milestones: Jan. 30, 2024

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Rebecca Kirsten Brown of Henrico recently graduated with a master of science in Information Technology: Informatics from University of Maryland Global Campus. *** Noah Renfroe of Glen Allen was named to the fall 2023 dean’s honor list at Cedarville University in Ohio. To be eligible for the dean’s honor list, students must earn a semester grade point average of 3.75 […]

Milestones: Jan. 23, 2024

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Gov. Glenn Youngkin recently announced additional appointments to key state positions: Virginia Commission on Higher Education Board Appointments – The Honorable Lisa M. Hicks-Thomas of Henrico, deputy general counsel at Dominion Energy; Child Support Guidelines Review Panel – H. Van Smith of Henrico, attorney and counselor at law at Smith Strong, PLC; Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth, Board of Trustees […]

Milestones: Jan. 16, 2024

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Gavin Jones of Henrico was named to the fall 2023 dean’s list at Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pa. To qualify for the dean’s list, students must earn a semester grade point average of 3.6 or higher. Jones, an Accounting and Finance major, is a graduate of Douglas S. Freeman High School. *** The following local students were named to […]

Milestones: Jan. 9, 2024

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Eric Baldwin of Glen Allen was named to the fall 2023 president’s list at Mercer University in Macon, Ga. Baldwin is a sophomore in the College of Professional Advancement. *** The following students were named to the fall 2023 dean’s list at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn.: Victoria Hughes, of Glen Allen; and Emily Geanious, Charlotte Harrison, Graham Powell and […]


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