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Henrico News Minute – March 19, 2024

Henrico News Minute – March 19, 2024

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Why Henrico Police have stopped responding to certain calls for service; Freeman High School students try to "plant the moon;" the Techstars Startup Weekend is happening at UR this weekend;...

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...

News from the Near West End and Far West End, including Glen Allen, Short Pump, Willow Lawn, Libbie Mill, Tuckahoe, Three Chopt and the River Road corridor.

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 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’

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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 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

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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 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 reports first confirmed case of rabies this year

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A raccoon found March 10 in the Three Chopt District tested positive for rabies, and two dogs are being quarantined as a result, according to Henrico Police. It was the first confirmed case of rabies in the county this year. Both dogs may have come in contact with the raccoon, police said, but no other animals or humans were exposed. […]

2 Glen Allen men face charges related to October homicide

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Two Glen Allen men have been indicted on charges related to a fatal Henrico shooting in October. Tauric Lentrell Cobb, 18, and Erving Maurice Barnes, Sr., 37, have been charged in the shooting that killed 27-year-old Aarin Lamaurice Anderson of Henrico Oct. 10 off Brookwood Glen Drive. Cobb faces charges of first-degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission […]

Henrico Senior and Caregiver Resource Expo planned March 27

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The Henrico County Division of Fire’s Advocate for the Aging is hosting the Senior and Caregiver Resource Expo March 27 to help provide information and resources for those caring for, and older, residents. The free event will be held at the Deep Run Recreation Center, 9900 Ridgefield Parkway, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and will showcase more than 50 […]

Freeman High School principal named REB Award-winner

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Kaechele ES principal earns runner-up recognition

The principal of Douglas S. Freeman High School has been awarded a $10,000 cash grant and an additional $20,000 for his plans to launch a new soccer program that will serve students from diverse backgrounds. John Marshall, the principal at Douglas Freeman since 2019, received the 2023-24 REB Award for Distinguished Educational Leadership from The Community Foundation and the REB […]

Tickets on sale for National Wheelchair Basketball Association championships in Henrico

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Tickets are now on sale for the National Wheelchair Basketball Association’s 2024 Wheelchair Basketball National Championship in Henrico County. The tournament, to be held at the Henrico Sports and Events Center, will feature the top 100 youth and adult wheelchair basketball teams from throughout the nation. Events will take place during an eight-day period, with games scheduled April 5-7 for […]

Markel becomes title sponsor of corporate run in Innsbrook

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Richmond-based global specialty insurer Markel has announced a new partnership with Sports Backers for the 2024 Markel Corporate Run, scheduled for June 6 in Innsbrook. Markel is becoming the title sponsor of the event, which will be known as the Markel Corporate Run. The event, now in its 15th year, is a collaboration between Sports Backers and Greater Richmond Fit4Kids, […]

River City Slam Wheelchair Tennis Tournament returning to Henrico June 6-9

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Some of the top wheelchair tennis players in the world will visit Henrico later this year as part of the River City Slam Wheelchair Tennis Tournament June 6-9 at Collegiate School’s Williams-Bollettieri Tennis Center. The event is hosted by Sportable, an adaptive sports club, and is open to all levels of players. It will offer more than $5,000 in prize […]


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