Will Green has been on a mission to raise money for a Kenyan orphanage by selling the work of African artists to Henrico buyers. This holiday season he’s offering “Sno Daddy” greeting cards sold in a set of 10, featuring five unique designs like a Black Santa Claus and an African family celebrating the holidays. “It’s kind of hard to […]
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Driver remains at scene after fatally striking female pedestrian on Brook Road
By WTVR.com | March 18, 2024
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
By Parker Barnes, VCU Capital News Service | March 18, 2024
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
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...
Henrico News Minute – March 18, 2024
March 18, 2024
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
By Jordanne Alexander, Special to the Citizen | March 18, 2024
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
March 17, 2024
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’
March 17, 2024
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
By Joseph Maltby, Special to the Citizen | March 16, 2024
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
By Julie Bragg, WTVR.com | March 16, 2024
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
March 15, 2024
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
March 15, 2024
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
March 15, 2024
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
March 15, 2024
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
March 15, 2024
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
March 15, 2024
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
March 15, 2024
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
March 15, 2024
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%
March 15, 2024
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
March 15, 2024
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’
March 15, 2024
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
March 15, 2024
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
March 15, 2024
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
March 15, 2024
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
By Emily Richardson, VCU Capital News Service | March 15, 2024
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...
Painting the future: Connecting Henrico to Kenya through works of art
By Special to the Citizen | on December 20, 2023
By Eliana Neill, Special to the Citizen