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Henrico Police will no longer respond to certain shoplifting, panhandling and noise calls

Henrico Police will no longer respond to certain shoplifting, panhandling and noise calls

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Henrico Police will no longer send patrol units to certain calls for service that you may call into emergency dispatch, Henrico Police Chief Eric English announced Monday in a video...

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...

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. 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, […]

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’s Vithoulkas: Census population estimates are wrong

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Federal agency suggested a net population gain of just 207 people; county officials estimate more than 5,100

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. 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 […]

‘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 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 […]

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 Development and Advancement March 15. The number of employed residents in Virginia increased by 8,212 to 4,448,520 in January, while the number of unemployed residents rose by 346 to 139,731. […]

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 departments, including the departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Justice, Energy, Interior, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development. It also includes nearly $148 million for Virginia-specific projects secured by Senators Mark Warner […]

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 agency leaders, who will discuss in more depth their departments’ anticipated budgets and efforts in the coming fiscal year. The meetings are open to the public, but there is no […]

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 up-to-date voter rolls and helps voters register when they move, according to Sen. Schuyler VanValkenburg, D-Henrico. Virginia was a founding member of ERIC in 2012 under the direction of former […]

Va. legislature earmarks $100,000 for review of special education dispute resolution system

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The Virginia General Assembly proposed in its budget an outside review of the state’s special education dispute resolution system, through legislation designed to address compliance concerns raised by the federal government and parents. Lawmakers are proposing to direct $100,000 to the Virginia Commission on Youth to hire a consultant to examine the dispute resolution system, which has been criticized for failing […]

Pending Virginia budget would prevent audit of presidential election results

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Virginia routinely performs mathematical audits of elections to ensure there were no major malfunctions with ballots or the machines that scan and count them. An audit of the state’s 2020 presidential contest confirmed President Joe Biden’s lopsided victory in Virginia over former President Donald Trump with near-total statistical certainty. But under new language included in the budget passed by the […]


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