Residents filled a meeting room at the Varina Library Aug. 7, 2025 for a Henrico County Department of Public Works meeting focused on Route 5 and New Osborne Turnpike. Terrell Hughes, director of the Henrico County Department of Public Works, (right) spoke to the attendees before they gave input directly on poster-size maps on easels around the periphery of the room. (Dina Weinstein/Henrico Citizen)
The Greater Richmond Transportation Company board voted recently to approve proposed bus scheduling changes that impacts five Henrico County routes starting on Sunday, Feb. 22.
The Henrico County GRTC routes slated for cutbacks include:
• Routes 7A and 7B (Nine Mile/Airport);
• Route 19 (West Broad Street);
• Route 76 (Patterson);
• and
Qualifying homebuyers and home builders interested in Henrico County’s groundbreaking affordable housing initiative can get information on how to participate and ask questions about available homes at an event set for Wednesday, March 4.
“Ready, Set, Close! First-Time Buyer Event” is scheduled for 4 p.m. to 7 p.
When Yorgelys Vazquez heard about the U.S. government’s middle-of-the-night bombing of her hometown of Caracas, Venezuela last month, the barista was wide awake, filled with a mix of feelings about the events 2,000 miles from Henrico County.
“I was scared,” Vazquez said, speaking in Spanish, during a