News about Western Henrico County, Virginia, including the Far West End, Gayton, Glen Allen, Libbie Mill, Near West End, Regency, Ridge, Short Pump, Three Chopt, Tuckahoe and Willow Lawn areas.
The Dec. 9 routes of the Henrico Holiday Express Tour, a small parade featuring a Henrico Recreation and Parks float, a decorated fire truck, dump truck, library van and Santa Claus, have been postponed by the winter storm. The tour was to pass through the Three Chopt and Tuckahoe Districts
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The Henrico Planning Commission is scheduled to review several development proposals at its Dec. 11 meeting: • In Eastern Henrico, a developer is planning a 103-home neighborhood, tentatively named “Steeple Lane,” on North Laburnum Avenue, south of its intersection with Kingsridge Parkway. This proposal has been deferred twice from October to
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Westford Glen, a proposed residential complex of 370 townhouses and single-family homes in western Henrico, will not see the light of day after the Henrico Board of Supervisors unanimously rejected the plan Dec. 2. Along with many other rezoning cases this year, the Westford Glen proposal sparked community debate about
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Henrico County and the nonprofit Capital Region Land Conservancy have joined forces to acquire and preserve 6.4 acres of wooded property for expanded public access adjacent to Roslyn Hills Park, near Ziontown and Ridge roads. The land was part of Ziontown, a Black community established following emancipation by Henry
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Dozens of families and friends of people who lost their lives to homicide gathered Tuesday night at Henrico's Western Government Center to recall those they had lost, during an annual vigil for homicide victims organized through the Henrico Commonwealth's Attorney's Office's Henrico
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