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VDH Issues Recreational Water Advisory for the James River from Manchester Bridge to Osborne Landing Due to Sewage Release
(recreational water advisory): Brookie Crawford, VDH, brookie.crawford@vdh.virginia.gov. Media contact (sewer main repairs): Rhonda Johnson, COR DPU, rhonda.johnson@rva.gov. VDH Issues Recreational Water Advisory for the James River from Manchester Bridge to Osborne Landing Due to Sewage Release. Public Advised to Avoid Contact with Contaminated Water. RICHMOND, Va. – Effectively immediately, the...
Six killed in traffic crashes on Virginia highways during July 4 holiday
Preliminary data indicates six individuals lost their lives in six traffic crashes during the five-day statistical counting period designated for the July 4, 2024, holiday. Of those who died, one was a pedestrian struck in a hit-and-run crash, four were drivers and one was a passenger. The fatal crashes took place in the City of Richmond and the counties of Bedford, Charles City, Henrico and Wythe counties. Two of the fatal crashes occurred in Bedford County. During the two-day statistical counting period for July 4, 2023, traffic crashes claimed seven lives on Virginia’s highways.*
Travel+Leisure just named this Henrico locale a top-10 US suburb
Travel+Leisure on Tuesday issued its list of the “10 Best U.S. Suburbs” to live in for affordable housing, top-rated schools and excellent job opportunities, and one Henrico locale made the list. Short Pump was named the ninth-best suburb in the nation and was the only Virginia locality on...
Douglas Freeman senior Cayman Goode drafted in 12th round of the MLB draft by the Atlanta Braves
HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Douglas Freeman High School senior Cayman Goode was drafted in the 12th round of this year’s MLB draft by the Atlanta Braves. Goode becomes the first player to be drafted directly from Douglas Freeman since 1993 when Joesph Adams was drafted in the 69th round to Cleveland. He’s the highest-drafted […]
Henrico senators, delegates urge Churchill Downs, Inc. to withdraw plans for Henrico gambling facility
The eight members of Henrico County’s Virginia General Assembly delegation Tuesday sent a letter to Churchill Downs Incorporated, urging the company to withdraw plans to operate a gambling facility featuring historical horse racing machines in the Staples Mill Shopping Center in Henrico’s Near West End. The company submitted...
Business in brief: July 15, 2024
Recently leased approximately one-acre of land at 2201 Jennie Scher Road in Henrico County. Ben Bruni, Collins Burlee and Colton Konvicka of Commonwealth Commercial Partners, LLC represented the landlord. ***. Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer recently announced the following lease transactions in Henrico County: Century Distribution Systems, Inc. – leased...
Henrico’s new Taylor Farm Park brings unique features to the county’s park system
Taylor Farm Park, the Varina District’s first new community park since 1982, is set to open Tuesday, bringing a one-of-a-kind recreational area to Sandston. The project began in 2016 after the county purchased the 99-acre plot off of Williamsburg Road in Sandston from the Taylor family. The county worked to transform the site – once used as farmland – into the community park that spans about 20 of those acres, Henrico Recreation and Parks Director John Zannino said.
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