Kokosing makes $25,000 donation to assist with ACE Center project • Wittman honors Deep Run HS students who won Congressional App Challenge

Kokosing makes $25,000 donation to assist with ACE Center project

Kokosing, a family-owned construction company in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic, has donated $25,000 to Henrico County Public Schools to support the student-involved renovation of the second floor of the ACE Center at Hermitage High School. Click here to read more

Wittman honors Deep Run HS students who won Congressional App Challenge

U.S. Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) recently welcomed the winners of the 2024 Congressional App Challenge for Virginia’s First District to Capitol Hill and congratulated them in person for their achievement. The winning app, Fintelligent, was developed by Deep Run High School students Aleksander Kurgan, Richard John, Kartikeya Jain,

Henrico CitizenCitizen Staff Reports

Correction

An article published on HenricoCitizen.com and included in the Henrico Newsflash yesterday inaccurately described Bon Secours’ St. Mary’s Hospital’s expansion as including plans to become a Level 1 trauma hospital. In fact, the hospital is not seeking that designation. The Citizen’s reporting referenced a statement made during the April 10 Henrico Planning Commission meeting by a Henrico planner, who told the commission that the hospital’s expansion was designed in part “to accommodate approval as a Level 1 trauma center.” St. Mary’s Chief Operating Officer Bridget Fitzpatrick spoke afterward at the roughly 25-minute hearing but did not correct or address that statement, so the Citizen had no reason to believe the planner's statement was inaccurate. Regardless, the Citizen regrets the error.

Henrico Planning Commission recommends denial of storage facility, plans work session on data centers

At its April 10 meeting, the Henrico Planning Commission recommended denial for a request for a ProSafe self-storage facility at the intersection of Magellan Parkway and Brook Road, next to the Biltmore neighborhood and the Retreat at One condo community. The site currently holds a former Virginia DMV office building,

Henrico CitizenJoseph Maltby, Citizen Contributor

Restaurant Watch

MARCH 21 Surrounding Counties, 7019 Three Chopt Road – The following violations were reported during a routine inspection: temperatures of milk, oat milk, almond milk and half-and-half in both small beverage refrigerators are elevated; there are no thermometers inside small refrigerators used for beverages. Capriccio Pizza, 9127-A West Broad Street – The

Henrico CitizenCitizen Staff Reports

In the Garden: A sustainable lawn starts with the right grass seed

Growing a healthy lawn in a more sustainable manner is better for the environment and can also help reduce maintenance. As a major component of landscapes, they provide living surfaces for play areas and pathways while protecting the soil from erosion and slowing stormwater runoff. When starting a new lawn,

Henrico CitizenMelinda Myers, Special to the Citizen

Outskirts Fest planned April 19 at Blue Bee Cider in Henrico

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Richmond to host Earth Day Buy Nothing event April 19

• Henrico bar and grill closing its doors after 5 years (ABC-8)
• 'Feeling heat': Wittman, Kiggans oppose cuts to Medicaid (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

Henrico News Minute – April 17, 2025

The remains of a missing Henrico woman are positively identified; Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital planning major expansion; how some Henrico students are making life a little brighter for sick children; UR’s first lady pens a “Spiders” children’s book; an international retailer opening its second Henrico location next month.

Henrico CitizenCitizen Staff Reports

• Bon Secours St. Mary's Hospital plans multi-phase expansion
• Henrico Schools proposes new ‘bell-to-bell’ cell phone ban
• Henrico’s Tuckahoe Creek Park to expand, thanks to land donations
• Henrico Police arrest 30-year-old county man following assault, police pursuit
• 19-year-old Henrico man arrested after shooting near West End hotel

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