Varina American Legion Post 233 is seeking sponsors for its Virginia Boys and Girls State programs, which will take place June 21-27. The programs help empower young people through leadership development.
Three sponsorship levels are available:
• Dogwood sponsors – $100 to $499;
• Cardinal sponsors – $500 to $999;
• Commonwealth sponsors – $1,000
“Varina is the forgotten child of Henrico.”
Like many Eastern Henrico residents, Angela Mastrovito does not want the Varina District to become a cookie-cutter suburb filled with big retail chains, car-to-car traffic, and endless urban sprawl.
But Henrico’s most agricultural district is at a “very important crossroads,” said residents,
Henrico Police officials are investigating a string of overnight incidents in which someone vandalized and/or stole items from nearly 40 vehicles in the West End and Sandston.
The incidents occurred between 4 a.m. and 8 a.m. March 11 in the following locations:
• 400 block of International Centre
Authorities have released the name of the 69-year-old man who died nearly three weeks after being injured in a house fire in eastern Henrico County.
The fire happened around noon on Thursday, Feb. 12, at a home in the 8900 block of Strath Road, just off Kingsland Road, in Varina.