News about Northern Henrico County, Virginia, including the Brookland, Chamberlayne, Fairfield, Glen Allen, Glen Lea, Lakeside and Laurel areas.
On April 11, Glen Allen Elementary School students and staff enjoyed a mini-reunion with former students who are now high school seniors. The soon-to-be-graduates – who started kindergarten in 2012 and left as fifth-graders in 2019 – returned to their alma mater for a Senior Walk, coming not only from Glen Allen
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Virginia’s largest fan-run science fiction and fantasy convention returns April 25-27 at The Virginia Crossings Hotel in Glen Allen. RavenCon 2025 will feature more than 300 hours of programming, including author signings, expert panels, workshops, reading, concerts and more. Fans can participate in cosplay and costume contests, an escape
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Fairfield Middle School will hold its fourth-annual "All-About-Me Day Community Festival" Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will feature games, music, student performances, a 3-on-3 basketball tournament and more and is open to the public. Middle and high school students can
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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,
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Hundreds of handcrafted paper and ceramic butterflies will decorate the walls of local Bon Secours hospitals, some made by Henrico students, in support of Noah’s Children, a hospice program for children with life-threatening illnesses. As Central Virginia’s only pediatric palliative care program, Noah’s Children serves about 300
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