The Henrico High School Drama Club will present Disney's Beauty and the Beast Feb. 23 and 24 at 7 p.m. and Feb. 25 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets are apiece and may be purchased at https://gofan.co/app/school/VA7801. Following the Saturday matinee, children 12 and under are invited to join Belle and her friends for free cookies and tea (a matinee purchase is not required to attend the tea).Article Link

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A 16-year-old male student at Henrico County's Academy at Virginia Randolph in Glen Allen was taken into custody Feb. 22 after Henrico Police found him with a gun at the school. A school administrator alerted the school's resource officer at about 11:30 a.m. that the student might have a weapon, after an anonymous tip was submitted to school officials. The administrator and officer responded to investigate the tip and found the gun on the person of the student. The juvenile, whose identity is not being provided due to his age, was taken and admitted to the Henrico County Juvenile Detention...Article Link

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Henrico Delegate Lamont Bagby Wednesday formally announced that he will seek the Ninth District Virginia Senate seat being vacated by Jennifer McClellan, who in a special election Tuesday won election to the U.S. House of Representatives representing the Fourth District. Bagby has represented the 74th District in the Virginia House of Delegates since July 2015. Prior to that, he served nearly eight years as the Fairfield District representative on the Henrico School Board. Bagby chairs the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus, of which McClellan is vice chair. “Our communities are at a crossroads, in need of a leader committed to bridging...Article Link

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A popular local jeweler will become the anchor tenant of a new Short Pump retail site, the project’s development and leasing companies announced this week. Fink’s Jewelers will move out of Short Pump Town Center and into an 8,500-square-foot space at the new West Village site at the corner of West Broad Street and North Gayton Road, according to officials with developer Rebkee Co. and leasing agents Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer. Rebkee has broken ground on the site, which will include about 50,000 square feet of retail as well as residential space. “With the planned interchange at Gayton and...Article Link

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The Eastridge Road ramp and underpass, which provide access to the Regency mall from northbound North Parham Road, will close permanently Wednesday, March 1. The Henrico County Department of Public Works will close the ramp and underpass at 9 a.m. to begin work to improve the bridge and backfill the underpass. Motorists traveling north on North Parham will continue to be able to access Regency via Holly Hill Road. The ramp and underpass closures are part of the ongoing redevelopment of the Regency property. They also are planned due to new bridge requirements and will alleviate the need to post...Article Link

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Probably the biggest news on the Henrico restaurant scene is the much-anticipated opening of Acacia Midtown in Libbie Mill. Acacia owners Dale and Aline Reitzer – founders of Richmond Restaurant Week and generally regarded as local restaurant royalty – closed their last location early in 2020 as the pandemic barreled in. Dale has been named one of America's best chefs, and their award-winning restaurants have been credited with single-handedly putting Richmond on the fine dining map more than two decades ago. Their new site at 2365 Roux Street in Libbie Mill is now open, after having hosted several occasional pre-opening...Article Link

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The Library of Virginia is hosting a series of genealogy workshops for those who are new to family history research or who want to delve deeper into records. This year’s Genealogy Workshop Series begins March 10 with a free virtual workshop, Tips & Tricks for Navigating the Library of Virginia’s Website.  The series continues with in-person workshops on researching African American family history (Finding Your African American Female Ancestors; Oct. 6), military history (Virginians in the First & Second World Wars; June 9) and architectural records (Every House Tells a Story: How to Research the History of Your Home &...Article Link

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Henrico Police have confirmed the county’s second known case of rabies this year. A raccoon found in a yard in the 3000 block of Quail Roost Drive in Glen Allen, across from Glover Park, tested positive for rabies after having a physical altercation with a dog Feb. 19. The raccoon had entered a fenced-in area when the encounter occurred. Its remains were submitted to the state lab, where they tested positive. Because there was contact between the dog and the raccoon, the dog will be quarantined on the owner’s property. There were no additional animal or human exposures reported. Henrico...Article Link

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301 Cora Drive - 0,000, 1,654 SF (built in 1982), from Marie C. Wyche to Susana Villasenor Cobian. 2203 Brandonview Avenue - 5,000, 1,008 SF (built in 1978), from James A. Markle Jr. to Christopher Mahonski. 1914 Sweetwater Lane - 1,000, 1,196 SF (built in 1964), from James A. Rice III and Elizabeth Ann Rice to Virginia Home Buyers LLC. 113 North Rose Avenue - 9,900, 1,440 SF (built in 2022), from Liberty Homes VA Inc. to Tisha Arrington Ellis. 10213 Steuben Drive - 5,000, 1,985 SF (built in 1983), from John W. Newton Sr. and E.S. Newton to Trek...Article Link

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Democrat Jennifer McClellan easily won a special election to claim the Fourth District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday, earning nearly three-quarters of the vote to easily defeat Republican Leon Benjamin. The victory was a historic one for McClellan, 50, who will become the first Black woman to serve in Congress from Virginia. She will fill the seat vacated in late November by the sudden death of Representative Donald McEachin, who had just won re-election to serve a fourth term. Benjamin lost for the third straight time in his attempt to claim the seat in what is a...Article Link

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