MAY 11 SlapShot RVA Bar & Grille, 4350 Pouncey Tract Road – The following violations were reported during a routine inspection: single-service plates and fry boats above the prep unit are not stored covered or inverted; fan guard in walk-in is dusty; observed grease on floor under the cookline; floor drain at three-compartment sink is dirty. Burger King, 4240 Pouncey Tract Road – The following violations were reported during a routine inspection: observed clean dishes with food debris on them on the rack at the three-compartment sink; women’s restroom stalls do not have covered receptacles; floor drain at the drive-thru...Article Link

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The Henrico Christmas Mother Council recently announced that Blanche Moore will serve as the 2021 Henrico Christmas Mother. Moore has worked for IBM, GE, Job Corps, and Henrico County Public Schools and joined the Henrico Christmas Mother Council in 2015 as an annual member. During her time on the council, she has served in a number of roles, including as recording secretary, historian, and co-chair of the books committee. Before joining the Henrico Christmas Mother, she spent more than 40 years volunteering at a variety of organizations, including Senior Connections (a division of The Capital Agency on Aging) and First...Article Link

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Thursday is the final day of COVID-19 vaccinations at Richmond Raceway, where officials have administered more than 160,000 shots during the past four months. Henrico County is shutting down the site after Thursday’s walk-up event concludes at 6 p.m. The final session will offer the Pfizer vaccine to anyone 12 or older who attends. Attendees should enter at Gate 7 of the raceway, 600 East Laburnum Avenue. In total, Henrico residents now have received a total of more than 306,000 doses of vaccine; more than 176,000 have received at least one dose, and nearly 142,000 (nearly 43% of all county...Article Link

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From a storied past to a period of decline and doubt about its future, the century-old Belmont Golf Course snagged a solid foothold Monday on its path toward a comeback. On hand to witness and celebrate the grand re-opening of "this re-imagined Belmont," as county manager John Vithoulkas called it, were a host of county officials, community leaders, and golfers of all ages – including a group of students of First Tee - Greater Richmond. First Tee, the nonprofit youth development organization that took over operation of the course in 2019, worked with Love Golf Design to convert the former...Article Link

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Hannah Szatkowski, a Henrico resident and rising senior at Marshall University, is using her knowledge as a student of environmental science to teach local Virginia high schoolers preparing for their own college careers. Szatkowski belongs to the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment at Marshall, which maintains a focus on man’s interaction with the environment, according to its website. Szatkowski, who has an inclination toward environmental education, said she began conducting various environmental lessons at local school districts in February. She has also taught at schools in West Virginia, she said. “This came from wanting to make a positive...Article Link

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508 Battersea Lane - 0,000, 1,228 SF (built in 2001), from Jason E. Joseph and Peggy S. Kerns to Kerstein David. 2311 Lockwood Road - 5,000, 999 SF (built in 1962), from Harold Ricardo Vega to Valentina Vega. 7211 Stoneman Road - 2,000, 1,706 SF (built in 1999), from Jonathan R. Turner to Michael Neri. 5404 Jones Mill Drive - 5,000, 2,350 SF (built in 1999), from Dustin D. and Wendy M. Eddington to Dimiana F. Gerges. 8113 Costin Drive - 1,000, 2,287 SF (built in 2009), from John Cametas Gus Trust to Alexander and Christina Lawrence. 7933 Fortress Place...Article Link

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Glen Allen resident Ron Melancon calls himself a fixer. His mission is to bring awareness to the dangers of homemade, improperly secured, stolen or unregistered utility trailers towed by passenger vehicles on U.S. roads. “My issue – our issue – is fixable,” Melancon said of the hundreds of deaths and thousands of injuries caused annually by trailer-related accidents. “I am trying to save lives.” Melancon’s advocacy for roadway safety originated in the early 2000s after he witnessed a homemade trailer fatally strike a woman. After creating the website http://www.dangeroustrailers.org in 2004, Melancon launched a campaign to eliminate these types of...Article Link

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Henrico’s Board of Supervisors is about a month away from approving the first comprehensive update of the county's zoning and subdivision ordinance in more than 60 years. The board will hold a public hearing about the update June 8, then likely vote to adopt it two weeks later at its June 22 meeting. At a work session Tuesday, Planning Director Joe Emerson told supervisors that among other goals, the proposed changes to the document are designed to: • make the county’s regulations easier for citizens to navigate; • make the regulations more flexible, to spur economic development by allowing for...Article Link

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🚨Crime Alert: Henrico Police are on scene of a death investigation near the intersection of 21st Street and Carroll Street. Officers/Detectives from RPD & HPD on scene working together as this is near city/county line. pic.twitter.com/hDBzdrrENq — Henrico Police (@HenricoPolice) May 25, 2021 Henrico and Richmond Police found a man dead by a dumpster near the county-city line east of downtown Richmond Tuesday afternoon. The man's body was discovered near the intersection of 21st Street and Carroll Street, not far from Armstrong High School in the city and just south of I-64 near its interchange with Mechanicsville Turnpike. The state...Article Link

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In recognition of May 25 as National Missing Children’s Day in the United States, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children is urging people to be on the lookout for missing children and teens in their areas. The organization also wants people to be aware of steps to take to improve the safety of children. NCMEC maintains a global database of children and teens who have been reported missing or who were children or teens when they went missing; it lists at least 20 as missing from Henrico. To learn more, visit http://www.missingkids.org, or to search the database of...Article Link

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