Henrico County fire officials were called to a house fire at 2404 Bridgehaven Terrace, located off Glen Eagles Drive near Pump & Church Roads on Wednesday morning. The blaze broke out around 4:30 AM and the house was completely gutted by the time it was extinguished around 7:00 AM.
Short Pump Elementary Students Help Peers In Kenya
Throughout the month of September, students at Short Pump Elementary School are participating in a project to help students in poverty-stricken western Kenya in Africa. Simply dubbed “The Pencil Project,” the goal is to send pencils to an orphanage in Eldoret and possibly another in Swaziland if enough are collected.
School Board To Hold Redistricting Meeting
As Henrico County’s Far West End continues to grow, more new schools are needed to address overcrowding at existing facilities. A new high school, off Staples Mill Road, and a new middle school, off Nuckols Road, are both in the works. Tuesday night, the Henrico County School Board will hold a public meeting at Deep [...]
John Rolfe Parkway Construction In Full Swing
Everyone who lives or works in Short Pump, or even visits only on occasion, knows travel can be hectic at best during peak morning and evening rush hours. With such a high concentration of commercial development in a relatively short stretch of roadway, West Broad Street is sometimes best described as a parking lot. But [...]
Jimmy John’s Opens At Short Pump Station
On Tuesday, the latest addition to the growing list of Short Pump sub shops, Jimmy John’s, opened for business. Located in the Short Pump Station shopping center, this is the first location in the Richmond area for the Illinois-based chain. Foot traffic has been steady in and out of the restaurant, according to several Downtown [...]
New Traffic Patterns In Flyover Project Area
The Interstate 64/295 Project is entering into a new phase this fall, and new traffic patterns and detours are now in place for the Fall. The following is an official press release from the Virginia Department of Transportation. Officials remind you to slow down in the work zone (the speed limit has been lowered from [...]
Daily Grind To Host Diabetes Rally
Thursday night, September 18, Daily Grind will be host to the American Diabetes Association Step Out Rally. The Brown Haze Project will perform live, there will be a silent auction, and 10% of the proceeds from dinner, drinks, and desserts will be donated to the American Diabetes Association. Owner Sam Jarrar and his wife, Allison, [...]
California Tortilla Closes Doors
Regional burrito chain California Tortilla has closed its Short Pump location in the Shoppes At Westgate. Although corporate could not be reached for official comment at press time, we speculate that poor sales contributed to the location’s demise, based on first hand accounts of the restaurant being empty even during peak hours such as the [...]
Starbucks Standard Time
Well, friends, it is almost my favorite time of year, again. Fall is rapidly approaching, and I couldn’t be happier. “But, Jennifer,” you must be saying to yourself, “with the weather still near the triple digits on some days, how do I know that Fall’s arrival is impending?” Maybe I looked at a calendar? No, [...]
