The Official Guide To Richmond's Far West End
Some left turn signals in Henrico County are about to get a little flashier. At least when it comes to left turns. And it’s all in the name of safety. The Henrico County Department of Public Works will install new traffic signals at four intersections next week to help motorists better understand the need to yield to oncoming traffic before turning left.
A former Republican candidate who ran for the position of Henrico County’s Commonwealth’s Attorney was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound Sunday. Henrico Police were called to the 2200 block of Lauderdale Drive around 1:00 p.m. and found 42-year-old Matt Geary’s body.
In this week’s edition of Short Pump Shorts, our roundup of smaller happenings in the Far West End, we have information on a new church planning to build at Nuckols and Pouncey Tract and a playground in the works for the West Broad Village development.
Henrico Police released new information Thursday on a homicide that took place at the Quarter Mill Apartments. After the initial incident, officers received a second call for service to respond to the 4700 block of Twin Hickory Lane, near Nuckols Road.
Henrico Police have arrested two suspects who are believed to be connected to a string of West End robberies. The area experienced what police call a “dramatic increase” in residential break-ins in December through the 18th of January.
Henrico Police have released the name of a victim in a West End homicide. On January 18th around 10:20 p.m., Henrico Police Communications received a call for a firearm violation from an apartment in the 3000 Block of Quarter Creek Lane, in the Quarter Mill Apartments.
Former Governor Tim Kaine hosted a roundtable discussion Saturday morning at local Innsbrook area technology consulting agency UpTime Solutions with local business owners. During the two hour event, discussion of the current economic climate came to the forefront, and Kaine rattled off a variety of ideas for bringing his strategies as Richmond Mayor and Virginia Governor to Washington if elected to the Senate this November.
Grocery chain Food Lion’s parent company Delhaize Group announced the closure of 113 underperforming stores across the United States Thursday morning. Two of the stores slated for closure are in the West End. One of those is in the immediate Short Pump area.
As an athlete and physical education teacher at Rivers Edge Elementary School, Rhett Rutman started to realize there weren’t many books that promoted exercise within the classroom, so with an R.E.B. Award grant he won in 2009, Rhett and his wife, Meredyth, created a children’s book about two subjects close to their heart–exercise and children.
A local contemporary home furnishings store that opened a Short Pump location a year ago is going back to its roots. LaDifférence announced Monday that it’s closing its location at West Broad Village in Short Pump. The company will hold a liquidation at the store, with similar deals at its flagship location in Shockoe Bottom.
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