July 03, 2009
Henrico set to connect Broad Street to Shady Grove/Pouncey Tract intersection
Henrico County has a route set and plans in hand for more than 80 percent of a new 1½-mile connection between West Broad Street and the intersection...
SnagAJob.com again ranks among best small firms to work for
Henrico County-based SnagAJob.com is one of the nation’s best small businesses to work for, according to a human-resource group and a consulting...
Circuit City’s Canadian operations have been sold
Circuit City Stores Inc.‘s Canadian operations have been sold. The defunct consumer-electronics retailer, which had its corporate headquarters in...
July 02, 2009
Russo sworn in as Henrico superintendent
The judge joked about being a Hermitage High School graduate, joshing Patrick Russo about the kinds of students he’ll now be responsible for as Henrico...
Patrick Russo’s career
Bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Charleston (W.Va.), 1972 Master of Arts in secondary education from Adelphi...
Fair may be set for Diamond
There could be a Richmond Fair this summer after all. A little more than two weeks after canceling plans for a 10-day fair at the Richmond International...
Area farmers markets
Area farmers markets For produce and other products fresh from the farm, visit these area markets: Ashland Farmers’ Market, 101 Thompson St.,...
July 01, 2009
New Henrico Superintendent Russo takes office
Patrick Russo was sworn in today as Henrico County’s new Superintendent of Schools. Russo succeeds Fred S. Morton IV, who is retiring. Russo was...
Medicinal hosiery maker enters Richmond market
Tennessee-based medicinal hosiery maker Fit Rite Medical is making its first foray into the Richmond market with an initial product placement at three...
A dream ride at Bon Air rehab center
Major Akers always figured he’d take another ride on a horse. It had been 67 years, but yesterday the 99-year-old didn’t seem a bit rusty....
U-boat capture ‘was a BIG deal,‘ man recalls
BILL LOHMAN Having recently moved to Chicago, former Richmonder Dick Owens thought a visit to the city’s Museum of Science and Industry would be...
Area farmers markets
Ashland Farmers Market, 101 Thompson St., Ashland, 798-9219. 9 a.m.-noon Saturdays through November. Byrd House Market, behind William Byrd Community...
June 30, 2009
VCU president steps down today
His office is packed, his most recent book is finished, and Eugene P. Trani will serve his last day as president of Virginia Commonwealth University today....
June 29, 2009
Biz Buzz: Pleasants Hardware opens Patterson store
In these tough times, most companies are slowing their growth as they wait for sales to pick up. But one Richmond-based retailer is among the handful that...
FACES OF FREEDOM: Adish Jain
During the past two weeks, Times-Dispatch newsroom staff members asked people in the Richmond region, “What does freedom mean to you?“ We’ll...
Authorities use social-networking sites as a tool
When a Richmond convenience store clerk was shot six times during a robbery two weeks ago, city police converged on the scene to hunt for the gunman. Three...
Budget crunch cuts into Chesterfield language programs
World-language enrollment at Chesterfield County middle schools is expected to drop about 25 percent in the fall, in part because of fewer courses being...
June 28, 2009
Henrico OKs landscape, lighting plan for Wallace gym
Ben Wallace, the NBA star traded by Cleveland to Phoenix in exchange for Shaquille O’Neal, got at least one thing he wanted last week. The private...
Freedom’s special for troops’ mother
Over the past two weeks, Times-Dispatch newsroom staff members asked people in the Richmond region, “What does freedom mean to you?“ We’ll...
June 27, 2009
Rocketts Landing gaining new tenants
Business is picking up at Rocketts Landing, with the addition of a popular Shockoe Bottom restaurant and a developer opening new offices in the mixed-use...
