More than 100 Petersburg seniors displaced from their housing complex are receiving shelf-stable meal boxes and help connecting to local food resources.
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Orange County Parks & Recreation earned a VACo Achievement Award for its 2025 Elementary School Flag Football Tournament, hosted with the high school football team.
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Richmond Police will hold a May 15, 2026, memorial service during National Police Week to honor fallen officers and remember members lost in 2025 and 2026.
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Angling educator Alex McCrickard highlights key public access points, habitats, and target species along Virginia’s tidal James River from Richmond to the bay.
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Union College student-athletes from four varsity sports earned nine academic, leadership and pre-professional prizes during the College’s annual Prize Day ceremony.
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Union women’s lacrosse and men’s and women’s crew earn Liberty League weekly honors, highlighted by NCAA performances and a Dad Vail Regatta podium.
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Four Union College student-athletes from three sports were inducted into the College’s historic Phi Beta Kappa chapter, recognizing exceptional academic achievement.
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Richmond’s Vision Zero initiative aims to eliminate traffic deaths and severe injuries, led by Public Works and supported by a public crash data dashboard.
More than 100 Petersburg seniors displaced from their housing complex are receiving shelf-stable meal boxes and help connecting to local food resources.
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Richmond is pausing citations for bike-lane buffer parking, forgiving tickets from the past 30 days, with full enforcement resuming June 1, including lane violations.
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Richmond has paused ticketing for parking in bike-lane buffers until June 1 and will forgive related citations from the past 30 days after administrative review.
Orange County Parks & Recreation earned a VACo Achievement Award for its 2025 Elementary School Flag Football Tournament, hosted with the high school football team.
Richmond Police will hold a May 15, 2026, memorial service during National Police Week to honor fallen officers and remember members lost in 2025 and 2026.
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The Richmond Police Department announces road closures and no-parking zones for Dominion Energy Riverrock from May 15-17, 2026, with towing enforced in restricted areas.
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Richmond Police announce 2026 Dominion Energy Riverrock road closures, no parking zones, and towing enforcement, urging attendees to plan extra travel time.
Union College student-athletes from four varsity sports earned nine academic, leadership and pre-professional prizes during the College’s annual Prize Day ceremony.
Union women’s lacrosse and men’s and women’s crew earn Liberty League weekly honors, highlighted by NCAA performances and a Dad Vail Regatta podium.
Four Union College student-athletes from three sports were inducted into the College’s historic Phi Beta Kappa chapter, recognizing exceptional academic achievement.
Union College teams earned seven Liberty League weekly awards and six honor roll spots to close the regular season, highlighted by postseason-clinching efforts.
Union teams collected Liberty League boat and rookie of the week honors, with men's crew, baseball, men's lacrosse and nine more student-athletes recognized.
Union College’s ADay4U giving challenge invites donors to support nearly 600 student-athletes through targeted matches and challenges across all athletics programs.
Union women’s lacrosse swept Liberty League weekly honors after a 2-0 weekend, while seven more Union athletes and the men’s varsity 8+ earned honor roll spots.
Union College will induct seven individuals and two teams into the Union Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2026 during ReUnion weekend on May 17, 2026.
Angling educator Alex McCrickard highlights key public access points, habitats, and target species along Virginia’s tidal James River from Richmond to the bay.
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Occoneechee State Park’s Music in the Park series returns with free evening concerts from May 23 through Aug. 22 at the amphitheater on Buggs Island Lake.
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Pocahontas Premieres returns to Pocahontas State Park May–October, featuring new and returning bands, season tickets, and a bluegrass festival on Aug. 15.
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Fairy Stone State Park hosts a free Spring BioBlitz May 8-10, offering guided programs to help visitors document local wildlife and contribute to iNaturalist.
A DWR trail camera at its Henrico, Virginia, headquarters captured diverse suburban wildlife and offers tips for safely coexisting and reducing conflicts.
Optional boating safety gear such as first-aid kits, radios, anchors, spare paddles, and locator beacons adds redundancy and preparedness beyond legal requirements.
Explore simple Mother’s Day and Father’s Day gift ideas for boaters, including life jackets, dry bags, sun shirts, polarized sunglasses, and emergency beacons.
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Free, family-friendly Music at Main Street Station concerts return to the patio in downtown Richmond with Thursday evening performances from April 30 through May 28.