Short Pump News

Here's a chance for your child to be the next star in "The Sound Of Music". If your son or daughter can sing and dance, and is between 5-18, he or she can audition to be one of the VonTrapp children.

Kate Stottlemyer , how manages the Tweed store in The Shoppes at Westgate in the Short Pump area, helps customer Rita Lews select a gift.

R. Wayne Todd is a bass player with an art attitude. The Short Pump resident has a degree in creative advertising and was recently named director of marketing and design at FrontLine Exhibits Plus.

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Opening a second store is challenging enough for a retailer looking to expand. But throw a troubled shopping center into the mix and stressed-filled nights are sure to follow.

The following is a press release from the Henrico County Division of Solid Waste and Recycling: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Area residents can recycle televisions, computer monitors and other unwanted electronic items - anything with a plug - at four upcoming electronic waste recycling events.

Richmond is what many people consider a "big small town." It's big in the sense that more than 1.2 million people live in the city and surrounding metropolitan area.

The village now has a school. Classes started yesterday for about 100 students at South University in West Broad Village - nearly triple the number the school had anticipated for its start-up ... FULL STORY FROM LOCAL NEWS FROM RICHMOND-TIMES DISPATCH>>

The stores at Chesterfied Town Center and Short Pump Mall are scheduled to open just in time for the holiday shopping season.

Dozens of new jobs are coming to Central Virginia. Appliance and electronics store HHGregg is opening two new stores in former Circuit City locations next month.

Problems facing the retail industry were a secondary subject yesterday as retailers and local commercial real estate firms talked about possible partnerships and expansion at the annual Idea Exchange.

What: Short Pump Mile and Short Pump Express When: First heat starts next Sunday at 7:45 a.m. behind Short Pump Town Center, 11800 W. Broad St.

People in western Henrico County can stop by the latest Cafe Caturra to pick up coffee in the morning, get sandwiches throughout the day and have a glass of wine and light fare in the evenings.

This weekend you can drive north or south, and either way leave the 21st century behind and step back in time.

About 30,000 people are expected to venture to eastern Goochland County this weekend for the 18th Field Day of the Past, an event known for its unique presentation of the region's rural heritage.

Richmond, Va. This weekend you can see how things used to be done. Field Day Of The Past returns in Goochland .

Almost every local Indian restaurant seems to have some sort of all-you-can-eat deal featuring the same things: chicken tikka masala, palak paneer, rogan josh, etc.

Tens of thousand of demonstrators hit the streets of the nations capital to protest healthcare reform, higher taxes, and what they see as out-of-control government.