Liana Hardy

Ggrassy roadsides in Hanover County are still littered with “Vote No” signs leftover from Virginia’s redistricting election. But little by little, those billboards are being replaced by smaller signs stating: “Grow Tomatoes, Not Data Centers.”With election season over, an ever-growing threat now looms larger over Hanover residents: hyperscale

The Henrico Board of Supervisors deferred two Western Henrico housing proposals at its May 12 meeting after expressing concerns about potential school overcrowding, overdevelopment, and high housing prices.One provisional use permit case, which the board deferred until its Sept. 8 meeting, would allow for a seven-story, 224-unit apartment complex

On May 15, Henrico School Board members approved the schematic design for a new elementary school in the Fairfield District – a project that is estimated to cost a total of $46 million.The two-story, 93,000-square-foot building would hold up to 750 students and would be completed by the beginning

Six of the seven state legislators representing parts of Henrico County, all Democrats, held a town hall May 13 to update community members about how bills from the General Assembly would impact Henrico.The legislators said that they “delivered on affordability” this session, prioritizing several bills aiming to reduce housing

In August, Henrico Schools will install new software on students’ school-issued devices that will allow teachers to view what students are actively doing on their screens and what websites a student has opened.The new software – Securly Classroom – will be a “powerful tool” to help teachers keep students on task

You might miss it, but if you look closely at Monica Bagley's class photo with her third-grade students back in 2013, you will see a tiny hamster peeking out of Bagley’s hands.That is Zeus, which her students named after the mighty Greek God who threw thunderbolts, and how

LaShanda Melendez is a department of one, but she is a powerhouse.The gifted education teacher splits her time teaching students at both Fairfield Middle and John Rolfe Middle, but has committed herself to becoming part of the lifeblood of both schools.For Melendez, that means engaging her students in

Robert Thompson became a teacher because of a bet he made with his wife.Two decades ago, Thompson was working as an engineer in the commercial airline industry when his wife encouraged him to go into teaching. After some thought, Thompson told his wife that if he applied for a

The art room is a place where anyone can succeed – that is what Raelyn Mason, the art teacher at Glen Lea Elementary, truly believes and wants to ingrain in her students.“Anybody can be an artist. It doesn’t matter if you’ve never done clay before, never painted before,

Is there a god? Why is there suffering? Who am I? What is my purpose here?Imagine being in a room of 13-year-olds grappling with the age-old, big mysteries of the world. For some, this might seem daunting, but for Steven Cottam – the middle school religion teacher at Our Lady