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Five wheelchair tennis players from Team USA will be taking part in the River City Slam Wheelchair Tennis Tournament in Henrico in June. The tournament, hosted by local adaptive sports club Sportable, is designed to provide a high-level competitive environment for wheelchair tennis players. The event will feature more than ,000 in prize money and is open to all levels, including first-time players. The five players – junior players Charlie Cooper, Tomas Majetic, and Max Wong and professionals Jason Keatseangslip and Connor Stroud– recently represented Team USA at the BNP Paribas World Team Cup in Turkey. Cooper, Majetic, and Wong...

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The Autism Society of Central Virginia will host its 22nd Annual 5k & Family Fun Day Saturday, May 18, at Crump Park in Glen Allen. The event will help raise funds for the ASCV's mission of supporting, empowering, and building connections within the autism community. More than 1,200 people are expected to attend. The day's activities will include a 5k run/walk, a resource fair showcasing community partners and providers offering services to autistic individuals of all ages, food trucks, visits from Nutzy, costumed Princesses, Star Wars characters, a bouncy slide, obstacle course, photo booth, and more in the Kids Zone...

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Southwest Airlines will be launching new routes from Richmond to Baltimore and Nashville June 4. The daily flights to Nashville will leave most days between 10:55 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Return flights daily will arrive in Richmond between 3:20 p.m. and 7:55 p.m., depending upon the day. For details, visit southwest.com. On May 24, Breeze Airways will begin offering nonstop service between Richmond and Jacksonville, Fla., and Richmond and Islip (Long Island), N.Y. Both routes will be seasonal. Trips to and from both destinations will run twice weekly, on Mondays and Fridays.

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Six of the most popular products from the Van Winkle family of whiskeys will be available for online purchase via the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority this spring. The ABC's online lotteries will take place May 20-23 and June 10-13 and will allow winning customers to purchase products from the hard-to-find Van Winkle line. The lottery is open to Virginia residents 21 and older, as well as active duty military members stationed in Virginia. Each round of the lottery will have a different set of products available, with the Old Rip Van Winkle Bourbon 10 Year, Van Winkle Special Reserve...

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Two Henrico nonprofits are among seven in the Richmond region that are benefiting each time someone opens a checking and savings account with Chesapeake Bank. The bank will make 0 donations to seven local nonprofits when the new accounts are opened. Included among them: Henrico-based FETCH a Cure and Fatherhood Foundation of Virginia. (The other nonprofits are Chesterfield Gives Back, Chesterfield YMCA, Central Chesterfield Little League, Southside Community Development and Housing Corporation and Humankind.) The Beyond Banking initiative runs through the second week of September. To receive the donation, customers must open a checking and savings account at one of...

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Five students from Henrico County schools were among the 65 students in Virginia to win the National Merit ,500 Scholarship Program, which is designed to help students with strong academic records and leadership skills. In total, 2,500 Merit Scholar designees were selected nationally from a talent pool of more than 15,000 finalists in the program. NMSC finances most of the single-payment ,500 scholarships, including all five of those awarded to students from Henrico schools. Corporations and company foundations that sponsor awards through NMSC also help underwrite some of the awards in lieu of paying administrative fees. The Henrico students are:...

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