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Archive for October 2004
Fairfield Court celebrates full SOL accreditation
A big party was held yesterday at Fairfield Court Elementary School to honor a big academic achievement. “We wanted to celebrate our SOL success. We are now fully accredited,” Principal Irene L. Williams said. Fairfield Court Elementary, accredited with warning last year, was fully accredited in 2004 by the state Department of Education. [ Find [...]
Mayoral hopefuls differ on housing
Charles H. Nance, a former Richmond School Board member, said a majority of the city’s 4,068 public-housing units should be torn down and rebuilt “primarily in the city, but also in other parts of the region.” Lawrence E. Williams Sr. wants to demolish Mosby Court’s more than 450 public-housing units in the East End. He [...]
No-trespassing law doesn’t apply to vote
“Richmond’s voting registrar says state law supersedes local ordinances, so the city’s no-trespassing law as it applies to the Whitcomb Court and Gilpin Court public housing projects will not apply to voting precincts.” [ find out more ]
Food fight leads to five arrests at Armstrong
From Food fight leads to five arrests at Armstrong: “A cafeteria food fight ended in arrests for five Armstrong High School students yesterday. The juveniles were charged with prohibited criminal street gang participation because they were representing two rival neighborhood groups, Mosby and Creighton courts. What started as a food fight escalated and moved into [...]
Robertson Urges Police Review Board
From the RTD via IMC: Richmond City Councilwoman Ellen F. Robertson proposed last night the creation of a “Police Accountability Board,” citing what she called a tremendous distrust of the department in the black community. “We have to build trust in this community,” Robertson said in an interview. “There is a lot of animosity between [...]
State Police asked to investigate Blount shooting
Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney David M. Hicks has formally requested that the Virginia State Police independently investigate the police-involved shooting death of East End robbery suspect Curtis Blount Sept. 20. Blount was found dead in an alley behind a convenience store on Mosby Street near Fairmount Avenue. Authorities said he died from a single gunshot wound [...]
Fire Damages Three Homes
An overnight fire at 22nd and V Streets left three homes damaged. Authorities say the first home burst into flames shortly after midnight. Before crews could contain the flames, the fire spread to two neighboring houses. Officials say two of the homes are abandoned and no one was home at the third. The cause of [...]
A call for housing projects to be ‘torn down’
Mark Holmberg, long-time columnist for the Times-Dispatch, writes, “Fifty years ago we started the subsidized housing boom in Richmond, and few cities went about it with as much gusto as we did. The proliferation of housing “projects” here was a key reason Richmond wilted while cities like Charlotte blossomed. Right now we’ve got roughly 10 [...]
Whitcomb Elementary in Today’s RTD
Today’s RTD has an article, They made the grade, about the recent history and direction at Whitcomb Elementary School. From the article: “Whitcomb was the only Richmond public school and one of six in the state to be recognized by Warner on Oct. 1 as a PASS program graduate. Once marked as a low-performing school, [...]
3rd District contest heats up
The 3rd Congressional District contest between Democrat Rep. Robert C. Scott and Republican Winsome E. Sears bears watching because of its unusual dynamic. It is a rare race that pits two blacks against each other: Scott, a liberal in the traditional black politician’s role of civil-rights leader, against Sears, a socially conservative Republican.[ more in [...]
Stuff to Fix
Another from the RTD: “Beginning Wednesday, Oct. 13, The Times-Dispatch will begin a weekly feature called “Stuff to Fix.” We will identify a building, section of road, sign or some other public property that is broken, dilapidated or an eyesore. [...] This is something, though, that we can’t do without you. We need for you [...]
Matt Koon of the Boys & Girls Club
The front page of today’s RTD carries a profile of Matt Koon of the Boys & Girls Club at Fairfield Court.
Chimborazo Elementary School in Today’s RTD
Today’s RTD has a long article, School hurdles forward, about the recent history and direction at Chimborazo Elementary School. From the article: “Administrators, teachers and students at Chimborazo are trying to make sure their school makes a complete turnabout. They’re not quite there.”
