archive for February, 2005
February 3, 2005
Mary Jones of MLK Middle named Teacher of Month
To honor local educators, The Richmond Voice Newspaper, will be highlighting a different local teacher every month. Mary R. Jones a science teacher at Martin Luther King Middle School was selected for the Teacher of the Month for January.
February 4, 2005
Another body in another abandoned house
Richmond police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a decomposed body found Wednesday at an abandoned residence at 1301 North 24th Street.
[ from the RTD ]
February 4, 2005
Rising property values and the African-American community
The Feb.1 Richmond Voice article
Blacks Being Pushed Out of the City Due to High-Priced Housing takes on the issue of increasing property values in North Side, Barton Heights, and Church Hill, and what effect this might have on the largely African-American population of these areas.
February 5, 2005
RPD concludes Blount killed himself
In a long article, the RTD is reporting that the RPD has concluded that East End robbery suspect Curtis Blount, fatally shot Sept. 20 after being cornered in an alley by police, killed himself with his own gun, according to a nearly completed police internal affairs investigation.
February 5, 2005
Sheriff’s Office asks ‘Are You OK?’
Since 1996, the mission of the Are You OK Program has been to check on the welfare of Richmond’s senior citizens who are in poor health and have no one to check on their condition.
February 6, 2005
a body and gentrification
More information about the body found on 24th St has been released. Always a good read, a long piece by Mark Holmberg goes into the housing situation, gentrification, some short history of the area, and the role of the RRHA.
February 14, 2005
City announces 2nd Annual Verizon SuperCity Cleanup
Last year, more than 6,400 volunteers turned out for the largest single-day community improvement event in the nation. Find out how you can participate this time.
February 15, 2005
Richmond school-system offices to move to 31st Street
By July 1, the Richmond School Board and the school system’s administrative offices will move from City Hall to the old Armstrong High School on 31st Street.
[ from the RTD ]
February 16, 2005
Great Hope’s African American Heritage Celebration this Saturday
Great Hope Baptist Church invites you to their African American Heritage Celebration. The theme this year is “From the past we were there-In the present we are here making our mark toward the future.”
February 20, 2005
“a neglected weed in the asphalt and concrete”
The RTD profiles the Intensive Treatment Unit, a new state-funded program run by the Virginia Department of Corrections aimed at assisting women whose lives have been shattered due to drugs, violence, prostitution, abuse, etc.
February 23, 2005
Teenagers plead guilty in Libby Hill assault
Four teenagers charged with raping and sodomizing a woman in Libby Hill Park in July of last year each pleaded guilty yesterday to four felonies. The four had been scheduled to be tried next week by a jury but decided to plead guilty after three of them tried unsuccessfully to have confessions thrown out of court.
[ more in the RTD ]
February 24, 2005
Coffee Clutch
Style Weekly writes: “In the past eight months, not one but two new independent coffee shops — Jumpin J’s Java and General Store and Captain Buzzy’s Beanery — have opened in the ’hood, meaning they can pop in for a cuppa joe, grab a bite to eat, or hang out for hours no matter which side of Broad Street they may be on.”
February 28, 2005
Second Annual Black History Month Extravaganza
Councilwoman Delores McQuinn honored nearly twenty residents and others at Saturday’s Second Annual Black History Month Extravaganza at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School. The 7th District’s Community Heritage Awards 2005 were presented to men and women who were recognized has having done important work in the community. The day also included exhibits, performance, and a soul food dinner.
[ from The Defender ]
