From Church Hill to Nassau
Principal Cheryl Burke at Chimborazo Elementary School has rewarded her staff with a trip to the Bahamas for attaining full state accreditation and making adequate yearly progress.
Archive for May 2005
Libby Hill attackers sentencing continued
Looking at the Virginia Courts Case Information (Richmond City Circuit), it appears that yesterday’s sentencing was continued until July 19th.
Shooting at 20th and P Streets
A Richmond neighborhood activist is in stable condition after being shot multiple times at around 7:20 AM yesterday at the corner of North 20th and P Streets.
Stabbing Death on 32nd Street
A 50-year-old man died Saturday, about three hours after being stabbed outside his home on the 400 block of North 32nd Street.
School, city honor Onslow W. Minnis
Yesterday, school and city officials formally named the building housing Franklin Military Academy in Minnis’ honor.
417 North 22nd torn down
The long-empty, 95-year-old house at 417 North 22nd Street was torn down last week.
Dr. Robertson celebrates 50 years at Cedar Street Baptist Church
The Cedar Street Baptist Church of God is celebrating the 50th anniversary of their pastor, Dr. Benjamin W. Robertson.
City cracks down on abandoned vehicles
The Richmond Voice has an article in their May 18th issue detailing the city’s new new ordinance making it a class 1 misdemeanor to leave an abandoned/inoperable vehicle on public property. Somehow, this had previously been legal. On the front page is a photo of 2 long-abandoned cars on the triangle at Carrington and 22nd [...]
Teenager pleads guilty in man’s beating death
A 16-year-old Richmond youth, Tiwan Dante Parham, pleaded guilty yesterday to second-degree murder in the beating death of Roscoe J. Coleman behind Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School last July.
Old Armstrong high building won’t be used for Richmond school offices
The old Armstrong High School building won’t be the new home for Richmond school offices. With a costly deadline looming, the School Board says converting the building into office space is too costly.
triple shooting at Mosby Court
Richmond Police are investigation a triple shooting in Mosby Court on the 2100 block of Accommodation Street Tuesday night. Timothy Williams, the 31st homicide victim in Richmond this year, was a 1996 graduate of Armstrong High School and worked for Braxton Moving Company.
preschool student tests positive for tuberculosis
A Richmond preschool student at the Preschool Development Center on North 29th Street has tested positive for tuberculosis. Students and teachers were tested yesterday and the results are expected tomorrow. The student who tested positive has not attended school in about a month for unrelated reasons.
Scare at Chimborazo Elementary
A security scare at Chimborazo Elementary School just before 2pm prompted authorities to lockdown the building this afternoon. Richmond Police officers surrounded the school after a strange man was seen in the building. Officers patrolling the area before the lockdown had seen the man running toward the school from an area nearby where residents reported [...]
To donate a computer in Church Hill?
A reader wrote in with this question: I have a decent computer that I plan to give away. Is there an organization in the neighborhood that I could donate this to?
East End Teen Center to get early face lift
To promote rehabilitation efforts of the proposed site for the East End Teen Center (1001 N 29th St.), designers and faculty from Virginia Commonwealth University’s Design Center and approximately 30 youth from the neighborhood will give the old railway terminal an exterior design face lift. Rehab efforts will begin mid-summer ’05 with an expected completion [...]
