archive for July, 2005
July 2, 2005
popular transvestite is Richmond’s 52nd homicide of the year
April Marie Walker, a 45-year-old transvestite who lived in the 2000 block North 29th Street, was found shot this morning in the doorway of his apartment in the Creighton Court public housing.
July 4, 2005
the business of Buzzy’s
The Business section of the RTD has a longish article on Captain Buzzy’s Beanery.
July 4, 2005
snapshots
A recent post at Richmond City Watch has a great set of photos from Church Hill and Chimborazo. Be warned that the page has a ton of fairly large pictures.
July 5, 2005
Service for Cannon is Thursday
A funeral service for Thomas Cannon Sr., a retired Richmond postal worker and philanthropist, is set for noon Thursday at Walter J. Manning Funeral Home, 700 N. 25th St.
July 6, 2005
suspect arrested in 2003 shooting
Richmond police announced that Broderick Frezelle Jones, 28, has arrested and charged with murder in the Oct. 14, 2003, shooting death of Damon Sherod Finney. Finney, 19, was shot to death on the back porch of his cousin’s home during a robbery attempt in the 2000 block of Fairmount Avenue.
July 8, 2005
Officer who killed man resigns
Michael Couture, the Richmond police officer who shot and killed Santanna Bryant Olavarria during a May 29, 2004, car stop at Mechanicsville Turnpike and Fairfield Way, has resigned from the force.
July 11, 2005
Neighborhoods in Bloom is working well
The RTD has a story that says that Richmond’s Neighborhoods in Bloom program is doing so well it is expected to serve as a catalyst for other cities that hope to turn blight into economically viable areas.
July 13, 2005
The uncertain future of EDI
The July 11th issue of the print-only City Edition (Vol.2, No.14) has a long cover-story on the past, present, and future of the East District Center. The article delves into the uncertain future funding for EDI and recent changes in the area.
July 13, 2005
Government Road is open again
Nearly a year after Tropical Storm Gaston, Government Road open again.
July 14, 2005
sewage problem near Chimborazo Park
A broken sewage pipe near Chimborazo Park has been oozing the yucky since Tropical Storm Gaston and it gets really bad when it rains.
July 15, 2005
Patrolman, ex-partner indicted for murder
A grand jury has indicted a Richmond police officer Michael Couture and his former partner Edward Aeschlimann, on murder charges stemming from the shooting death of Santanna Bryant Olavarria during a May 29, 2004, car stop at Mechanicsville Turnpike and Fairfield Way.
July 15, 2005
murder at the Church Hill House
The death of an elderly man found in an apartment at the Church Hill House at 2400 block of Burton Street is now being investigated as a homicide, Richmond police said today.
July 17, 2005
fire won’t stop Church Hill Cleaners
The July 14-16 edition of the print-only Richmond Free Press has a long story on the fire at 3rd-generation family-owned Church Hill Cleaners (2718 Q Street) on June 26th.
July 17, 2005
new neighbors to the east?
Work will start in the next week or so on Rocketts Landing, a riverfront village off Old Osborne Turnpike (Route 5) east of Tobacco Row and near where the Annabel Lee riverboat was docked.
July 18, 2005
Wall artist is picturing a brighter future
The RTD’s Michael Paul Williams has a nice article about the “A Star is Rising” mural at 24th Street and Jefferson Avenue.
