archive for March, 2007
March 2, 2007
Evergreen Cemetery
A local man (*ahem*) has raised a stink (PDF) about the near-by Evergreen Cemetery after seeing a talk by ACORN’s Selden Richardson speak on his new book, Built by Blacks, at a recent Union Hill Civic Association meeting.
March 3, 2007
house flip
Rumor has it that a certain fugly house on 23rd Street in Union Hill will soon be a feature on either TLC’s Flip This House or A&E’s Flip that House…
March 3, 2007
Tim Harriss @ Eric Schindler next Friday
A show of portraits by Tim Harriss will open at Eric Schindler Gallery this coming Friday.
March 4, 2007
house flip (back!)
Yesterday’s rumor about a local house being featured on a house flip tv show is essentially correct, but it is better than that…
March 4, 2007
this week’s calendar
Recycling; NVCL Board Meeting; Tim Harriss @ Eric Schindler; more…
March 5, 2007
housefire on 32nd street
There was a fire in the 1400 block of North 32nd Street just after midnight last night. The home, occupied by three people, is probably a total loss. [via]
March 5, 2007
lost cat on 24th Street
Blue ran out of the side door last week and disappeared; last seen on the 600 block of 24th Street. She answers to her name and is a very attractive cat. Maybe someone has taken her in?
March 6, 2007
$1,000,000 wall
The newly-rebuilt wall at St.John’s was dedicated yesterday, only a few weeks after the reopening of the intersection of Grace and 31st (also the victim of 2004’s Tropical Storm Gaston).
March 6, 2007
crime wave?
wric8 says that there is a terrible crime wave going on. This is the first that we’ve heard about it, and the Church Hill Yahoo group / myspace has been quiet, too. Is this real, then, or just tv news getting all sensationalist again?
March 8, 2007
shooting on 24th Street
An unidentified man was shot for an unknown reason at around 2:15pm today on the 1100 block of 24th Street.
March 10, 2007
a look at the FRC
The March issue of Key Awareness (3.1MB PDF) features East District Family Resource Center, A Double Dose of Community Outreach, a profile of East District Family Resource Center (FRC) at 2405 Jefferson Avenue.
March 10, 2007
reading and signing at the FRC
The March issue of Key Awareness (3.1MB PDF) has a review of last month’s book signing and reading by Loretta Watson at the FRC.
March 11, 2007
another house down on Mosby Street
Seven months after the demolition of 801 and 803, the also-vacant house at 819 Mosby Street was pushed over yesterday.
March 13, 2007
West speaks out on WRVA
River City Rapids has a look at 7th District Schoolboard rep Keith West and a link to an interview with Mr.West on WRVA.
