The RTD has the final, official line-up as to who will be up for election this fall. In the contest for the 7th district council seat, it will be Clarence Kenney vs incumbent Delores L. McQuinn. In the school board race we have: Ronald L. Bond, Donald L. Coleman, and Torey J. Edmonds. It seems [...]
I found a Beagle mix male dog at the bottom of Chimbo Hill, and my friends said they had seen the dog 2 weeks prior running as fast as possible down 26th st. out of the hill towards broad with a leash on. He had no tags. I would just like to find the owner [...]
Following up on her 2007 novel My Mamma, My Teacha, Loretta Watson has reprinted There Is Hope, her 1996 book of poetry. For every copy sold, one dollar goes toward the Shirley Coleman – Loretta Watson Creighton Court Scholarship Fund and will help a child from Creighton Court pay for a portion of his/her college [...]
Richmond’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities serves free meals to children between the age of 1 and 18 at more than 120 locations throughout the city from June 16 to Aug. 29 through its participation in the U. S. Department of Agriculture’s Summer Meals for Kids Program. Last summer, the department served more [...]
ACORN has announced 2 workshops for June: Renovation Lending on June 21st @ St.John’s and Working with a Renovation Contractor on June 28th @ Caravati’s Architectural Salvage.
The Church Hill Association site has the agenda for the upcoming 6/24 Commission of Architectural Review meeting, including applications for 2202 East Marshall Street, 512 North 28th Street, 300-400 Blocks of North 25th Street, and 2720 East Broad Street.
Richmond’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities will open its eight outdoor public swimming pools for the summer at 1PM today. The pools are free for the public to use and open Mondays through Fridays from 1PM to 8PM, Saturdays from noon to 5PM, and Sundays from 1PM to 5PM In addition, each pool [...]
Are you interested in starting a community garden in your neighborhood? Tricycle Gardens is hosting 4 identical workshops on how to jump start a community garden. Covered will be the nuts and bolts of what it takes to get a garden off the ground, and sustain it. Wednesday June 25th, Wednesday July 9th, Wednesday July [...]
Reports of a man with a gun riding a GRTC bus to 21st Street and Jefferson Avenue had police scrambling “in several parts of the city this morning”. Police eventually tracked the suspected gunman to Broad Street downtown and found that he was legally openly carrying the weapon. [via]
A shooting on the 2200 block of Fairfield Avenue just before 2:00PM has seriously injured a juvenile male. The young man, a 7th grade student at MLK Middle School, “has been taken to VCU Medical Center with life-threatening injuries”. Police are offering an instant $1,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest. [via]
The folks working on getting the Church Hill Dog Park up&running have announced a 2nd work party for Saturday, June 14th from 9AM-1PM. Sign up via email to chimbodogs@hotmail.com. The gates need to be covered and corners hammered in so please, bring those hammers and cool tools used last time so we can hopefully finish [...]
Half-way through the seasonal street cleaning, we’re hearing that the city is being extra vigilant about towing vehicles that are parked in the way of the cleaning.
