In an email circulated today and following an announcement that council will not ask candidates to pledge that they won’t seek election in November, Jennie Dotts has publicly declared her interest in the appointment to the interim vacancy created by Delores McQuinn’s likely victory in the special election: Following todays special election, City Council will [...]
Bill Conkle is spreading the word about a clean-up at Jefferson Park this weekend: Please join your friends and neighbors in Jefferson Park on Saturday Morning January 10th, 9am, to help take down the Holiday Decorations and help clean up the park. We will gather at the Bandstand at 9am– please dress warmly and bring [...]
Matthew Freeman passes along this opportunity: Come join us for Hope in the Cities’ series of strategic dialogues on metropolitan Richmond issues. Highly trained facilitators will lead a dialogue for 25 participants on January 16th & 17th at Richmond Hill.
Kathleen sends in word of a found beagle: I came home this evening to find a small male beagle asleep on our front doormat. No collar. He’s about 3-4 years old and approximately 15″ tall. I am afraid that someone has abandoned him in our fenced front yard, knowing that I work with rescues. I [...]
Presenting the first CHPN real estate fair! There are great homes for sale in the area, help spread the word.
An as-yet-unidentified black male was shot to death in the 2200 block of T Street at just after 10:30PM yesterday. The victim’s name is being withheld until next of kin is notified. Richmond Police are looking for a black male approximately five feet ten inches tall and wearing a black shirt, jeans and a red [...]
The RTD interviews Alicia Rasin, founder of Citizens Against Crime.
RECYCLING WEEK; New Vision Civic League meeting MOVED TO 1/10; Union Hill Community Stew; RPS School Board meeting; Beginning Computer Classes for Adults; MORE…
Richmond foodblog i wish i could cook visits the Hill Cafe and raves about the rack of lamb and the folks all around: My god, there were six pieces, not like the 2 you get at Can Can for twice the price, a delish pile of redskin-mashed potatoes and perfectly crisp broccoletti all doused in [...]
Yes, the overgrown lot at 24th and M Streets is really for sale.
Ginger Warder makes a visit to It Must Be Heaven and says that “if you love gourmet ice cream, the name is true.” The 5-star review has great things to say about the soup, too: What surprised me was not the great ice cream, but the great soup. Owner Stan Jones (she’s a woman by [...]
Did you ever want to learn how to identify trees? Or how to properly prune a young tree to insure good development? Are you interested in taking care of the trees in our community? Richmond Tree Stewards training may be for you!
An article on environmentally-friendly construction in the RTD a few days ago, a look at the growing interest in green construction, drops that Better Housing Coalition moved “exclusively to building EarthCraft-certified developments” back in 2005, and that Habitat for Humanity’s Pillars at Oakmont will be certified as well: Having mastered the process, Richmond Habitat will [...]
