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Better Housing Coalition community bus tours in April and May

Better Housing Coalition will be giving bus tours of their communities on April 28, May 6, and May 12. The tours run from approximately noon-2PM and will take participants by single-family homes and townhomes in Church Hill, the senior community Carter Woods, and the mixed-use, mixed-income community Winchester Greens among others. Contact Drew Melson for [...]

Choose your friends wisely

The Richmond Police Department’s Noteworthy Events for April 9-13 is, around here anyway, a series of folks being robbed by people known to them.

Police leaders to walk through Whitcomb

Richmond Police Chief Bryan T. Norwood will reach out to the community again tonight as he takes his weekly staff meeting into a city neighborhood. Norwood and his staff will knock on doors and talk to residents and business owners in the Whitcomb area to find out about their concerns regarding public safety in the [...]

Help Wanted to plant some trees

Via Craig’s List: Need approx. 5 small trees planted on Church Hill property by Sat. pm 4/18. You’ll need a truck to pick up at Lowe’s on Broad Street. Respond by email with your rate — Also if you have a lawnmower, that would be most helpful. Location: 27th and Broad

UNCLE @ Schindler Gallery this Friday

UNCLE, a show of new work by Chris Chase, opens this Friday, April 17th, 7-9PM at the Eric Schindler Gallery.

Police disperse fights in Mosby Court

The RTD is reporting that the police had to call “for additional units this evening to disperse a large crowd after fights broke out among juveniles” at the intersection of Accomodation and Redd Streets in Mosby Court: A police spokesman said two adults and two juveniles were arrested on multiple charges, including obstruction of a [...]

2 dogs found

Dog found wandering in the street on Broad and Cedar. Clean and friendly, with a collar and no ID tags. If you recognize the dog, please call Bailey at (949)400-4167. Adult pitbull mix found wandering 26th & M Streets on Sunday afternoon at 1:30PM. Neutered, no collar or tags, but very friendly. Call (804) 387-0103 [...]

UHCA meeting is Wednesday

The April meeting of the Union Hill Civic Association will be on Wednesday, April 15 @ 7pm at Cedar Street Baptist Church. Delegate Jennifer McClellan will be a guest and will provide an update on the 2009 Session of the General Assembly.

this week’s calendar

Tricycle Gardens Plant Sale; St.John’s Easter Egg Hunt; Silent Auction for LLS; Tuesday St. John’s Knitting Circle; Beginning Computer Classes for Adults; Union Hill Civic Association meeting; Open Mic @ Poe’s; Showtime at the Robinson; Church Hill Creative Homemakers Society; South of Fairmount clean-up; Earth Day Richmond; Church Hill Walking Tour; MORE…

Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday

The Battle of Echo Harbor

An email from Heather Dinkin concerning Echo Harbor has with much forwarding become an open letter to City Council 7th District representative Betty Squire: Thank you for coming out [...] to meet with all of us last week, and for listening to everyone’s comments and concerns. What sticks with me about your comments, is that [...]

Public hearing set for amendments to the Downtown Master Plan

A public hearing will be held at the City Planning Commission meeting on Monday, April 20, 2009 at 6:00pm in Council Chambers on the 2nd floor of City Hall. The City Planning Commission will be considering a number of amendments to the Downtown Master Plan adopted in October 2008, including viewsheds, waterfront access, and development [...]

Sons of Confederate Veterans still pushing to help maintain Oakwood Cemetery

The RTD is reporting that the Sons of Confederate Veterans continue to offer to maintain part of Oakwood Cemetery, and would like to install better headstones: The Sons of Confederate Veterans is proposing an agreement that would allow its members to maintain the graves in the Confederate section and gradually to install upright headstones. The [...]

Rash of graffiti linked to Slaughterama?

This is not a newspaper.

In something of an experiment, I’ll be out&about over the next 2 or 3 days putting out flyers. They’re kind of neat, a tiny print-version of the site.

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