Lieutenant Laino of Sector 111 has issued an alert for Church Hill and Church Hill North due to “an increase in burglaries and thefts from motor vehicles in the Church Hill Neigborhood and surrounding areas”: Since the beginning of July your neighborhoods have experienced a significant increase in burglaries and thefts related to motor vehicles. [...]
In anticipation of painting our porch, I went looking for examples of folks making use of color on their columns and detail. Are there any other good ones that I’ve missed?
Eleven months into her tenure representing the 70th District in the House of Delegates, Democrat Delores McQuinn will be defending her seat against a challenge by Independent candidate Henry Otis Brown. No changes since March in the 71st: Independent Persinger v Democrat McClellan.
The Historic Richmond Foundation’s Quoit Club is welcoming singer-songwriter Franklin Massie and Richmond’s own The Escorts for Motown at the Robinson, an evening of music at the recently restored Robinson Theater on Friday, August 14.
A message from Chris Whiting, CHAT Executive Director: Next week, Aug 2-8, CHAT will be sending 30 of its youth to a week long camp known as Summer’s Best Two Weeks CitiKidz up in Somerset, PA. [...] THIS Thursday, July 30 from 12-6p all of the campers will be earning their scholarship by participating in [...]
The new version of 2116 Cedar Street is coming along nicely; the other new construction down the block seems to have stalled.
The crooked house at 2200 East Marshall Street won’t be crooked much longer — possibly even noticeably more straight by the end of the day!
Style Weekly drops their $.02 on Alamo BBQ: The Alamo switches things up a bit by Southern standards. Meats are the usual: chicken, pulled pork and beef brisket, served in consistently huge portions for the money. Flavors speak of mesquite smoke, a spice rub and a hint of vinegar. Lunch is around $7; a full [...]
In the wake of Council’s approval of the final amendments to the Downtown Master Plan, Richmond BizSense has put together a look at where things stand with Echo Harbor: That gives the developers a little bit of leeway, but they are still about two stories over the recommendations in the downtown plan. But that isn’t [...]
The folks at Tricycle Gardens brought our attention to a great batch of photos from the Peter Paul Development Center garden and the children that have been working there this year.
With just about 3 weeks left to go, word via the city registrar has only Ronald Bond and Clarence Kenney having filed in the race for the City Council 7th District seat. The election page at the Virginia Public Access Project also puts Cynthia Newbille on the ballot for the November 3rd special election to [...]
Sustainable growth advocacy group Partnership for Smarter Growth has a spacious new office at 2319 East Broad Street and invites folks to stop by: Please join us on Thursday, August 13, from 4:30-6:30, for our PSG Open House, celebrating 5 years educating and advocating for smarter growth in the Richmond region, and our beautiful new [...]
Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital invites everyone to a National Night Out Kick-off on Tuesday August 4th, from 4:30-6:30PM at 1500 North 28th Street. Come out and meet Bonnie the Bunny, enjoy the free kids activities, and then make it to the NNO event in your part of the neighborhood. Keep reading to find a [...]
Just before midnight last night, Richmond Police were called to the 2200 block of Whitcomb Street for a report of a person shot. Upon arrival, they found an as-yet-unidentified Asian male who had been shot to death, who cbs6 is reporting was a food delivery man.
