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Archive for September 2010

Buy this scooter!

Drop a line to iletudes@gmail.com if you’re interested: This scooter has a new engine (70 cc), only 100 miles , really great conditions,ready to ride, max speed 40 mph. We sell it with 2 new helmets (bought in june too) + 2 locks. We go back in France that’s why we don’t need it anymore.

Oakwood Heights is a go?

I have heard 2nd hand that “the Supreme Court refused to hear Carson’s appeal in the Oakwood Heights case, therefore virtually ending the case.” Can anyone confirm or add to this?

Seeking 100 volunteers for RPS Choice campaign

A message from Donald Coleman, 7th District School Board representative: Richmond Public Schools is pleased to bring The Choice campaign to the 6th & 7th Districts on Saturday, September 18, 2010. Beginning at 10 a.m. – noon, the roll out of this campaign will kickoff at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School with students, staff, [...]

Style has good words for Richmond’s longest-running art gallery

Style profiles the Schindler Gallery as part of their Fall Arts Preview: Celebrating its 50th anniversary, the longest-running art gallery in Richmond originated with Kirsten’s artist parents, Anne and Ralph Gray, who began showing their work and that of friends at a studio on North First Street. In those days, it was simply called the [...]

Bellevue named 2010 National Blue Ribbon School

Bellevue Elementary School has been named a 2010 National Blue Ribbon School (PDF) by the U.S. Department of Education. Bellevue is one of only 304 public or private schools nationwide and one of only nine in Virginia to earn the designation, according to the USDOE. The award recognizes schools whose students achieve at very high [...]

Akeelah and the Bee plays the Robinson Theater

Everyone is invited to the Robinson Theater for the the Back to School movie this Friday, September 10 at 7PM. Come out for Akeelah and the Bee! $1 admission, $1 snack bar. FREE Spiral Notebooks for all students 18 & under.

Shooting on Selden Street

The RTD is reporting that Richmond Police “are investigating a shooting on Selden Street in Fairfield Court in Richmond’s East End.”

Help wanted: Partnership for Smarter Growth

The Partnership for Smarter Growth, a non-profit organization located at 2319 East Broad Street, whose mission is “to educate and engage the communities in the Richmond region to work together to improve quality of life by guiding where and how we grow”, is looking for part-time help.

Following up with the Citizen’s Request System

by Michael McPeak Following up on the September Church Hill Association Newsletter article on the Citizens Request System (CRS), I decided to use it to make two requests of the City on 23 August – one, a Priority request and the other, a regular one (anything not defined as “Priority” by the City).

Asbury MC’s 167th Homecoming Celebration is Sunday

The Asbury United Methodist Church 2010 Homecoming Street Festival will be held this coming Sunday (Sep.12) from noon-4:30PM at Asbury UMC (324 North 29th Street): The celebration is planned as a street festival where neighboring streets around N. 29th Street will be blocked off to accommodate the events including entertainment of all kinds – gospel [...]

Meeting set on new MLK Middle School

The City of Richmond’s Office of Special Capital Projects, along with Richmond Public Schools, will present updates on the Building a Better Richmond – Schools Capital Improvement Program to construct new schools for Broad Rock Elementary, Oak Grove Elementary, MLK Middle and Huguenot High on meetings at the schools through out the month. The MLK [...]

715 Mosby went before Planning Commission today

The agenda for the City Planning Commission meeting scheduled for Monday, September 7, 2010 (PDF) at 1:30PM included this: Ord.No2010-128: To authorize the special use of the property known as 715 Mosby Street for the purpose of constructing a mixed-use building with up to three (3) units for commercial uses and two (2) units for [...]

Tickets available for the 2nd Annual Tricycle Gardens Harvest Dinner

The 2nd Annual Tricycle Gardens Harvest Dinner will be October 2, 2010, at the Robinson Theater. They’ll be roasting a hog on-site, will have restaurants cooking, too, like last year, wine, beer, a signature Tricycle Gardens cocktail, silent auction and bluegrass from Scattered, Smothered and Covered.

Help a neighborhood school get off to a good start

Interested in doing something to help a neighborhood school get off to a good start? DonorsChoose is an online charity that makes it easy for anyone to help students in need.

Another elementary school playground fire

The playground at Fairfield Elementary School was burned today at just after 5PM. More on this as it comes in…

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