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chpn.net archive
September 18, 2008
Church Hill Little People’s News
Tobacco Avenue has the word on Church Hill Little People’s News, Richmond’s newest community blog:
For instance, while Church Hill People’s News ran a recent story about the upcoming Italian Festival and its entertainment and food options, the article made no mention of little people-specific entertainment or food at the event, Sutton notes. “Will the food be authentic Italian little people food?” he asks. “Will there be stepping stools provided to see the entertainment? These are things that the little people of Church Hill need to know, yet they would not be able to find anywhere on Church Hill People’s News.”
August 13, 2008
in response to a poisonous environment
The level of discourse around here keeps getting worse despite repeated attempts to redirect. I am *this* close to changing things over so that you have to register to comment, though I would very much prefer not to. This would also mean potentially blocking certain people from using the site.
August 10, 2008
four
Today marks the 4th anniversary of our first post. Since then we’ve had 1,454 posts, 10,560+ comments, and ever-increasing community participation. A big thanks to all of you that send in stories, share in the comments, or just hang back and take it all in.
July 1, 2008
sorry about the ick
Hey folks! This site was hacked to spew some kind of malware at y’all for a while today. Everything should be clean now. Thanks to everyone that contacted us!
May 27, 2008
towards a certain level of discourse
As we head into summer and towards the elections and everything else, I’d like to urge everyone to remember that we are all neighbors here. I do not want to in any way stifle discussion or disagreement, but I would like to put forth the call for civil commentary in lieu of personal attacks or negative sniping.
April 2, 2008
got photos to share?
The Church Hill Flickr Group has 74 members and almost 1,900 photos of the area. Check out the pictures and then sign up and share yours!
April 1, 2008
local website “not that funny”
Local “news site” Church Hill People’s News, in a lame attempt at seasonal humor, posted several half-assed April Fools stories early this morning. “I’ve been spending too much time with middle school kids”, site author Murden said when called on his juvenile prank. [via]
February 1, 2008
media scoop @ Richmond Magazine
The Media Scoop column in the February issue of Richmond Magazine has nice things to say about us.
January 10, 2008
about comments (3)
As the traffic and commentary has greatly increased around here recently, I would like to clarify the site policy on commenting.
December 30, 2007
thanks folks!
One of the developments in Richmond in 2007 worth noting on the way out has been the spread of the neighborhood news blogs. Based on the energy and community that *you* have brought to this humble website, the idea took hold in 13 other areas around town from the Museum District to Shockoe/Tobacco Row/Manchester. As much as people thank me for running this site when we meet, I know that it is the community that makes this such a lively and useful corner of the internet. Thank you for your tips, questions, and comments - please keep them coming! 2007 was a tremendous year around here and I’m looking forward to seeing what 2008 brings.
December 19, 2007
crime map back up
Changes at our host had killed the neighborhood crime map for a few days there, but it’s all back now.
December 16, 2007
calendar update
The calendar on the left side of each page has been updated. Instead of showing a week from Sunday to Saturday, it now displays a rolling week from one day back to six days out.
October 31, 2007
2 other web sites
Hey folks! If you find CHPN to be interesting, there are 2 new sites that you might like to know about: River District News, covering Rocketts to Manchester, went live this morning. Also coming online today is RVA News, a new Richmond news site that pulls from all of the city’s neighborhood blogs (like this one) to represent Richmond as we all see it. Check’em out.
September 29, 2007
this might be useful
We’ve added a new detail at the bottom of the right side of the page called a tag cloud. Each post on the site is tagged with key words from whatever it is about, and these words are pulled into the tag cloud. The more often a tag is used, the larger it will appear in the cloud.
September 25, 2007
keep an eye out
We’ve recently upgraded the code that runs the bulk of the site. Please let us know if you notice anything broken or weird. Thanks!
September 14, 2007
Richmond Defender looks at Black Sunday
The Sept/Oct 2007 issue of the Richmond Defender looks at the as-of-today 128 comments on the July post “Black Sunday”, calling it “a pretty valuable window into the actual state of race relations in Richmond”.
August 15, 2007
experimental: chpn @ twitter
As an experiment, we’ve set up a chpn twitter account. WTF is Twitter, you ask?
August 10, 2007
about comments (02)
As the traffic and commentary has greatly increased around here recently, I would like to clarify the site policy on commenting.
August 10, 2007
happy birthday to us
Three years ago today this site launched with a story about a coffee shop. Three years, 897 posts, 4,030 comments, and 3 page designs later, this site has succeeded beyond my hopes.
August 9, 2007
damage!
Hey folks! The database behind the site crapped its pants at about 3:15PM today, in the process losing all of the comments since about 9:15AM. Things may still be screwy.
