Did you know that our North Central 2nd District council person, Charles R. Samuels has his own website? On this website right now are three polls in which you can vote. They are: Do Night Clubs and Dance Halls need to be defined & regulated within the City? How Should The Richmond School Budget Be [...]
This year the V.C.U. / Fan Roll Off Spring project 2010 will begin on April 30, 2010 and end on June 1, 2010. The locations of the dumpsters are: Southwest corner of Ryland and W. Grace St. on Ryland 200 block of N. Morris St. Northeast corner of Morris and Cary St. on Morris Corner [...]
There’s a new farmer’s market in town, kids. It’s called Monument Market and will be on the corner of Monument and Robinson in the Fan. Personally, I hope this takes off, I’d love to have another market within walking distance (in addition to the Byrd House Market in Oregon Hill). Here are the details: Saturdays, [...]
The 2010 Strawberry Street Festival will be held on May 8th, from noon to 4:30pm at William Fox Elementary School (2300 Hanover Ave.) Mark your calendars and save the date! There will be games, rides, great food, exciting music, fabulous prizes, terrific art, and as always the super delicious strawberries! We hope that we have [...]
THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLE: between 4/19/10 — 4/20/10, 9:00 p.m. – 5:25 a.m., 1120 W. Grace St. An unknown person broke into the vehicle and stole a backpack. THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLE: 4/20/10 between 12:00 p.m. – 7:43 p.m., 410 Stuart Circle An unknown person broke into the vehicle and stole a laptop computer and calculator. THEFT FROM MOTOR [...]
An 18 year old VCU student was found deceased in the 700 block of W. Franklin St. late Sunday night. The Medical Examiner is ruling her death a suicide. The following letter is from Beverly J. Warren, Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at VCU. April 19, 2010 Dear VCU Students, Faculty, Staff and Family [...]
What are your thoughts on Opening Night for the Flying Squirrels? Glad baseball is back at the Diamond?
Here’s info on a new exhibit opening in May at Page Bond Gallery. From the press release: The Page Bond Gallery is pleased to present mixed media paintings by Michael Barringer and encaustic paintings by Amber George. Barringer and George decipher the residue of experience and the development of memories. Their translation of textures, objects, [...]
If you plan on running/walking/biking past Retreat Doctors’ Hospital (2621 Grove Avenue) either of the next two Saturday mornings, be sure to stop in for a break. Retreat will be hosting Walking Breaks at the Grove Avenue entrance of the hospital. Neighbors are welcome to stop in for a restroom break, cool off in the A/C [...]
RichmondMagazine.com’s Jacqueline Raithel has more info about the fire yesterday at 8 1/2 on Strawberry St. The fire was the result of an overheated wall behind a small appliance. “Jones says the damage appears to be moderate. The restaurant will have to wait until city health inspectors approves its repairs before reopening.” We sure hope [...]
Tweet from @UtilityBuddy: Water will be off until 4:30p on 1100, 1400 blks of Grove, 00 and 100 blks of N. Morris, and 1000 and 1200 blks of Park Ave.
Boulevardizen has the story about a fire breaking out at 8 1/2 earlier today. Everyone got out safely.
The City of Richmond is considering a new contract with the company that tows away cars within City limits. Councilman Charles R. Samuels is hoping to keep the rate the same at $65 instead of raising it to $95. Full article from the RTD here. Highlights below: “Mayor Dwight C. Jones’ administration and the City [...]
Here’s the sector report for the Fan, Byrd Park and Randolph neighborhoods for the month of March. Some highlights: Since graffiti is such a hot topic around here, this info about some recent arrests (Joseph already left this in the comments, but I don’t know if everyone reads the comments): Two graffiti “artists” pleaded guilty [...]
Recently, students who have been outside enjoying the fine Spring weather have had to be a bit more vigilant with their study breaks. There are three reports of laptops being stolen from VCU students while sitting outside. From the RTD: Three Virginia Commonwealth University students had their laptop computers stolen in recent days as they [...]
