THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLE, 5/24/10 — 5/25/10 5:00 p.m. – 8:30 a.m. 00 block of North Rowland Street: Unknown person(s) entered the vehicle and stole an iPod and GPS unit. THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLE, 5/22/10 — 5/25/10 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 a.m. 1600 block of Park Avenue: Unknown person(s) broke into the unlocked vehicle and stole [...]
Richmond Police Fourth Precinct Officers Robert Jamison and Toney Waldorf stopped a vehicle for speeding Saturday night, but found more than just a heavy foot. When they approached the vehicle just after 10 p.m. in the 400 block of West Main Street, they immediately smelled a strong odor of marijuana coming from the car. After searching [...]
It’s time to renew your Fan permit parking decal for Zones 1 & 2. A ONE DAY sale will be held on Wednesday, May 26, 2010, 5-6:30 p.m. at The Stonewall Jackson Building, 1520 West Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23220. Payment at this sale is restricted to checks or money orders only. You must renew [...]
Byrd Park has the story on “WHO” pleading guilty this morning and his punishment. Jump over there to read more about it.
UPDATE: This was just tweeted by @RPS_Schools: “City School Administration Proposes Premiere Preschool Learning Center http://bit.ly/d1L2Of” The link is to a News Release by the Administration. Looks like there will be an opportunity for parents to walk through Maymont Elementary School before the next meeting on May 27th at 5pm. VPI Highlights from Meeting: I attended [...]
The Richmond city school board is meeting tonight and on the agenda is a proposal by Superintendent Yvonne Brandon to consolidate area VPI programs into one at Maymont Elementary. Read the whole story and comments here. The public is welcome to attend and make comments at the end of the meeting. If you’re interested about [...]
There was a meeting tonight about the future of the Virginia Preschool Initiative Program (VPI) in Richmond Public Schools. Superintendent of schools, Yvonne Brandon will make a recommendation at Monday’s school board meeting to consolidate the VPI programs of Fox, Mary Munford, Cary, Maymont and Clark Springs Elementary into one school to be housed at [...]
From the Department of Public Utilities: Have friends on the 200 block of N. Boulevard? Let them know! Tips: Fill the bathtub tonight and get a bucket or big saucepan to scoop, then you have water to flush the toilet, shave, wash up in the sink and make coffee in the morning. 200 block of [...]
From the DPU: Southbound lanes of N. Boulevard between Kensington Avenue and Grove Avenue will be closed Friday, May 14 at 7 p.m. until Monday, May 17 at 6 a.m., in order to construct and connect a 42-inch water transmission main. Motorists traveling south along N. Boulevard will be detoured right onto Kensington Ave; left [...]
In case you don’t follow us on twitter, here’s the latest sector newsletter about crimes committed in the Fan, Byrd Park, Maymont and Randolph neighborhoods during April. And, if you would like to follow us on twitter (it’s painless, I promise), click on the large “twitter” button on the right.
Boulevardizen gives an update on the most recent set of robberies in The Fan. I also wanted to include his map of the crimes: Richmond Police confirm that there is a “strong possibility” that the five armed robberies in Boulevard area neighborhoods are connected. Says Lt. Timothy Morley with the Richmond Police Department’s 3rd Precinct [...]
R Home’s blog has a post about Laura Loe’s new space opening on Main St. (near 3 Monkeys) and her new inspiration. Sounds like a great space to check out! From the article: Laura Loe, Richmond’s talented and wildly popular painter, has moved her art gallery to 2513 W Main St. and expanded it to [...]
From RVAJazz: Remember back in March when Fight the Big Bull told us they would be playing three nights of live recording sessions at Balliceaux in celebration of their new album? I don’t know about you, but I’ve been waiting for these three days to get here for quite some time now. And it’s here! [...]
From Richmond City Council: Councilman Charles Samuels holds meeting and urges parents to protect their children against unsafe “Teen Parties” Warns against those exploiting our children by luring them into dangerous places WHAT Councilman Charles R. Samuels, Richmond City Council, North Central 2nd District, will hold a meeting to discuss his concerns regarding the rash [...]
Here are the details on the 4 armed robberies this weekend in the Fan: 5/7/10 11:15 p.m. 1700 block of Grove Avenue A male reported he was robbed at gunpoint by two unknown males. 5/8/10 5:34 a.m. 100 block of North Morris Street A male reported he was robbed at gunpoint by two unknown males. [...]
