From the CBS 6 news website: Richmond Braves Receive Bomb Threat A bomb threat right around 4 o’clock Sunday afternoon forced the evacuation of The Diamond during a Braves game. About 5,000 fans had to leave their seats and head for the parking lots. Police say Aramark, the Diamond’s food vendor, received the phoned in [...]
Richmond’s com has a quick run-down on a handful of new restaurants in the city, including Bellevue’s own Northside Grille: Is there anything better than an affordable neighborhood restaurant chocked-full of booth seating and delicious food? I can’t think of anything. The Northside’s newest eatery (and that’s saying something in a neighborhood that’s bursting with [...]
If you haven’t made it to Bellevue’s walk-in version of a Drive-In Theater, be sure to drop by Once Upon A Vine around 8:00 p.m. on Fridays through September 7 for movie night in the parking lot. Grab your blanket or folding chair, along with a bucket of popcorn, and catch a summer flick with [...]
This Tuesday, July 17, the Bellevue Civic Association will hold its summer meeting under the tent next to Once Upon A Vine on MacArthur Avenue. Pizza and soda will be served starting at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will follow dinner. There will be raffle prizes to raise money for the association. The meeting is open [...]
The Times-Dispatch’s Daniel Neman had a front-page story in Friday’s paper about the dearth of movie theaters in parts of the Richmond region. The story included additional details on the proposed Movieland at Boulevard Square: Bucking the trend may be a planned 16-screen theater called Movieland at Boulevard Square. It is scheduled to open next [...]
Discover Richmond is spotlighting the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens with a series of multimedia tours, slide shows and video tours on their website. Check it out.
Disc golf isn’t the only thing happening at Bryan Park — Friends of Bryan park report lots of activity this spring that builds on their continued efforts to spruce up North Richmond’s favorite park. More than 5,000 people attended the 5th annual Richmond Vegetarian Festival at the park in June. Friend of Bryan Park member [...]
The latest issue of the newsletter of the Friends of Bryan Park is loaded with information, including an update on the new disc golf course — thousands of feet of frisbee-throwing fun. The first nine holes to a new Disc Golf Course have been installed at Bryan Park. Each hole will have two “tee-off” pads. [...]
North Richmond residents — Your opportunity to help transform downtown starts next Friday! From July 20 through July 26, the City of Richmond, Venture Richmond and Florida-based planning firm Dover Kohl invite the public to participate in a highly interactive process to update Richmond’s Downtown Master Plan. The series of discussions and design events (known [...]
The Times-Dispatch reports that FEMA will contribute $21 million to help pay for new sewer lines in flood-stricken Battery Park. The aid will reimburse the city for most of the expense in building the line, estimated to cost at least $28 million. The federal contribution will increase as the city incurs more expense in completing [...]
