In Vino Veritas, one of Richmond’s better food weblogs, has kind words for one of North Richmond’s restaurants: shenanigans is a wonderful place to hear some great music. recently, we’ve had the pleasure of seeing some really good country (and i mean good country) bands – Brad Spivey and the Honky Tonk Experience, James Hand, and ...
The Richmond police department recently put out a survey to better focus their efforts. Unfortunately for the 21st century, it is a paper survey. Jon Baliles at River City Rapids wrote about it and posted a PDF link to the paper version. Ross Catrow at Pharrout and West of the Boulevard went a step further ...
Keep your eye open for “No Parking” signs. The city is preparing the clean the streets: Fulton Hill, Church Hill from Darbytown Road to 29th St., between I-64 and Franklin St. – Aug. 27-31. Church Hill from 28th St. to 17th St. between I-64 and Franklin – Sept. 4-7. Bellevue, Sherwood Park, Washington Park from Westbrook Ave. to ...
If you live in the 23222 (Ginter Park, Highland Park), 23223 (East Highland Park) or 23227 (Ginter Park, Rosedale, Bellevue, Chamberlayne) zip codes, it’s time to dump your bulk trash next to your Supercan. The pick-up date for these zip codes is Monday, August 27. Items like furniture or large quantities of yard waste should be ...
If you went to VCU in the late 1980s or early 1990s, you might remember Mrru N. DePillars, the nattily dressed, pipe-smoking dean of the School of the Arts. He’ll be showcasing some of his art this fall at North Richmond’s Pine Camp Arts and Community Center: The Spotlight Gallery at Pine Camp hosts a one-man ...
Richmond’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities is in the midst of a master planning process, and a press release recently went out from the city asking for feedback: About 3,000 households in the city are receiving a survey from the Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities as part of the master plan process. ...
Diane Walker at WWBT (aka NBC-12) recently spotlighted the plight of a 59-year-old homeless woman who has “been part of the urban landscape at Azalea Avenue and Brook Road for months.” We visited the GRTC bus stop and, just like the caller said, found the woman, who has been part of the urban landscape at Azalea ...
Two local weblogs, Urban Richmond and Buttermilk & Molasses, have come out with strong views on news that the city will be hiring a consultant and developer to determine the best use for the city-owned land along the Boulevard and Hermitage corridors. [Disclosure: One of the North Richmond News editors is an editor for Buttermilk ...
The Richmond Times-Dispatch covers two birds with one stone today — the short-term lease agreement recently reached with the Richmond Braves and the longer-term plans for the city-owned land along the Boulevard and Hermitage: Richmond’s search for a developer for the Boulevard has put any decision on a new ballpark on hold — even though the ...
Another month, another edition of North of the James hits the doorstop. The monthly news magazine doesn’t have a website, but it is delivered to many homes in North Richmond and can be found at retailers throughout Ginter Park, Bellevue and Lakeside. Of interest to our neighbors in the August issue of North of the James: Anne ...
The city’s Department of Community Development has announced another public meeting to discuss the update to the Downtown Master Plan. The meeting will be held the evening of Thursday, September 27, with specific time and place to be announced. Keep up with the city’s efforts to develop a new Downtown Plan at Buttermilk & Molasses’ Richmond ...
The City of Richmond has engaged in a six-week sewer assault in an effort to keep West Nile Virus at bay: Beginning the week of Aug. 6, the City of Richmond Department of Public Utilities will launch a citywide effort to reduce and eliminate the existence of mosquitoes with West Nile Virus infection. In response ...
Kitchen 64 gets a second print review in a week several months into its run as one of North Side’s most popular restaurants, as the Times-Dispatch’s Weekend food critic cheers its arrival on the dining scene: After a few visits, I’ve determined Kitchen 64 is not perfect, is never going to be perfect but couldn’t be ...
North Side’s favorite food critic-on-the-street, Deveron Timberlake, updates the world on changes at Lakeside’s Zed Cafe. Zed Café is poised for a new level of success now that Executive Chef Bill Foster is running the kitchen. The Culinary Institute of America-trained chef worked with Jimmy Sneed and Dale Reitzer for nine years and did a stint ...
North Richmond News is a community, or micro, weblog focused on keeping residents of some North Richmond neighborhoods more connected to the news, information and community resources that fall close to home. During our inaugural launch, we intend to focus primarily on the area stretching from the Diamond to Lewis Ginter and from BoulevardHermitage/Lakeside corridor ...
Thanks to the stellar efforts of Richmond Magazine’s favorite community blogger, John Murden of Church Hill People’s News, North Richmond News now has a poll feature. Our first poll comes on the heels of some very passionate response to our posts on North Side’s latest restaurant additions. Check it out — on the upper left ...
As neighborhoods across the country throw block parties and turn on the porch lights on August 7 in a national initiative to make the community connection to public safety, the merchants on MacArthur Avenue have their own plans for National Night Out: Tuesday, August 7th is National Night Out and the MacArthur Merchants will be hosting ...
Style Magazine got out of the gate rather fast with their review of Kitchen 64, one of North Richmond’s newest dining additions. For a broader range of perspectives on Kitchen 64, check out our handy list of weblog reviews — and all of the comments our readers added to the mix! ...
Just across the Henrico County line off of Lakeside Avenue is one of Richmond’s hidden parks — the Spring Park Historic Site on Park Street (behind the Bank of America on Lakeside). On August 10, Henrico Parks and Recreation will Rock the Block at Spring Park from 6:00 until 8:00 pm: Come out and join your ...