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Archive for September 2007

Flowers after 5 extended at Lewis Ginter

Enjoy a Thursday evening stroll through Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens — along with music, dining and wine — through the end of October. While the wine tasting, music and food will move inside the Garden conservatory in October, the grounds will remain open until 9 p.m. On the second Thursday of October, Fidos After 5 [...]

Hold off on the watering, city asks

Water customers in the city of Richmond and counties of Henrico, Chesterfield, Hanover and Goochland are being asked to limit their use in light of low flows in the James River. The voluntary practices, announced this afternoon, are expected to remain until the region receives significant rain. For established gardens and landscaping, residential customers are [...]

Northside Grille gains another fan

River City Food and Wine, one of our favorite local foodblogs, chimes in with support for their “neighborhood watering hole,” the newly opened Northside Grille. Here are some reasons why: * Non-smoking – since most bars allow patrons to light up, we avoid them. Being able to get a drink at a non-smoking bar is [...]

Councilman Hilbert to hold Northside meeting next week

On Wednesday, September 26, Councilman Chris Hilbert will hold his monthly Northside 3rd District meeting; the focus of the meeting will be the recent police sector report, and homelessness and panhandling. The meeting will take place at 6:00 pm at the Richmond Police Academy, 1202 W. Graham Road. (1 Block west of Brook Road – [...]

Blessing of the Animals service to be held on October 7

Christ Ascension Episcopal Church would like to invite all of our neighbors in the RCA and their companion animals to its annual Blessing of the Animals service on Sunday, Oct 7th, at 2pm. This brief service will celebrate the blessings that these companion animals have brought and continue to bring to our lives. Treats, of [...]

Rosedale gives back

Residents of the Rosedale neighborhoods (the often-forgotten blocks between Hermitage and I-95/I-64) recently gave back to the community, raising 302 pounds of food for the Central Virgini Food Bank. The neighborhood association also gathered 783 school supply items for Holton Elementary School, including 18 glue sticks, 28 pks. crayons, 592(?) pencils, 18 packs of loose [...]

Downtown Master Plan discussion to be held on September 27

A second round of public discussion on the new Downtown Plan is scheduled to take place on Thursday, September 27, at 6:30 p.m. at The Renaissance Conference Center, 107 W. Broad Street (corner of Broad and Adams Streets). There is free parking at the rear of the conference center. For more information contact Brooke Hardin, [...]

On September 21, “Art, Mac and Cheese” hits McArthur Avenue

This Friday, head to MacArthur Avenue for Northside’s first art walk. “Art, Mac & Cheese” is an evening of art, wine and cheese on MacArthur Avenue with 4025 Yoga and Wellness, Stir Crazy, Sammy’s Bakery and Tastebuds. It takes place this Friday, September 21, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. 4025 Yoga and Wellness will unveil [...]

Email glitch fixed

We were having a bit of an issue with our automatic “contact” page form — emails went somewhere; we’re just not sure where! The problem has been corrected. You can get in touch with North Richmond News by clicking “contact” up by the masthead, or by dropping us a note a north.richmond.news@gmail.com.

Local crafter adores Feathernester’s on Lakeside

Modern June, a Richmond-based, craft-oriented weblog, professes love for Lakeside’s Feathernester’s and posts plenty of images of the store. It is getting spooky at Feathernesters!!! I love this store so much! It is very Modern June. The guys are putting up Halloween and I could not be happier. I love decorating the house for these [...]

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