Earlier this month, we reported on the eight Seminary Avenue homes that are the focus of the Richmond component of Historic Garden Week in Virginia. Sunday’s Times-Dispatch spotlights one of those homes — the renovated 1907 Colonial Revival at 3600 Seminary Avenue owned by Rick Fox and Owen Sharman. Their attention to detail is evident [...]
North of the James magazine’s April issue features Whispers of Time, a new consignment shop at 5512 Lakeside Avenue. Terri [Tatum] opened the shop February 12 on Lakeside Avenue after running the same business on Route 301 in Hanover County… “We just focus on home decor, unusual items, accessories, jewelry, anything but clothing really,” Terri [...]
Lakeside Avenue will be hopping on Friday and Saturday, May 2 and 3, during May Market Days on Lakeside Avenue with sidewalk sales and open houses, a spring plant sale at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, an open house at the new Lakeside Fire House, and the grand opening of the new Lakeside Farmers’ Market. Visit [...]
The weblog Karmic Dragonfly has a slew of photos taken this weekend at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden and at Bryan Park’s Azalea Gardens that show how spring has fully sprung in North Richmond.
All Richmond Public Schools will dismiss their students early on Friday, April 18, for school-based professional development. Dismissal times are: 10:30 am: Morning Tech students return to home schools 11:00 am: High Schools and selected Middle Schools which observe the High School schedule 11:45 am: Middle Schools and selected Elementary Schools which observe the Middle [...]
The Times-Dispatch reports that one man was shot in the shoulder and a second man suffered a bite wound in a fight on Hanes Avenue south of Brookland Park Boulevard last night.
The 7th annual Rosedale Spring Garden Tour is still looking for homes to feature on the April 26 tour, which runs from 2:00 until 4:00 pm. The tour starts and concludes at Christ Ascension Church, and will feature a 4:00 talk by Harris Wheeler, Horticulturist and Instructor at the Richmond Technical Center. There will also [...]
North Richmond’s Imperial Plaza retirement community recently honored Martha Franklin, a 34-year resident of the facility and a longtime volunteer, as an Outstanding Resident and designated March 4 as Martha Franklin Day. Franklin’s volunteer efforts at Imperial Plaza have been wide-ranging, but for more than 30 years she has focused her energy on the Residents’ [...]
Help keep the Bellevue community clean — pitch in as a volunteer at the annual Bellevue Spring Cleanup from 8:00 am until 12 noon. If you’re interested in volunteering, scheduling an appliance pick-up or just getting more information, please email Eric Gregory at egregory@richmond.com. There will be a volunteer appreciation cookout following the cleanup event.
The general meeting of the Ginter Park Residents’ Association will be held at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, April 22, at St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church. It will include dinner. Representative Jennifer McClellan and Senator Donald McEachin will provide a legislative update to the association at 7:00 pm. Dinner starts at 6:30 pm. Free to members. $5 [...]
