The Times-Dispatch has the latest list of candidates running in each district for City Council and the School Board. Candidates have until June 10 to file. As of May 31, here are candidates for the 3rd District: City Council Jonathan Davis Chris A. Hilbert (incumbent) Rickey L. Johnson School Board Norma H. Murdock-Kitt
The Rosedale Civic Association will hold its regular quarterly meeting this Wednesday, June 4, in the social hall at the Hermitage at 7:00 pm.
The Henrico Citizen recently ran a feature on the dedication of the new home of Lakeside’s Fire Station No. 5: Shortly after Lakeside’s Fire Station No. 5 took occupancy of a new building on Lakeside Avenue in 1961, firefighter Dick McClure helped plant two small willow oak trees on the station’s front lawn. Last week [...]
We reported on the Great American Backyard Campout event scheduled for June 28 at Ginter Park Baptist Church back in April. The Times-Dispatch has more details — including the fact that space is limited and reservations are required! “We’re doing the program because our church likes being in the community and we enjoy doing anything [...]
Richmond Public Schools is looking for a new Superintendent, because in a year, current superintendent Dr. Deborah Jewell-Sherman will be leaving. The problem? Citizens aren’t turning up in large numbers (or at all) to the superintendent search meetings that the city has sponsored at various schools. So, here’s a chance to get involved, that doesn’t [...]
The Battery Park Civic Association will be meeting on Tuesday, June 10, at 6:30 pm at the Stone House on DuPont Circle. The BPCA will be meeting every second Tuesday of the month until decided otherwise.
Bellevue’s gem of a restaurant — Tastebud’s on MacArthur Avenue — is officially expanding. In addition to a new space just next door to its former nook (in the former Sammy’s Bakery space), there will be a name change. Northside, please welcome Tastebuds American Bistro. From the restaurant’s new website: You heard the news? We [...]
The Times-Dispatch’s gardening blog has a post describing the Lakeside Farmer’s Market (complete with an editing glitch — “vectors” instead of “vendors”. Peter and Sharon Francisco, who own the Lakeside Farmers’ Market, wanted to build community support while improving the appearance of Lakeside Avenue. The Market has a small town feeling where the vendors know [...]
The first Lakeside Avenue Memorial Day Parade was featured in the Richmond Times-Dispatch — both with an article and a slideshow: Yesterday’s parade, which ended at Lakeside Elementary School, was the sort of bunting-laced event that Norman Rockwell delighted in capturing on canvas. It was Henrico’s first large procession since the St. Patrick’s Day Parade [...]
Henrico County’s first Memorial Day Parade will kick off at 2:00pm this Monday on Lakeside Avenue. The action starts at the corner of Lakeside and Dumbarton, and will travel north on Lakeside to Hilliard Road (ending at Hillard and Cottage Street). Grab a lawn chair and join the merchants of Lakeside Avenue and your North [...]
