Longtime Richmond writer Lisa Antonelli Bacon reviews Northside’s Kitchen 64 in the latest issue of Brock Weekly. Her positive review is more focused on the story of Kitchen 64 and its owners, the Giavos family: Kitchen 64 is a departure in a way, spreading the Giavos empire beyond the Fan. “Years ago, when Johnny and [...]
We posted some information about one of North Richmond’s best kept secrets, the Military Retiree Club on Chamberlayne Avenue, several months ago. The club held one of some 4,000 “Unite for Change” meetings organized at the neighborhood level by the Barack Obama campaign, reports the Times-Dispatch: About 15 people turned out at the Military Retiree’s [...]
From the Times-Dispatch online: A man who died in a motorcycle wreck last night on the 4300 block of Chamberlayne Avenue in Richmond had been seen doing “wheelies” before he lost control, went into a median and crashed into a tree, police said. Ronald Donnell Love, Jr., 38, of the 700 block of Akron Street [...]
Down on the right side of every page, we’ve hooked up a display of photos from the Northside Richmond flickr group. This is an open group which anyone can join (for free!) and share the their photos of “people, places, and landscapes in the North Side of the city of Richmond [including] photos from Highland [...]
While Northside has easy access to the Lakeside Farmer’s Market in Henrico County and there are close to a dozen weekly markets in the region, Richmond’s 3rd District City Council representative will be discussing the possibility of a new farmer’s market tonight. At tonight’s monthly meeting, Chris Hilbert welcomes Karen Atkinson of the new Forest [...]
The Times-Dispatch Gardening Blog, which is written by staff at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, recently posted information about a new environmentally conscious pest control approach being taken by the popular North Richmond destination: Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden has implemented Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in our ongoing effort to be environmentally conscious. IPM is an effective, [...]
Local weblog Karmic-Dragonfly visited the Vegetarian Festival held in Bryan Park this past weekend nd posted thoughts and photos on the annual event.
In a comment on North Richmond News, 3rd District school board representative Carol A. O. Wolf writes that she will decide by Wednesday whether to launch a write-in bid to represent the North Richmond community; Wolf failed to submit enough qualified signatures to get on the ballot, and Norma Murdoch-Kitt is currently the only candidate [...]
There is a lengthy article in Sunday’s Real Estate section of the Times-Dispatch that provides a comprehensive look at the condominiums at Ginter Place, the former Richmond Memorial Hospital complex on Westwood Avenue in Ginter Park. Ginter Place expects to welcome residents to its 69 condominium units in September. Nothing was torn down to make [...]
From a press release from Henrico County comes news of a new community garden at the intersection of Vale Street and Michael Avenue, near Lakeside Avenue. (Several blocks behind the Bank of America on Lakeside Avenue.) The community garden is open to Henrico residents only: Henrico families who have wanted to grow their own fresh [...]
