Another weblog sings Kitchen 64′s praises
Richmond Food for Thought, another of the city’s slate of food-focused weblogs, recently visited Northside’s Kitchen 64 and left impressed.
Archive for June 2008
Give the next mayor a piece of your mind
Richmond’s Buttermilk & Molasses website has details on a “listening forum” being organized by the Coalition for a Greater Richmond. The forum, scheduled for June 19 at 6:30 pm at Plant Zero in Manchester, will give citizens a chance to let Richmond’s mayoral candidates know what’s important to them. A debate scheduled for June 19 [...]
Imperial Plaza experiences false alarm Monday morning
The Times-Dispatch reports that an overheated air conditioning unit triggered alarms at the Imperial Plaza retirement community early Monday morning: Firefighters started a building-by-building search before a member of the maintenance staff told them there appeared to be an electrical problem in one of the air-conditioning units. Authorities later determined the unit had overheated. No [...]
Who is giving money to the candidates?
Via John at Church Hill People’s News: A Save Richmond piece on mayoral candidate Pantele linked out to the Virginia Public Access Project. VPAP is a non-profit group the makes it easy to access the public records of who has donated how much to a candidate for office. VPAP doesn’t appear to have listings for [...]
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Precinct report outlines arrests in North Richmond area
The monthly sector report issued by the Richmond Police Department’s 4th Precinct outlines a series of arrests made in the month of May. Officers conducted 189 interviews with suspicious individuals; made 90 arrests; issued 210 traffic summons and handled 2005 calls for service in Sector 412. Some highlights include: Officers McQueen and Taylor of the [...]
New vendors join Lakeside Farmer’s Market
The Lakeside Farmer’s Market continues to flourish as early summer harvests and a bumper crop of vendors fill the lot across from the Lakeside Fire Department every Wednesday and Saturday. Click the image above for a larger version of the latest list of vendors. The Lakeside Farmer’s Market is open every Wednesday from 8:00am until [...]
North Avenue library launches new culture program
Richmond Public Library’s North Avenue Branch Library has launched a new monthly program focused on understanding world cultures. The first program, which was held May 12, featured guest presenters along with native dress and food of Ghana. For more information, call the library at 646-6675.
Ginter Park newsletter provides comprehensive look at roundabout proposal
The June issue of the Ginter Park newsletter (available online at the Ginter Park Residents’ Association website) takes a comprehensive look at the proposed roundabout at the intersection of Laburnum and Hermitage avenues.
Zed Cafe features wide array of special events in June
If you haven’t visited Zed Cafe’s website lately, you may have missed the Lakeside restaurant’s schedule of food-related events in June: Green Science, a skin care and spa event, including dinner at Zed on Monday, June 4. Prix Fixe dinners on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in June — three Courses plus a half bottle of wine [...]
