Lakeside United Methodist Women will sponsor a bazaar on Saturday, October 18, from 9:00am until 1:00pm at Lakeside UMW located at 2333 Hilliard Rd. Seasonal crafts, collectibles and baked goods will be sold. For more information, contact Linda Pomfrey at linda.pomfrey@thalhimer.com.
The Greater Richmond Transit Company (GRTC) has scheduled three public meetings to hear from the public about recently proposed changes to the company’s bus routes. Two of the impacted routes runs through Northside — the Route 20 bus along Brookland Park Boulevard and the Route 22 bus on Hermitage Road. A meeting will be held [...]
Richmond’s school system is looking for public input on its ideas for the former A.V. Norrell Elementary School on West Graham Road near Battery Park, according to the Times-Dispatch: Beginning at 6 p.m. Wednesday, school officials will be at the building at 201 W. Graham Road to hear public comments. Administrators are proposing several uses [...]
The second phase of the Highland Park roundabout (read about it here) started earlier this week. From the Department of Public Works: Beginning Tuesday, September 16, crews will begin Phase Two of the Highland Park Roundabout project, after successfully completing Phase One of the project (along Rowen Street ). During Phase Two, a concrete sidewalk [...]
The Rosedale community collected 535 school supply items for Linwood Holton Elementary School and 481 pounds of food for the Central Virginia Food Bank in September as part of the civic association’s annual drive. (Above) David Hudson, principal of Linwood Holton Elementary School. (Above) Sudeshna Menenez, volunteer coordinator for the Central Virginia Food Bank.
RVANews, Richmond’s community news aggregator and publisher of its own unique content, has released its second annual “Worst and Best” poll, and once again Northside lands a few accolades from the voting public: Best New Restaurant: Kitchen 64 (second place: Lulu’s) There were so many nominated for this category that I feel duty bound to [...]
After more than a year of work, the city’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities has released a draft Master Plan — and the city is seeking public comment on the plan. There will be a series of public meetings in late September and early October for Richmond residents to review and weigh in [...]
From Richmond’s public utilities department: Beginning Mon. Sept. 22 after 9:00 AM through Fri. Sept. 26, 2008, the City of Richmond Department of Public Utilities will be performing water main work in the right north bound lane of The Boulevard from Leigh Street to the Railroad overpass, a length of approximately 300 feet. There will [...]
Read, Drink and Be Merry takes another look at post-flooding progress in the Battery Park neighborhood, and revises the city’s restoration grade to an “I” for “incomplete”. Here’s the skinny: Recently I gave Wilder and the city an ugly grade of D+ for the reconstruction of Battery Park. I’m thinking I may have been wrong [...]
Anne Jones wasted little time, checking out the new Tastebuds American Bistro on MacArthur Avenue immediately after the popular takeout expanded to a full-sized and full-service restaurant. Color the restaurant critic for North of the James magazine pleased with the new space, and the expanded menu: …other than a wobbly table leg, there were no [...]
