The Richmond Police Department reports that Javon Antonio Poag was arrested on October 23 for Tuesday’s shooting of a 16-year-old on West Lancaster Road in the City’s Northside. Poag, 21, of Petersburg has been charged with malicious wounding, possession of a firearm while a convicted felon, three counts of use of a firearm in the ...
The Times-Dispatch’s Will Jones has an update on the 3rd District campaign issue involving the use of incarcerated youth in a state job-training program to produce cards and signs for candidate Jonathan Davis: Those concerns, stemming in part from Davis’ role as an instructor, are prompting state officials to look at restricting Youth Industries from accepting ...
Thursday night, the Richmond City Democratic Committee endorsed candidates for Mayor, City Council and School Board. The committee endorsed Dwight Jones for mayor. The committee endorsed Chris Hilbert for City Council in the 3rd District, but did not endorse a candidate in the 2nd District. The committee endorsed Kimberly Gray for School Board in the 2nd District and ...
North Richmond News is working with the Richmond Police Department to keep the community informed of crimes in our area; there have been several crimes reported in Northside in recent days. We will report crimes by block numbers, not specific addresses: A juvenile male reported he was shot by a known male who tried to rob ...
From local weblog Buttermilk & Molasses: On November 18, the Richmond Regional Planning District Commission will be hosting [Charleston Mayor Joe] Riley for an afternoon. It’s titled “Building A Better Richmond, Part I,” which implies that there will be a Part II and maybe a trilogy; Riley will demonstrate his prowess with the Force from 3:00 ...
WRIR Independent Radio (”Radio for the rest of us”) at 97.3fm has started its fall pledge drive, and has offered to contribute toward Battery Park for pledges and donations to the station of $200 and up. Last spring, the pledge drive benefited Friends of Forest Hill Park. From a comment posted at North Richmond News comes ...
From the City of Richmond Department of Public Utilities: [The] Department of Public Utilities will be at Pleasants Hardware. 2024 W. Broad Street, Friday, Oct. 24, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., distributing weatherization kits for free to senior citizens. Each kit contains window insulation materials, weather sealers, outlet and switch covers, toilet tank water conservation devices, ...
Style Weekly’s Brandon Fox, a Northside resident herself, had plenty of praise for the newly expanded Tastebuds American Bistro on MacArthur Avenue: Tastebuds’ golden beet salad isn’t particularly original but is full of apples and tangy blue cheese, although not nearly enough greens. The fried oysters crunch delicately but the black-eyed peas beneath them need some ...
Style Weekly has a few new details on the wholesale staffing changes that happened earlier this month at Lakeside’s Zed Cafe: It’s never pretty when a staff, including a high-profile chef, walks out of a restaurant all at once, but internal politics pushed Bill Foster and others over the edge this month and a little coup ...
The city’s 29th homicide of the year was reported early Wednesday morning, when a body was discovered in an alley on Harold Avenue near Overby-Sheppard Elementary School near Highland Park. The Times-Dispatch has more: Freddie J. Sparrow, described as a doting father who had a way of making people laugh but also struggled with heroin addiction, ...
During last night’s mayoral debate at the University of Richmond, candidate Robert Grey reportedly called on the city to pay attention to the details in the redevelopment efforts at Dove Court and Gilpin Court: [Robert] Grey said the city should redevelop the Dove Court and Carrington Gardens communities with careful attention to detail, in part to ...
In the latest issue of his Visions newsletter, Mayor Doug Wilder says the delay of the proposed roundabout at the intersection of Hermitage Road and Laburnum Avenue “could force the abandonment of the project.” The roundabout, one of two on the boards for North Richmond, was put on hold by 3rd District Councilman Chris Hilbert ...
From the City of Richmond’s Department of Public Utilities: Mayor L. Douglas Wilder today announced an 18 percent reduction in the purchased gas cost (PGC) rate charged by the City Department of Public Utilities (DPU). This increase is due primarily to market conditions that have shown a decline in the price of the commodity since ...
Church Hill People’s News has details and a string of commentary on a recent article in the Richmond Voice; the article was cited in a thread of comments here at North Richmond News earlier this week. From CHPN: Oliver Lawrence, long-time owner of much vacant property and several companies including Bayou Properties, complains to the Richmond ...
North Richmond News is working with the Richmond Police Department to keep the community informed of crimes in our area; there have been several crimes reported in Northside in recent days. We will report crimes by block numbers, not specific addresses: A male reported he was shot during an attempted robbery by an unknown male on ...
This little verse arrived in our mailbox this week: The townsfolk were weary, their faces were sad They seemed to be tired of news that was bad… Stock markets were down and so was the mood Could something be done to make everything good? Election talk, polls and candidate news Had everyone ’round town signing the blues! They needed some laughter, ...
Join library staff and your Northside neighbors at “Family Bingo Night” at the Ginter Park Library at 5:30pm on Monday, October 27. Enjoy free refreshments and prizes. ...
The Ginter Park Library Advisory Board will meet at 10:00am on Saturday, October 25, to discuss ongoing library business, future projects, volunteer opportunities, and more. Please come share your ideas and opinions with library staff and board members and find out more about the future of Ginter Park Library. This meeting is open to the ...
Westminster-Canterbury Richmond’s Unique Boutique Fall Craft Fair will be held on Friday, November 7, from 10am until 4:00pm, and on Saturday, November 8, from 10:00am until 2:00pm at 1600 Westbrook Avenue. The Craft Fair offers handcrafted items made by resident and community crafters. Come find perfect holiday gifts at reasonable prices from among a wide array ...
After a few false starts, “Star Bright, Star Light” – Bryan Park’s Astronomy Night – has been set for Thursday, October 23, at 6:30pm. Come out and see the stars! Richmond’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities is joining with the Richmond Astronomical Society (RAS) to hold a family stargazing night in Bryan Park. Members of ...