The next general meeting of the Bellevue Civic Association is set for Tuesday, February 17, at Holton Elementary School at the corner of Laburnum Avenue and Hermitage Road. Pizza will be served at 6:30 and the meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m.
Courtesy of John Murden at Church Hill People’s News: The 2009 real estate assessments are now available online. A spot check around the neighborhood shows flat values and, for the first time in many years, some small depreciation. Previous years: 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005
The open enrollment period for students interested in attending one of Richmond Public Schools’ open enrollment schools is February 2 through February 13. Students may attend their designated zoned school (based on the address of the legal guardian), or application may be made for open enrollment to another school within the district. You can get [...]
City Councilmember Chris Hilbert resumes his monthly meetings with residents of the Third District this Wednesday, January 28, from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. The meeting will take place at the Richmond Police Academy at 1202 West Graham Street (behind Virginia Union University). On the agenda for the meeting are a legislative update from Delegate Jennifer [...]
The January 26 agenda for City Council has a few consent agenda items of interest to residents concerned about the city’s tree removal policy (including funding for new trees on MacArthur Avenue) — and a regular agenda item submitted by 3rd District representative Chris Hilbert to prohibit the construction of a proposed roundabout at the [...]
Highwoods Properties, the lead developer behind both the proposed Shockoe Bottom baseball development and the North Boulevard development around the current ball field, has been pitching its wares all over the Shockoe/Church Hill area in recent months. I wonder when they’re going to come to Northside and discuss their mixed use development proposal for the [...]
From the Richmond Times-Dispatch this morning: Richmond police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found behind an abandoned house in the Highland Park area this morning. Police received a call about an unconscious man shortly after 9 a.m. behind the house in the 3200 block of North Avenue. He was pronounced [...]
Bellevue illustrator Rob Ullman, whose work has appeared in a number of national publications, brings his work home with a weekly strip appearing on the Richmond Magazine website.
Sixth District Councilwoman Ellen Robertson and Third District Councilman Chris Hilbert are joining with the Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities to challenge citizens to “be the change” by volunteering a few hours of their time on Saturday, January 24, to help with a city cleanup project in North Richmond: Councilmembers Robertson and [...]
North Richmond News is working with the Richmond Police Department to keep the community informed of crimes in our area. We will report crimes by block numbers, not specific addresses (except for businesses). Note:This list runs from Christmas Eve, and so is long compared to our normal reporting of crimes. An employee reported an unknown [...]
