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Archive for May 2009

Noteworthy events, May 8-11

Robbery 5/9/09 12:30 a.m. 1200 block of Juniper Street A male reported he was robbed by an unknown male with a gun. Aggravated Assault 5/9/09 8:00 p.m. 1900 block of Second Avenue A male reported he was assaulted by a group of unknown males. Arrests were made.

Retrospective on Grace Evelyn Arents

From Richmond Magazine: The contributions Arents made provided the foundations for Oregon Hill’s St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church and its tuition-free school; the William Byrd Community House; and the Grace Arents School, now Open High. She sponsored the construction of the Lewis Ginter Community Building for Ginter Park and developed Bloemendaal Farm as a rural retreat [...]

North Central Civic Associations meeting

The North Central Civic Associations May meeting will be held on Saturday May 9, 2009 from 1 pm until 3 pm at the First Untied Presbyterian Church, located on North Avenue at Ladies Mile Road. For more information contact Ken Wall or Randy Marshall (804.321.0054).

A new market, today!

As we mentioned almost a year ago Northside is getting a new market (today!) in Bryan Park. The Market Umbrella has a great break down of who is at which market city wide. You can expect to see some familiar faces at tomorrow’s inaugural market: Amy’s Garden Faith Farm Victory Farms Bernie’s Baked goods And [...]

City launches school PR campaign

I missed this from last Sunday, but the RTD has an interesting article on a new effort to improve the city schools’ public image. Details include glossy door hangers and bus ads. A couple interesting quotes: … the school system has lost half its enrollment. Academic performance bottomed out about a decade ago when state [...]

Trash troubles? Let’s do something about it.

We recently received this email from Frank Beylotte: I was recently appointed by Chris Hilbert to represent the 3rd district on the Clean Cities Commission. Can you help me contact community leaders, interest groups and civic associations to have conversations about litter, dumping and stuff like that? I live in Battery Park and we have [...]

Any interest in a chess group?

Any North Richmond residents interested in playing chess on a semi-regular basis either online (Chess.com) or in person? If so, email les.harrison@gmail.com After a long absence, I’ve been playing a bit of chess (mostly on Chess.com). I’m looking for North Richmond residents who’d be interested in playing on a regular basis. We could start by [...]

Diamond Debut Gala

Whoa! How did this sneak up on me? The 2009 Boaz and Ruth Diamond Debut Gala RSVP date is TODAY. Sold out attendance is expected so get to RSVPing. The Gala is 75$. Included: dinner, silent auction (check out all the available items), and a fashion show. All proceeds benefit Boaz and Ruth. Read more [...]

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