Tomorrow! Food! Jazz! Saint Elizabeth’s Church will host its First Annual Jazz and Food Festival, Sunday, August 1, 2009, from 12:00 noon until 5:00 p.m. This will be the first community festival in Highland Park and will include a fun-filled afternoon for both the young and young at heart. The festival will take place on [...]
Eastbound traffic on Westwood Avenue where it forks into Saunders Avenue east of the Acca Bridge is being diverted to Seddon Road to Lanvale Avenue while a water main break is being repaired. The repair is expected to take 24 hours.
With the current state of the economy, the word “free” has never been so appealing! The purpose of a FREE MARKET is to bring people together to SHARE with others. ANYONE is invited to take advantage of this great neighborhood exchange! Saturday August 1, 2009 8am – 1pm. Items for giveaway: household, clothing, back to [...]
Not sure exactly who is putting this on, but the first annual Ginter Park triathlon debuts on August 16th! With short distances, no bibs, and no official times, this triathlon would be great for people trying out the sport for the first time. Details Sunday morning, August 16, 7:30am, Participants gather at Ginter Park. 8:00am [...]
August 4th – 5th Lewis Ginter hosts the Green Tonic: Urban Gardening for Health & Wholeness symposium: An event for neighborhood organizers and community leaders, urban planners, architects and designers, public officials, health advocates, local food activists, students, master gardeners, and more. Learn about exemplary community gardening and urban greening initiatives in Philadelphia, New York, [...]
Not necessarily the same two men. From the RPD’s daily “Noteworthy Incidents” email: View Weekend robberies in a larger map
First, get excited for the first ever Richmond Public Library street party. Second, the Ginter Park branch is looking for volunteers to help out: Summer reading is almost over and the big Finale event is almost here! On August 1st, Richmond Public Library is holding its first ever STREET PARTY! We will have games, crafts, [...]
From the RTD: With this in mind, we are opening the Greater Richmond ARCenter next spring at 3600 Saunders Ave. on Richmond’s Northside. Our new facility will increase our capacity to serve by 20 percent, allowing us to provide therapeutic care and other critical services to more individuals with developmental disabilities who need it most. [...]
RTD is reporting that the Indoor Football League (oddly, based in Richmond) is bringing a team to the Ashe Center for the 2010 season. They will later relocate to the SportsQuest facility in 2011. This on the heels of the AIFA announcing a Richmond team at the Coliseum (tryouts in September!, and they have a [...]
Picture from littleleague.org Tim Pearrell has a wonderful article about the North Richmond Little League and the husband and wife who run it (the Beards): This is the 74-year-old man for whom they wait — even if the field is too wet — and the man who after practice and games and rainouts piles some [...]
