From the events calendar: A holiday tradition! The show features more than a half million lights arranged in botanical themes throughout the Garden. Visitors can also marvel at displays in the Gardenâs Conservatory and decorations in the Visitors Center and the Education and Library Complex. Merry Mondays on Monday evenings include storytelling for kids. New! In honor ...
From the events calendar: Please join the Ginter Park Library Advisory Board for our 2nd annual Holiday Fete. Great local food & music, fantastic door prizes. See old friends & meet new neighbors. Community support last year was wonderful; let’s make it a tradition! Your donations help provide youth & adult programs throughout the year. Suggested donation: ...
RTD has a neat article on Raymond Neblett, a former VUU basketball player who spent 14 years in jail for armed robbery. After leaving jail, Neblett began working for Y-CAPP (Youth Challenged Advised And Positively Promoted) helping run a youth basketball program. Neblett has been an in-house counselor in a group home, facilitated therapy groups and ...
From the events calendar: Wednesday is the final official market of the 2009 season. Plenty of produce and baked goods to compliment the Thanksgiving feast. Lakeside Farmers’ Market, located at 6110 Lakeside Ave., in the parking lot at Lakeside Towne Center beside CVS (one block south of Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden). Seasonal Farmers’ Market offering local ...
Remember this? A homeowner wakes up and finds a man attempting to break into his garage and confronts/shoots him with a shotgun? Originally charged with unlawful wounding, which is a felony, the homeowner put in a plea of “recklessly handling a firearm.” His judge, however, was partially sympathetic saying, “If I saw this in my backyard, ...
From the RPD: On Saturday, approximately 1,000 pounds of aluminum was stolen from a local glass company. Within hours, three men were identified, located and charged with the half-ton theft. The arrests are a direct result of the partnerships and good relationships Richmond Police have created between recyclers and neighboring investigators. âThese recycling companies and the surrounding jurisdictions have ...
This has been all over the news, but here it is from nbc12: A Richmond man is behind bars, accused of going to Massachusetts to abduct a 12-year-old girl. … Police say he was not only planning to help the 12 year old run-away, they say he was going to bring her back to Virginia to sexually molest ...
RVANews has some great pictures of St. Joseph’s during their 175th year anniversary. Go check them out! ...
VUU defeated Barton College, 2007 Div II National Champions, 100-91 on the first day of the Pickle Classic. Fridayâs contest marked the first-ever match-up of former national champions in the history of the Pickle Classic. Barton won the 2007 NCAA Division II National Championship, while Virginia Union won its most recent national championship in 2005, the ...
From NBC12: The fire started around 1:30 a.m. at a home in the 2600 block of Fernhill Avenue. One man was sent to the hospital for minor burns and smoke inhalation. He was smoking in bed which caused the fire. ...
The Henderson Middle School PTA will sponsor a community health fair Saturday, Nov. 21 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The organization is also conducting its annual fruit sale now through Dec. 3. Next month, the PTA also will sponsor the Henderson Middle School Winter Concert, scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 15 at 6 p.m. For ...
From nbc12: The driver was attacked last night around 6:45 at the Missouri Avenue bus stop in Highland Park. GRTC is calling her a hero tonight for her quick thinking during a difficult situation. … GRTC is now working with police to find the three suspects. âWe’re going to do everything we can. We’re going to ...
Tired of passing ugly houses and putting up with delinquent homeowners in your neighborhood? If so, there are many ways to remedy the problem. Mr. Roy Eidem, Richmondâs community development operations manager, will be holding a meeting with the Highland Park Neighborhood Watch Association to discuss options for ridding the area of vacant homes. Weâll be meeting ...
The Ginter Park Residents Association will have its 2009 annual meeting this Thursday (tomorrow) at 6.30. Here’s the details: We will elect officers for 2010, look back on 2009 and ahead to the new year, and view a video on Lewis Ginter and his contribution to metro Richmond. Dinner 6:30/Program 7:00 Please bring a side dish or dessert Dinner is ...
Two suspects caught Two suspects in an aggravated assault/robbery have been caught. The U.S. Marshalâs Task Force yesterday apprehended Bernard Kwame Jones, 20; and Hudson Melvin Berry, III, 19; both from Richmond. Jones and Berry were being sought on Conspiracy to Commit Robbery charges for a shooting and robbery that occurred November 15th in the ...
From the Ginter Park mailing list: … a 1999 black VW Jetta with Indiana plates was stolen from their garage sometime during the night last night. Although the garage does not lock, the car was locked. The police think that the thieves stole it for a joy ride and that it will probably ...
Lakeside Farmer’s Market (6110 Lakeside Ave.) will be open, rain or shine, Wednesday til dark and Saturday 8AM til Noon. In the event of unpredictable weather, we will hold the market inside 6116 Lakeside Ave. Work continues on the new pavilion! Check out the posts: ...
RTD has a cool piece up about the 175 year anniversary of St. Joseph’s Villa. “I think their greatest significance is they have continued to evolve, serving those in the community who have needs that otherwise would not have been met,” said George Drumwright, Henrico’s deputy county manager for community services. “Just to be around 175 ...
Relying on quarterback Josiah Shelton’s legs (16 carries for 102 yards) John Marshall wins their last regular season game against winless Thomas Jefferson 35 – 24. TJ had two defensive scores but couldn’t pull off the upset to win their first game of the season. John Marshall finishes 5-5 on the season, 3-4 in the Colonial. ...
Sheep, goats, horses, chickens: Enclosures must be within 200 feet of all property lines, which in most cases would require at least 1 acre. IN CASE YOU WERE INTERESTED. ...