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Archive for December 2009

Oh Mama! Holiday Bazaar

From the events calendar: Please join OmMama, LLC for an afternoon of great shopping, socializing, information gathering, and fun!! We’ve gathered a fabulous group of local mompreneurs, artisans, and service providers who specialize in products and services for expecting and new families. You’ll find discounts on goods and services, fabulous door prizes, and a chance [...]

Leaf collection delayed

As suspected, the forty days and forty nights of rain has led to a delay in the Northside leaf collection dates. New dates Northside, Highland Park: 12/14 – 12/18 Bellevue, Ginter Park, Washington Park: 12/21 – 01/01 Note: the dates on the city’s leaf collection website have *not* been updated yet. The entire updated schedule [...]

Councilman Hilbert to hold end-of-year meeting

Richmond City Councilman Chris A. Hilbert, Northside 3rd District, will hold a 2009 End-of-Year Meeting for all residents of the Northside 3rd District. The event will include live music, food, fun and festivity. The meeting is free and all Northside 3rd District citizens are invited and encouraged to attend. Refreshments will be served. This will [...]

RPD announces the results of the Six Points Initiative

Earlier this year RPD began running an undercover drug operation in Highland Park that was eventually named the Six Points Initiative. Here are the results of that initiative: Twenty people identified as supplying drugs to street-level dealers in the Six Points area have been arrested. More than 9,000 grams of cocaine was seized, which equates [...]

Kaine closes Dove St. Armory

The Virginia National Guard will close the armory located in Richmond and relocate units currently stationed at the facility to other Virginia Guard installations throughout the state, Maj. Gen. Robert B. Newman, Jr., the Adjutant General of Virginia, announced Sept. 9. The decision to close the Richmond facility located on Dove Street was part of [...]

Ginter Park: before & after

After finding that neat real estate listing from 1910, I thought I would try and find the houses listed and do a before and after. I was able to find four of the nine houses pictured — I imagine some of them no longer exist, and some I just missed. For reference, let’s number the [...]

Old Dominion Firefighters Emerald Society food drive

The Old Dominion Firefighters Emerald Society is conducting, what we hope to be an annual, food drive to benefit the Central Virginia Foodbank at ALL Local Firestations in the City of Richmond, and Henrico and Hanover Counties. Boxes are in the stations where citizen can make a donation of non-perishable food from now until Dec [...]

Northside leaf collection schedule

The city of Richmond provides free leaf collection services, did you know that? Here are the dates for Northside neighborhoods: Northside/Highland Park: 12/07 – 12/11 Bellevue/Ginter Park/Washington Park: 12/14 – 12/25 Here’s the full schedule as well as some guidelines. I’m also going to guess the schedule is in flux due to the recent incessant [...]

Lessons and Carols at Christ Ascension Episcopal

Lessons and Carols will be held at Christ Ascension Episcopal Church on Sunday, Dec 6, at 5pm, featuring music sung by St. Catherine’s Upper School Chorale and Saints Singers. Lessons will be read by St. Catherine’s students and members of Christ Ascension. The public is cordially invited to attend this service of reflection, expectation, and [...]

Police still looking for robbery suspect

Richmond Police is again requesting the public’s help identifying and locating the man responsible for a robbery in a McDonald’s parking lot in late October. The victim reported he was approached by the robbery suspect around 8:45 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, as he placed his children in their car seats after the family left the [...]

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