This is about the “third or fourth fire”:http://northrichmondnews.com/news/tag/fire/ so far this year in the Highland Park area. This from “the RFD twitter”:http://twitter.com/rfdva: bq. Units on scene on 2nd Ave with flames thur the roof. NFD bq. Fire on 2nd ave is now a 2nd alarm bq. Units have the bulk of the fire knocked down. [...]
I just got a list of closings from the City: * **Richmond Public Libraries** will be closedon Saturday January 30. Library programs scheduled for Saturday are postponed until further notice. All Richmond Public Libraries and programs will resume as regularly scheduled on Monday, February 1. * The Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities has [...]
Whoa, how did I not know this? “Katherine Patterson”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Paterson got her masters at Union Presbyterian Seminary! Crazy. bq. Selected by the Librarian of Congress to serve in this two-year position, Paterson has chosen “Read for Your Life” as the theme for her platform. In this new role she will carry her message of enthusiasm for [...]
Update I added a picture sent in by reader Richard. Also, he notes there is a for sale sign in the front yard. Original Story This, from the “Richmond Fire Department’s twitter”:http://twitter.com/RFDVA, which has proved to be an excellent source of news: bq. Units working a house fire in the 3100 blk of Barton Ave. [...]
Update “Channel 6 is running a bit of an explanation”:http://www.wtvr.com/news/wtvr-richmond-real-estate-assessments,0,275337.story on why part of Highland Park saw such a drop: bq. Hester says investors came in, renovated those properties, and bailed when the market tanked. Original story By now you should have received your 2010 assessments. I took a minute and pulled the numbers for [...]
New York Fried Chicken has “a fairly long history of health code violations”:http://www.healthspace.ca/Clients/VDH/Richmond/Richmond_Website.nsf/Food-FacilityHistory?OpenView&RestrictToCategory=9B156189E602720485257093004CF192 — including a routine inspection back in ’06 that found “**thirteen** critical violations”:http://www.healthspace.ca/Clients/VDH/Richmond/Richmond_Website.nsf/Food-InspectionDetails?OpenView&RestrictToCategory=8825722500677768852571D5005521DE&Count=1000. Earlier this month on, January 12th, “a health inspector found an inoperable hot water heater heater”:http://www.healthspace.ca/Clients/VDH/Richmond/Richmond_Website.nsf/Food-InspectionDetails?OpenView&RestrictToCategory=532660ABC2372290852576A9006CDD19&Count=1000 and forced the establishment to close. NYFC(New York Fried Chicken) repaired the hot [...]
The North Avenue library is the first branch of many that will undergo renovations. The branch will close February 2nd for an inventory of books and materials before the renovations begin in May. Improvements will include: Rewiring of the buildings for 21st century computer use and for the addition of 17 new public computers Realignment [...]
Richmond City Councilman Chris A. Hilbert, Northside 3rd District, will hold a community meeting in Richmond’s Northside 3rd District to discuss the potential revitalization and possible future uses of the former Richmond Public Schools A. V. Norrell Elementary School building and Norrell Annex, building which are currently vacant. The meeting is free and all Northside [...]
Families of prospective students are invited to attend the Open House at Linwood Holton Elementary School, Tuesday, January 26, 6:30pm and Wednesday, January 27, 9:30am.
From neighborhood blog Transitional Neighborhood Lowdown: My neighbor snapped this yesterday in our area. I think I may know the perpetrator who created the sign, but no one is stepping forward to admit to littering condoms. Thankfully, this one looks unused.
