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Archive for February 2010

More HVAC thefts

NBC12 is running a story on more thefts of HVAC units. We covered “a similar story back in December”:http://northrichmondnews.com/news/2009/12/26/police-warn-of-hvac-thefts/. bq. The thieves didn’t break through a door or even try to go through a window. They went in through the crawl space. It happened in broad day light several times over a two-week period. bq. [...]

UR hosts forum on Mortgage Crisis

With Highland Park having one of the highest foreclosure rates last year in the Richmond metro area, our friends at U of R thought this may be of interest. It’s main purpose is to engage students, however all members of the community are welcome to attend. bq. The Bonner Center for Civic Engagement (CCE) invites [...]

Meeting about composite index school funding at Holton TONIGHT

School Board members are having meetings across the city to discuss Governor McDonnell’s recommendation to unfreeze the current “local composite index forumla.” The index determines, in part, how much state funding a school district receives. The Richmond City Schools would lose an additional *eleven million dollars*, bringing their budget shortfall to 28.8M$. The meeting will [...]

HJ47: Commending the Ginter Park Residents’ Association on the occasion of its 100th anniversary

Our representative down at the General Assembly, Jennifer McClellan, is sponsoring a bill to commend the Ginter Park Residents Association on its 100 year anniversary (last year, its inception was 1909). Some quotes from the bill: bq. WHEREAS, Ginter Park was conceived and planned by Major Lewis W. Ginter, a Richmond industrialist and entrepreneur, in [...]

Volunteers needed for the Cannon Creek Greenway cleanup

h2. Update The cleanup has been rescheduled for March 20th due to the extreme wet conditions caused be the recent snows. h2. Original We’ve gotten a bunch of emails about this weekend’s second annual Cannon Creek Greenway cleanup. Volunteers are needed! The event is a volunteer cleanup to remove unwanted trash and debris from the [...]

Wachovia on Chamberlayne robbed; police looking for suspect

The Richmond Police Department needs the public’s help in identifying the suspect pictured in the attached photos. The man is wanted in connection with the robbery of a Wachovia Bank at 1800 Chamberlayne Ave. around 4:42 p.m. today. The suspect is described as a black male, medium build, age 30 to 40 with a short [...]

Enoteca Sogno moving to the Northside

From a couple different sources we have news that Enoteca Sogno is moving to Bellvue Avenue sometime in the near future. It’s official, Enoteca Sogno to reopen on Bellvue in April. Gary signed a lease this week. Viva Italian wine! #rvaless than a minute ago via UberTwitter Favorite Retweet ReplyRVAfoodieRVAfoodie And also from the Epicuriousity [...]

A Northside dog park

How great is this? A resident of the neighborhood wanted a dog park, took some proactive steps working with the city, and now it is becoming a reality. From “Richard Sebastian’s blog”:http://www.richardsebastian.com/2010/02/northside-dog-park/: bq. I’ve been working with a small group of committed dog owners in the Northside community and with employees of the Richmond City [...]

6th District meeting this Saturday

Richmond City Councilwoman Ellen F. Robertson, Gateway 6th District, will host a meeting in the Gateway 6th District. This is a continuation of regular meetings she typically holds on the second Saturday of each month, which include information on her Gateway 6th District goals and accomplishments; a thematic agenda of current interest; and, special guests. [...]

Pothole City

From the folks who brought you superduper hyper local news over at “The Boulevardizen”:http://www.boulevardizen.com/, comes a new site that tracks some of the potholes springing up around town: “Pothole City”:http://potholecity.com. The site allows users to add potholes, pictures, and rate their severity. Then it plots everything on a google map. It’s pretty cool. At this [...]

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