It’s time to clean up the Rosedale neighborhood (just west of Hermitage, north and south of Laburnum). The Alley Rally is set for Saturday, April 4, at 8:00 a.m. Volunteers should meet at the corner of Laburnum and Lanvale. Arrive at 7:30, and grab a doughnut and bottle of water to keep you going. Volunteers ...
Mark your calendar for North Richmond’s largest yard sale, the popular Thirteen Acres sale. It’s scheduled to be held Saturday, April 18, in the field adjacent to Holton Elementary School. Vendor spaces are available. For details, visit the Thirteen Acres School website. ...
Toastmasters, an organization focused on helping individuals develop their leadership and communication skills, has a local Northside chapter — Opportunity Toastmasters. The group meets the first and third Mondays of each month at the River City Diner location at Parham Road and I-95. You can join us for dinner at 6PM (all members are responsible ...
Feathernesters, the Lakeside home, garden and gift shop will be offering their popular painted furniture workshop on Tuesday, April 7, from 6:00 until 9:00 p.m. Learn tips, techniques and true “trade secrets” of painting your old furniture in the popular decorating style! You’ll see every detailed step from surface preparation, priming, painting, distressing and final ...
Join Feathernesters, the Lakeside home, garden and gift shop, this Thursday for a spring workshop focused on vintage Easter decorations: We will be working with antique paper “scrap” graphics and vintage ephemera as we craft ornaments, home decor and gifts using the centuries-old art of decoupage. We will also demonstrate how vintage paper can be ...
If you are a certified public accountant interested in serving on the board of the city’s Economic Development Authority, please contact City Council liaison Lisa F. Townes at 804.646.6055 or lisa.townes@richmondgov.com ...
From the Times-Dispatch: Richmond police have arrested a man suspected of committing burglaries in the North Highland Park area. Marcellus A. McQuinn, 34, of the 2600 block of Third Avenue, was arrested yesterday and charged with burglary and grand larceny. Police said McQuinn is also wanted in Halifax County, N.C., on burglary and larceny charges. ...
We took a few snaps of the new street signs that mark the way in Bryan Park. Another nice addition in Northside’s increasingly spruced-up park. ...
From the Times-Dispatch this evening: Richmond police are asking for the public’s help in locating a man who has been missing since March 2. Clarence Wise Harris Jr., 59, was last seen at his home in the 4900 block of Old Brook Road. Harris has dementia and a history of wandering away, according to his ...
Lakeside Farmers’ Market has submitted concept drawings for a permanent structure to the Henrico County Planning Department; the drawings were developed in conjunction with the Henrico County Enterprise Zone. If everything moves forward, construction would start this year. The planning staff is interested in comments from the Northside Henrico and City of Richmond community. You ...
Discover the Lakeside/Bellevue consignment world in the March issue of North of the James Magazine, the free monthly circulated throughout town. Anne Jones takes a look at ReFinery, the new women’s apparel consignment shop on Bellevue near Brook, as well as four consignment shops at the intersection of Dumbarton Road and Lakeside Avenue — Full ...
The March issue of North of the James magazine, which is distributed free to many Northside residences and businesses, features a profile of Norma Murdoch-Kitt — the 3rd District’s representative on the Richmond School Board. She talks about her family history, raising four kids, and a litany of improvements and changes she’d like to see ...
During a February meeting between Highwoods Properties — the developer behind both the planned Shockoe Bottom stadium project and the North Boulevard Gateway development — and residents of various North Richmond communities, the developers suggested Northsiders come together to provide input on the type of development desired along North Boulevard. Liz Turner (gwava4h [at] verizon.net) ...
Don’t forget that the Rosedale Civic Associaton’s quarterly meeting happens this Wednesday, March 4, at 7:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Hermitage at 1600 Westwood Avenue. Guest speakers will be Richmond councilmembers Chris Hilbert and Charles Samuels, along with school board representative Kim Gray. ...
This weekend, Holton Elementary School kicks off the return of warmer weather with their annual 5K run and Family Festival. It takes place on Saturday, March 7, from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. on the school grounds — with the 5K extending into the surrounding neighborhoods. The festival will include food, fun, games, prizes and ...
Richmond City Councilmen Charles Samuels of the 2nd District; Bruce Tyler f the 1st District; and Marty Jewell of the 5th District are holding a joint open public meeting with the Museum District Association regarding the proposed Shockoe Center Development and Boulevard Gateway projects. The meeting is scheduled for this Wednesday, March 4, from 7:00 ...
City of Richmond Department of Public Works has closed the 1100 and 1200 blocks of Hermitage Road to perform work at the CSX railroad crossing until Sunday, March 8. Traffic signs, barrels or barricades will mark detours. ...
The dates — for dropping off and for buying gently used children’s items — have been set for the 3rd annual St. Thomas Day School Kid’s Yard Sale. The big event will be held on Saturday, April 18, from 8:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at 3602 Hawthorne Avenue. All sorts of children’s items will be ...
The folks behind the establishment of Richmond’s first charter school at the old Patrick Henry school near Forest Hill Park are holding monthly informational meetings on the first Thursday of each month. The next Patrick Henry Elementary School of Science and Arts Community Update Meeting will be held this Thursday, March 5, at 8:00 p.m. ...
Antoine Green of the Richmond Crusade for Voters has sent a letter out inviting area residents to consider joining the Crusade, and attending its next meeting. That meeting — at 7:00 p.m. on March 17 — will feature the Crusade’s quarterly City Council Forum: The next Richmond Crusade for Voters meeting will be held on ...