A reader asks: I am a Lakeside resident and cannot for the life of me find any information on when the 13 acres yard sale will be held this year (at the corner of Laburnum and Hermitage). Many of us in the Lakeside area WAIT for this yard sale every year — please let me know ...
The Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities will celebrate women in the arts — specifically women in fiber arts — in an exhibit at the Spotlight Gallery that will open with a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday March 12. The exhibit will hang through April 16 and is part of a ...
Yesterday four different real estate tax rates were introduced at City Council: $1.23 $1.22 $1.21 $1.20 (current rate) $1.19 Knowing that the city faces a thirty million dollar budget shortfall, I don’t see Council keeping the rate the same (or lowering it). As Northside property values stayed roughly the same last year, it looks like we’ll all be getting a ...
An SUV crashed into a parked car, careened across several lawns, and smashed into a house on the 1500 block of Laburnum Avenue. NBC12 has the video: ...
The Robins Foundation has responded to criticism over plans to demolish two historical Chamberlayne homes. The Chamberlayne Avenue properties were vacant when they were acquired and have remained unoccupied since that time. They have been for sale since February 2009. There have been very few inquiries regarding the properties, and, as of mid-February, when the Foundation ...
Yesterday, around 5pm, Gilpin Court was the scene of a triple shooting and the City’s seventh homicide of the year. The police are currently looking for Tion Randell Bates, a Northside resident. The Richmond Police Department needs the public’s assistance in locating a murder suspect. Tion Randell Bates, 18, is wanted in connection with the murder ...
From the ever wonderful Richmond Fire Department twitter: Units working a 2nd alarm fire in the 1700 blk of BELLEVUE. NFD FIRE in the 17OO blk of BELLEVUE AVE UNDER CONTROL. ...
ACORN has purchased the selling option on a vacant neighborhood house (2927 Garland Avenue) owned by the notorious Oliver Lawrence. 2927 Garland Avenue is listed as a contributing structure in the Brookland Park Historic District, making it eligible for state and federal historic tax credits. This 2-story stucco residence has a wide front porch and ...
A couple of weeks ago we ran a story about two historical homes on Chamberlayne that had demolition permits filed against them. Local resident and the Ginter Park Residents Association were working hard to find a buyer before the neighborhood lost these two old houses to newer construction. Earlier this week ACORN sent out ...
The RTD has a weirdly formatted article1 with the number of drug sweeps and arrests at public middle and high schools in 2009. John Marshall had two sweeps last year with zero arrests and zero contraband found. Henderson had zero sweeps. The majority of the drugs found were marijuana or over-the-counter drugs. 1 The article is missing spaces between ...
A reader asks: As I was pulling up to the intersection at Hermitage and Westbrook, I noticed a granite type headstone in the median. It had four letters engraved on it. Does anyone know what that is or referring to? Anyone? Anyone? ...
Tricycle Gardens is hosting a class at Bryan Park on seeds and soil: Learn how to grown your own vegetables and flowers by starting them from seed. We’ll discuss everything you need to know to successfully start seeds for your garden, how to prepare your garden soil & how to care for your young seedlings. We’ll ...
The City of Richmond’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities is closing the main entrance to Bryan Park off of Hermitage Road tomorrow morning, Feb. 26, at 7 a.m. while it makes repairs to a broken water main. The department estimates that the main entrance to the park will be closed to vehicular traffic for ...
From the Mayor’s newsletter: Another of Richmond’s historic parks is also getting a remake. On the city’s north side, one project in Bryan Park is already complete and another is underway. The dredging of the park’s Azalea Garden pond (shown at right), which was choked with cattails, has been completed, and the pond’s fountain ...
Councilman Hilbert will be hosting one of his regular 3rd District meetings tonight at 6pm. The meeting will be held at the Richmond Police Department Training Academy auditorium at 1202 W. Graham Road Agenda 2010 Richmond Real Estate Tax Assessments James Hester, Richmond City Assessor Richmond City Council Office of the Assessor of Real Estate Richmond City Councilman Chris A. ...
Union-PSCE students, faculty and staff will join the staff of the Presbytery of the James to form a human chain from the Presbytery office to a waiting truck to load more than 2,000 hygiene kits that will be sent to Haiti. The rest of the press release is after the jump. ...
Two homes on Chamberlayne avenue are scheduled for demolition as soon as the permits are approved. The two properties in question are 4200 and 4202 Chamberlanye Ave. The Ginter Park Residents Association is lobbying to save these historical properties: We’ve learned that the owner of the properties at 4200 and 4202 Chamberlayne Avenue (intersection of Bellevue) ...
Richmond Magazine has a couple more details on the opening of Enoteca Sogno on Bellevue Avenue. They confirm the new location is at the Bella Arte spot. I caught up with Gary York this afternoon. He confirms he will reopen Enoteca in the former Bella Arte space at 1223 Bellevue Ave. in late April or early ...
March 6th is the annual Holton 10k run/walk. The event raises money for a variety of Linwood Holton programs. Register for the 5k here. In years past, this event has helped raise as much as $4,000. This year, the 5K committee hopes to raise a solid $5,000 … a goal they feel is well within reason ...
NBC12 is running a story on more thefts of HVAC units. We covered a similar story back in December. 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. [the police] call the ...