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		<title>Richmond History Center neighborhood walking tours</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Richmond History Center has posted their schedule of walking tours with several in the area:


May 8th: Barton Heights
June 6th: Ginter Park
August 7th: Bellevue
September 8th: Hounds of History &#8212; Ginter Park
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		<link>http://northrichmondnews.com/news/2010/03/15/richmond-history-center-neighborhood-walking-tours/</link>
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		<title>When&#8217;s the 13 Acre Yardsale?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8212; please let me know [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://northrichmondnews.com/news/2010/03/12/whens-the-13-acre-yardsale/</link>
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		<title>Spotlight Gallery opens &#8220;Women in Arts&#8221; exhibit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities will celebrate women in the arts &#8212; specifically women in fiber arts &#8212; 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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://northrichmondnews.com/news/2010/03/11/spotlight-gallery-opens-women-in-arts-exhibit/</link>
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		<title>2010 proposed real estate tax rates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;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&#8217;ll all be getting a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://northrichmondnews.com/news/2010/03/10/2010-proposed-real-estate-tax-rates/</link>
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		<title>SUV smashes into house!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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:

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		<link>http://northrichmondnews.com/news/2010/03/09/suv-smashes-into-house/</link>
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		<title>The Robins Foundation responds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://northrichmondnews.com/news/2010/03/08/the-robins-foundation-responds/</link>
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		<title>Northside man wanted in City&#8217;s seventh homicide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, around 5pm, Gilpin Court was the scene of a triple shooting and the City&#8217;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&#8217;s assistance in locating a murder suspect. 
Tion Randell Bates, 18, is wanted in connection with the murder [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://northrichmondnews.com/news/2010/03/08/northside-man-wanted-in-citys-seventh-homicide/</link>
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		<title>Fire last night on the 1700 block of Bellevue</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
		<link>http://northrichmondnews.com/news/2010/03/05/fire-last-night-on-the-1700-block-of-bellevue/</link>
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		<title>ACORN selling an Oliver Lawrence property</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://northrichmondnews.com/news/2010/03/03/acorn-selling-an-oliver-lawrence-property/</link>
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		<title>ACORN steps in to save Chamberlayne homes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://northrichmondnews.com/news/2010/03/02/acorn-steps-in-to-save-chamberlayne-homes/</link>
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		<title>2009 school drug sweeps</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://northrichmondnews.com/news/2010/03/01/2009-school-drug-sweeps/</link>
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		<title>Question: Granite marker at Westbrook &amp; Hermitage?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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?]]></description>
		<link>http://northrichmondnews.com/news/2010/03/01/question-granite-marker-at-westbrook-hermitage/</link>
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		<title>Tricycle Gardens&#8217; seeds and soil class Saturday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;ll discuss everything you need to know to successfully start seeds for your garden, how to prepare your garden soil &#038; how to care for your young seedlings. We&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://northrichmondnews.com/news/2010/02/26/tricycle-gardens-seeds-and-soil-class-saturday/</link>
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		<title>Main entrance to Bryan Park closed tomorrow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The City of Richmond&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://northrichmondnews.com/news/2010/02/25/main-entrance-to-bryan-park-closed-tomorrow/</link>
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		<title>Bryan Park getting a remake</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From the Mayor&#8217;s newsletter:



Another of Richmond&#8217;s historic parks is also getting a remake. On the city&#8217;s north side, one project in Bryan Park  is already complete and another is underway.  The dredging of the park&#8217;s Azalea Garden pond (shown at right), which was choked with cattails, has been completed, and the pond&#8217;s fountain [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://northrichmondnews.com/news/2010/02/25/bryan-park-getting-a-remake/</link>
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		<title>3rd District meeting tonight</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://northrichmondnews.com/news/2010/02/24/3rd-district-meeting-tonight/</link>
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		<title>UR launches another Habitat house in Highland Park</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The University of Richmond is partnering with Richmond Metropolitan Habitat for Humanity (again) to build an affordable house in spring 2010 at 621 E. Brookland Park Blvd in Northside Richmond&#8217;s Highland Park neighborhood. The student-run University of Richmond Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter and the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement (CCE) are working with RMHFH [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://northrichmondnews.com/news/2010/02/23/urhabitathouse2010/</link>
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		<title>Union Presbyterian Seminary &amp; Presbytery of the James join in Haiti relief</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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.



On Wednesday, February 24 at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://northrichmondnews.com/news/2010/02/23/union-presbyterian-seminary-presbytery-of-the-james-join-in-haiti-relief/</link>
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		<title>The Town of Barton Heights</title>
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Barton Heights began as a real estate development project in the fall of 1880s, one of several contemporary efforts to create new suburban towns just outside the Richmond city limits in Henrico County.


The Barton Heights Historic District


Introduction
Early History
James H. Barton and the Speculative Suburb
Architectural Analysis
Barton Heights Cemeteries
Maps of Barton Heights
Credit and Sources



Introduction

Barton Heights is a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://northrichmondnews.com/news/2010/02/20/the-town-of-barton-heights/</link>
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		<title>Two historical Chamberlayne homes may be demolished</title>
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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&#8217;ve learned that the owner of the properties at 4200 and 4202 Chamberlayne Avenue (intersection of Bellevue) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://northrichmondnews.com/news/2010/02/20/two-historical-chamberlayne-homes-may-be-demolished/</link>
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		<title>More details on Enoteca Sogno</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://northrichmondnews.com/news/2010/02/19/more-details-on-enoteca-sogno/</link>
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		<title>10th annual Holton 5k seeks to raise 5k dollars</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; a goal they feel is well within reason [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://northrichmondnews.com/news/2010/02/19/10th-annual-holton-5k-seeks-to-raise-5k-dollars/</link>
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		<title>More HVAC thefts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NBC12 is running a story on more thefts of HVAC units. We covered a similar story back in December.

The thieves didn&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://northrichmondnews.com/news/2010/02/18/more-hvac-thefts/</link>
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		<title>UR hosts forum on Mortgage Crisis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s main purpose is to engage students, however all members of the community are welcome to attend.

The Bonner Center for Civic Engagement (CCE) invites you to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://northrichmondnews.com/news/2010/02/17/uofr-hosts-forum-on-mortgage-crisis/</link>
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		<title>Meeting about composite index school funding at Holton TONIGHT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[School Board members are having meetings across the city to discuss Governor McDonnell&#8217;s recommendation to unfreeze the current &#8220;local composite index forumla.&#8221; 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 be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://northrichmondnews.com/news/2010/02/17/meeting-about-composite-index-school-funding-at-holton-tonight/</link>
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