
Two projects recently before the planning commission are on the consent agenda for Monday’s City Council meeting. Newly elected City Council representative Cynthia Newbille will be sworn in on Monday as well. ...

Steven Semes’ recent From Contrast to Continuity: A New Preservation Philosophy, a take on the divide over appropriate development for historic areas, seems to be resonating along the local email networks this weekend: Thoughtful preservationists and citizen activists are increasingly f...

The Church Hill Association’s Holiday Weekend is coming up on December 11-13 and this year for the first time you can buy tickets online to the Church Hill Holiday Ball and/or Church Hill Historic House Tour. ...

Once a year, people travel to Richmond from far and wide to raucously celebrate the shape note and Sacred Harp singing tradition. This year it’s happening on November 7th at St. John’s Episcopal Church with the James River Sacred Harp Convention on Saturday, November 7th from 10am to 3:30pm. [via]

New Vision Civic League; Penny Cemetery Fund’s Evergreen Cleanup; Veteran’s Day Reenactment; Church HIll North Association meeting; City Council Formal Meeting; Creighton Tenant Council ; Friends of Chimborazo Park Playground; Mosby Court Tenant Council; RECYCLING WEEK; Tuesday St. Jo...

The #3 Blue Devils crushed the Wildcats 62-20. Next week is the final game of the season for 1-8 Armstrong, an away outing at Hanover High School.

The November Update from the Department of Community Development includes a recap of the Church Hill Zoning Meeting from a few weeks back: DCD staff held a neighborhood meeting with Church Hill residents on October 22 to discuss possible zoning changes in response to the land use recommendations...

The Richmond School Board tonight held the first of 2 informational meeting on deciding which of two competing school construction plans to support...

The First Precinct Community Assisted Public Safety (CAPS) meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 11, at 6PM at East District Initiative (701 N 25th St. 2nd Floor)...

Delegate Delores McQuinn will be throwing down at Que Pasa tonight starting at 6:30PM. Delegate Jennifer McClellan will be the bright spot at the Deeds/Wagner/Shannon “party” at the Westin Hotel at 6631 West Broad Street. Any other election night events out there?

A Hard Days Night & Second Flyte (Beatles and Byrds tribute bands) will play at the Robinson Theater on November 14 as part of a fundraiser for Sportable, a local non-profit that sponsors recreation and sports programs to those injured or born with a disability...

There is an amazing sycamore behind the dead-end where 24th Street doesn’t meet Franklin Street, down from Bellevue ES. Check out this panorama from Franklin Street.

To whomever gets elected tomorrow to serve as our new City Council representative, our 2 representatives in the House of Delegate, State Senator, School Board representative, et al: here are some suggestions… I would like to see elected officials that can communicate with the public. ...

In a follow-up to Mayor Jones’ push for a new Huguenot High School, the RTD is reporting that “the School Board will meet Thursday for the first of two scheduled work sessions to discuss building new schools” and that “a decision on which schools to build could come as early as Nov. 16.” I...






