1011 North Lombardy = $550,000

Richmond real estate blog Rapport has some info on today’s sale of the 1.3 acres of 1011 North Lombardy (across from MLWGS) for a cool $550,000.

intro to First Fridays

“I would like to attend Art Walk tomorrow night, and I was wondering if someone could tell me how it works? Do you just walk around and visit the various galleries? Good places to park? Any suggestions of the best galleries to visit? A little about... (more...)

Do you want Baseball in Chesterfield??

Baseball - more Blah Blah Blah

With so much talk about Baseball on TV, in the Paper and in the blogs - I’m starting to hear nothing but Blah Blah Blah.  However, some news about baseball and Chesterfield got me listening - even if it wasn’t really any news at all.  In... (more...)

Hapy Birthday WOTBN.net

Happy Birthday to us! One year ago today we went live with this post. Hopefully we’ve stayed true to our original mission, to be “A place to find out what is going on, to be heard on our issues and to express our thoughts on what’s good... (more...)

The deviled-egg duel is on

Cislack vs. Humphries, Wednesday Feb. 13 at Java Mio. 4pm. Three judges will decide the winner. Come sample the goods and see if you agree with the outcome!

Billy Ray Hatley at The Camel

Billy Ray Hatley and the Showdogs will appear at The Camel (1621 W. Broad St.) on Sat., Feb. 2. Show starts at 9 p.m. “For those of us who have followed Billy Ray Hatley’s songwriting and performing art for years, finally we have a portrait we... (more...)

PPS PSAs

1) Petersburg City Schools announce Winter Convocation 2) Petersburg High School Senior Parent Night has been rescheduled 3) The Petersburg City-wide PTA is sponsoring a College Night 4) Petersburg City Public Schools will hold its division-wide Spelling... (more...)

Real Estate Reassessments

If you haven’t opened up your 2008 Real Estate Reassessments yet - Don’t.  Well I guess you better but for many in Chesterfield County it hasn’t been good news.   Many people in the county are seeing increases over 20%. I’ll... (more...)

Ten Thousand Villages remodels and wants your help

Ten Thousand Villages works with artisans who would otherwise be unemployed or underemployed. This income artisans earn helps pay for food, education, health care and housing. Volunteers will be helping with a remodel for the store. We will be moving... (more...)

Manchester planning session

The next phase of the downtown planning process features smaller neighborhood breakout groups. Tonight’s session focuses on Manchester and Blackwell. Everyone is invited to The Bankuet Place (the old Mechanics & Merchant’s Bank in Downtown... (more...)

Maybeury First Grader Competes in Spelling Bee

Adam Sachs, a first grader at Maybeury Elementary School, is unusual in that he can spell so well so young. He was the best in his school, and was selected to compete in the county-wide competition. Unfortunately, last night, he was eliminated in the... (more...)

West End Man Charged with Making Bomb

A part time employee at the Patterson Avenue Pleasants Hardware, William R. Hedgepeth, 20, was charged yesterday with manufacturing and possesing a fire bomb, in association with a series of mailbox explosions at the end of December. Henrico County... (more...)

more is better at Hidden Treasure?

The RTD’s Dana Craig visits Hidden Treasure and comes away with complaints about portions and attention to detail: Tucked away in a Clay Street basement, this year-old eatery takes the less-is-more approach to its homey décor and unaffected... (more...)

Downtown Plan for Manchester meeting tonight

The first of the recently announced neighborhood-level Downtown Plan meetings is scheduled for tonight for the Manchester and Blackwell areas. The meeting will be at the The Bankuet Place (1129 Hull Street) tonight from 6-8PM. (more…)

Monarchs vs. Rams tilt picked up by ESPN2

Virginia Commonwealth University ’s Sat., Feb. 16, contest with arch-rival Old Dominion will air on ESPN2 and tip-off at 8 p.m., the network announced on Wednesday. VCU (15-5, 8-2) is currently in first place in the Colonial Athletic Association, one... (more...)

Tell Me Where You’re Marching, Tell Me Where You’re Bound

While photographing pre-Civil War sites around Richmond, Shanna Merola discovered that many of the structures used during the city’s slave trade have been erased from the landscape, with few markers to indicate their historical significance. With... (more...)

hookers and drugs on North 22nd; robberies north of Fairmount (UPDATED)

Fairmount’s ongoing problems with prostitution and drugs makes the news. So everybody knows that this is going on, now what? More signs? … Another later story also on nbc12 brings to light a spate of robberies last night in Brauers at Brauers... (more...)

Pilot health program for Wythe High

Assuming it receives the necessary funding, George Wythe High School will be the site of a new health program designed to fill the gap in medical care that affects many RPS students. The traditional school nurse would be replaced by a nurse practitioner,... (more...)

Campaign finance, 4th District style

A T-D article on City Council members and campaign donations briefly mentions Kathy Graziano’s fundraising efforts, noting that she has “collected almost $39,000 in contributions in the last six months of 2007 and has almost $58,000 in her... (more...)

Jim Crow Art Exhibit, “Hateful Things”

VSU will host the above-named art exhibit for two weeks starting Feb 11. From the press release, “By using this art exhibit to look at a small slice of history, we hope to stir emotions in the human spirit to create a positive dialogue about issues... (more...)

New research center on African-American history

Virginia State University and Petersburg Public Library, with the help of the Virginia Historical Society, will be launching a new research center that focuses on Petersburg and the Atlantic World. Today’s RTD has the details.

The Gift of Black Inventors

The folks at the Black History Museum have updated their calendar to announce The Gift of Black Inventors Opening Reception, opening February 1 from 6-8PM. The Gift of Black Inventors highlights the numerous contributions of Americans of African descent... (more...)