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Beginning-ish Gardeners Workshop @ Chimbo Community Garden

Backyard Farmer will be conducting a workshop covering soil health and amendments, planting, watering, bed management, row cover, cold frames, and other tips for successful gardening at the new Tricycle Community Garden @ Chimbo Playground Park this coming Saturday, March 27 at 2PM. Cost: $20 plus optional materials (you can build a cold frame or […]

Church Hill Irish Festival welcomes spring to Richmond

The Church Hill Irish Festival is today & tomorrow and the weather couldn’t be more perfect so it ought to be about as hoppin’ as it gets. Got any photos to share? Upload’e to flickr and tag’em “Church Hill Irish Festival” to get’em into the slide show.

Have you seen Pebbles?

Melissa writes: “My cat Pebbles got out yesterday, she is an old indoor cat
with no claws. Contact me at (804)614-6769.”

US Census Questionnaire Assistance Centers at the East End Library, EDI

There are US Census Questionnaire Assistance Centers set up at the East End Library (25th and R Streets) Mon-Fri 10AM-1PM and at the East End District Initiative (25th and M Streets Mon-Fri 2-5PM. These centers will be open from March 19th to April 19th to assist people with any questions or help they may need […]

This week’s calendar

Church Hill Irish Festival; Libby Hill Park Mulch Day; Shop Richmond Weekend Kick-Off; Anniversary Reenactment; City Council Formal Meeting; Open Mic @ Poe’s; Veggie Bus; Beginner’s Yoga; Fairfield Court Tenants Council; Beginning-ish Gardeners Workshop @ Chimbo Community Garden; MORE…

Church Hill Irish Festival
Sat Mar 20 / Sun Mar 21
@25th and Broad Streets – The festival will […]

Newbille seeks to recognize Richmond City Promise Neighborhood Initiative

The agenda for Monday evening’s City Council city council meeting (PDF) includes a resolution sponsored by the 7th District’s Cynthia Newbille commending the Richmond City Promise Neighborhood Initiative (PDF) in their efforts to acquire a Promise Neighborhood grant.

The Richmond City Promise Neighborhood Planning Committee includes leaders from the Better Housing Coalition, Bon Secours Richmond […]

Citywide kindergarten and preschool registration for 2010

Citywide kindergarten and preschool registration began today. Registration will be held at all elementary schools from 9AM-6PM, including Bellevue, Chimborazo, George Mason, Woodville, and Fairfield Court . Eligible children must be five-years-old by September 30, 2010.

From the press release:

Richmond Public Schools will hold citywide registration March 18 for its 2010-2011 kindergarten and preschool programs. Kindergarten […]

Cedar Street proposal underwhelming at UHCA

The Union Hill Civic Association declined to support a proposed development at Cedar and Mosby Streets as presented at tonights meeting.

Developer Ron Hunt and a team including architect Walter Parks presented details of the project. The 1st phase of a 2 phase project would see a 5 story building constructed north of Cedar Street. This […]

Snoop coming to East End Library

As part of the ongoing book club aimed at high school aged boys and girls in the area sponsored by DTLR, Felicia “Snoop” Pearson, author and actor from the award winning HBO hit “The Wire”, is coming to the East End Library to talk about her memoir, Grace After Midnight on March 30. Teens […]

Set up on M Street

The RTD has the details of a luridly pathetic robbery in Union Hill:

Richmond police say a woman gave the father of her children a ride as a means to set him up to be robbed at gunpoint. […] Capt. David L. Martin said McLaurin offered a ride to the father of her children yesterday morning […]

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