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Henrico to replace voting machines

Henrico County is joining Richmond in replacing its voting machines to comply with new state requirements. Ahead of the June 9 primary, the county inked a deal this week to pay $1.2 million to buy new optical scan machines, Voter Registrar Mark J. Coakley announced.

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SNAP benefits now can be used for online grocery shopping

Food stamps now can be used to buy groceries online in Richmond and across the state.

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Disparity continues in homeownership

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Nearly 90 years ago, Kelly Miller, a black sociologist and mathematician, said, “The Negro is up against the white man’s standard, without the white man’s opportunity.”

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By driving over the black rubber tubing across the roadway, this car adds to the count of vehicles using this street on Monday in Richmond’s Museum District. Location: 2900 block of Grove Avenue. Collecting accurate data on the number of vehicles using a roadway is part of the work of the Virginia Department of Transportation, which regularly sets out counters and the connecting tubing on streets and roads across the state. (Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press)

By driving over the black rubber tubing across the roadway, this car adds to the count of vehicles using this street on Monday in Richmond’s …

Published on November 3, 2018

Pittsburgh NCAA college football defensive back Damar Hamlin poses for a photo with Bryce Williams, 3, of Mckees Rocks, Pa., after the youngster picked out a toy during Hamlin’s Chasing M’s Foundation community toy drive at kelly and Nina’s Daycare Center, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, in Mckees Rocks, Pa. Hamlin wanted to raise $2,500 online to buy toys for needy kids. It took about two years. Then came Monday, Jan. 2, 2023, when the Buffalo Bills safety was critically injured during a game against the Cincinnati Bengals. He instantly became one of the biggest stories in sports, and thousands of people found his GoFundMe page. The result: Roughly $3.7 million donated in the first 12 hours.

Pittsburgh NCAA college football defensive back Damar Hamlin poses for a photo with Bryce Williams, 3, of Mckees Rocks, Pa., after the youngster picked out …

Published on January 5, 2023

Million Man March 20 years later - Throngs of people from across the nation flooded the National Mall in Washington for the Justice Or Else rally marking the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March. People of all ages, ethnicities, faiths and backgrounds were drawn to the capital for the event initiated by Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan. A number of speakers and activists addressed participants, calling for changes in the conditions that oppress African-Americans and other marginalized people. Coverage, B3. By Jeremy M. Lazarus Charlene C. Harris hoped to live out her years at 1600 Colorado Ave., the single- family brick cottage that she and her family have called home for 47 years. But now the retired 68-year- old state employee is being told she must either purchase the two-bedroom home from her landlord, the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority, or face moving. “It’s a terrible situation,” she said. “RRHA has told me I have to put up $500 to begin the process and to get a mortgage by December. Otherwise, I would have to accept relocation.” Like other public housing tenants of such homes, she feels caught in a Catch-22. Until she puts up the $500, RRHA won’t provide an appraisal that would let her know what the sales price would be so she could figure out if she could afford Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press Charlene C. Harris stands in front of her two-bedroom home in the West End. She has been told to buy it or face having to move. Location: 1600 Colorado Ave. RRHA residents in ‘buy or move’ spot the house on her fixed income of about $1,500 a month. It is an ironic twist that RRHA is now marking its 75th

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Front porch portraits: Life in the time of the coronavirus

The rise of COVID-19 has been isolating , over- whelming and quite devastating globally. Orders …

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Richmond Jazz Festival 2014

Musical joy filled the fifth edition of the Richmond Jazz Festival. The entertainment spectacular Saturday …

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Reclaimed, Removed and Reshaped

Monument Avenue was reshaped in ways big and small last week, with the removal of …

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Download Full Carver Elementary VDOE 34-page Report Here

As a result of the concerns shared by the RPS Superintendent, VDOE staff initiated a review of previous SOL test results from George Washington Carver Elementary School. VDOE staff noted that pass rates at George Washington Carver Elementary School over the past several years had been high but had declined from 2015-2016 to the 2016-2017 school year. As a result of the information gathered by VDOE and RPS staff through June 1, 2018, the on-site SOL test administration audit transitioned to an SOL test irregularity investigation led by VDOE staff at the request of RPS. This report outlines details from the investigation, conclusions, and the future actions to be taken.

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