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2018 year in photos

12/28/2018, 6 a.m.
During the last 12 months, the Free Press has documented life and events in the Richmond area.
Lt. Gov. Justin E. Fairfax waves to a cheering crowd after taking the oath of office in January. He is only the second African-American to be elected to statewide office in Virginia. His wife, Dr. Cerina Fairfax, a dentist, is seated next to him with Attorney General Mark Herring and First Lady Pam Northam and Gov. Ralph S. Northam, right. Photo by Sandra Sellars Richmond Free Press

During the last 12 months, the Free Press has documented life and events in the Richmond area. Photographers have captured through their lenses the continued engagement of people in civic affairs — through protests, celebrations, elections, citizenship, policy changes, renaming of a school and the whimsies of Mother Nature. Here, photographically, are some of the highlights.

Kanya N. Nash puts blankets and quilts up at the windows to stave off January’s cold in her apartment in the Hillside Court public housing community. She was among hundreds of public housing residents impacted by poor maintenance and the replacement of failed heating systems in buildings run by the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority.

Photo by Sandra Sellars

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Kanya N. Nash puts blankets and quilts up at the windows to stave off January’s cold in her apartment in the Hillside Court public housing community. She was among hundreds of public housing residents impacted by poor maintenance and the replacement of failed heating systems in buildings run by the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority.

A reflecting pool offers a serene setting in the rear of Virginia Commonwealth University’s new Institute for Contemporary Art that opened in April at Broad and Belvidere streets in Downtown.

Ava Reaves

A reflecting pool offers a serene setting in the rear of Virginia Commonwealth University’s new Institute for Contemporary Art that opened in April at Broad and Belvidere streets in Downtown.

Hip-hop musician J. Roddy Rod joins a crowd of more than 300 people at a June rally and march protesting the shooting death of Marcus-David Peters, 24, by a Richmond Police officer.

Clement Britt

Hip-hop musician J. Roddy Rod joins a crowd of more than 300 people at a June rally and march protesting the shooting death of Marcus-David Peters, 24, by a Richmond Police officer.

Richmond resident Beato Hernandez, 33, a native of Mexico, poses for a photo with Judge Roger L. Gregory, chief judge of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Hernandez became a U.S. citizen in a naturalization ceremony in July outside the Virginia Museum of History and Culture.

Photo by Regina H. Boone

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Richmond resident Beato Hernandez, 33, a native of Mexico, poses for a photo with Judge Roger L. Gregory, chief judge of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Hernandez became a U.S. citizen in a naturalization ceremony in July outside the Virginia Museum of History and Culture.

Ruth R. Little, a retired teacher, greets students on their first day of classes at the newly named Obama Elementary School on Fendall Avenue in North Side in September.

Photo by Regina H. Boone

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Ruth R. Little, a retired teacher, greets students on their first day of classes at the newly named Obama Elementary School on Fendall Avenue in North Side in September.

Hundreds of people of different faiths, races and backgrounds raise lights of hope in a show of unity and love during a vigil at the Weinstein Jewish Community Center on Monument Avenue in October following a mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh in which 11 people were killed.

Photo by Sandra Sellars

Richmond Free Press

Hundreds of people of different faiths, races and backgrounds raise lights of hope in a show of unity and love during a vigil at the Weinstein Jewish Community Center on Monument Avenue in October following a mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh in which 11 people were killed.

Towanda C. Lee of Mechanicsville cries as she and her brother, Damon R. Charity, right, receive the Congressional Gold Medal on behalf of their father, the late Sgt. Herman Russell Charity Sr., who was one of the nation’s Montford Point Marines. Retired Master Sgt. Forest E. Spencer Jr., left, presented the award in October.

Photo by Sandra Sellars

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Towanda C. Lee of Mechanicsville cries as she and her brother, Damon R. Charity, right, receive the Congressional Gold Medal on behalf of their father, the late Sgt. Herman Russell Charity Sr., who was one of the nation’s Montford Point Marines. Retired Master Sgt. Forest E. Spencer Jr., left, presented the award in October.

Democrat Abigail Spanberger of Henrico heads to the podium on Election Night in November to claim a razor-thin victory in the 7th Congressional District contest against incumbent GOP Rep. Dave Brat.

Photo by Sandra Sellars

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Democrat Abigail Spanberger of Henrico heads to the podium on Election Night in November to claim a razor-thin victory in the 7th Congressional District contest against incumbent GOP Rep. Dave Brat.

After donning a mask and feather boa, 4-year-old Marshall Howard gets a henna tattoo during the 7th Annual Mardi Gras RVA celebration in Richmond’s Manchester in February.

Photo by Clement Britt

After donning a mask and feather boa, 4-year-old Marshall Howard gets a henna tattoo during the 7th Annual Mardi Gras RVA celebration in Richmond’s Manchester in February.

Jubilant John Marshall High School basketball players show off their 3A state championship trophy after their big victory in March over Western Albemarle High School at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Siegel Center. This was the Justices first state championship since 2014.

Photo by James Haskins

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Jubilant John Marshall High School basketball players show off their 3A state championship trophy after their big victory in March over Western Albemarle High School at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Siegel Center. This was the Justices first state championship since 2014.

A young marcher champions his message as thousands of people turned out to demand gun control and school safety during the March for Our Lives demonstration in March from Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School to the State Capitol.

Photo by Sandra Sellars

Richmond Free Press

A young marcher champions his message as thousands of people turned out to demand gun control and school safety during the March for Our Lives demonstration in March from Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School to the State Capitol.

Christopher Hudert walks on stilts high above the crowds enjoying the annual Easter on Parade celebration on Monument Avenue in April.

Photo by Sandra Sellars

Richmond Free Press

Christopher Hudert walks on stilts high above the crowds enjoying the annual Easter on Parade celebration on Monument Avenue in April.

This litter marks Richmond’s public housing residents getting ready in May for a new smoking ban to take effect in August prohibiting them from smoking inside their units, on patios or balconies or in stairwells. With the ban written into leases, violators may be subject to eviction.

Photo by Sandra Sellars

Richmond Free Press

This litter marks Richmond’s public housing residents getting ready in May for a new smoking ban to take effect in August prohibiting them from smoking inside their units, on patios or balconies or in stairwells. With the ban written into leases, violators may be subject to eviction.

A University of Virginia student expresses her disgust at State Police who blocked off part of the Charlottesville campus in August in anticipation of protesters on the first anniversary of the 2017 white supremacist rally in the city in which one woman was killed and dozens of others were injured when a neo-Confederate drove his car into a crowd of counterprotesters.

Photo by Sandra Sellars

Richmond Free Press

A University of Virginia student expresses her disgust at State Police who blocked off part of the Charlottesville campus in August in anticipation of protesters on the first anniversary of the 2017 white supremacist rally in the city in which one woman was killed and dozens of others were injured when a neo-Confederate drove his car into a crowd of counterprotesters.

A man surveys the remnants of the Old Dominion Floor Co. building in Chesterfield County after a tornado spawned by the high winds of Hurricane Florence destroyed property and killed an employee of the business in September.

Photo by Regina H. Boone

Richmond Free Press

A man surveys the remnants of the Old Dominion Floor Co. building in Chesterfield County after a tornado spawned by the high winds of Hurricane Florence destroyed property and killed an employee of the business in September.

A wind-blown blanket of snow covers a North Side neighborhood in early December, when nearly a foot of snow fell in Metro Richmond. It was the second largest snowfall in the city in December since 1908.

Photo by Regina H. Boone

Richmond Free Press

A wind-blown blanket of snow covers a North Side neighborhood in early December, when nearly a foot of snow fell in Metro Richmond. It was the second largest snowfall in the city in December since 1908.