A real sweetie/Amira Jones, 3, has her hands full with a teddy bear and cotton candy at the recent Community Outreach Day at Hotchkiss Field Community Center in North Side. The free event was sponsored by Project Restore, Empowering Youth for Positive Change and the Capital Area Health Network.

Cityscape: Slices of life and scenes in Richmond/Is 3D printing the next big thing in home building? Right, workers watch concrete being poured under the direction and precision of a computer to build an exterior wall of a new home at 217 Carnation St. in South Side. Above, the large barrel is the starting point for the concrete, which flows to the pointer barrel that takes instruction from the computer. A Denmark company developed this new use for 3D printing and the machinery, with Richmond hosting the first test of this innovation.

Cityscape: Slices of life and scenes in Richmond/Is 3D printing the next big thing in home building? Right, workers watch concrete being poured under the direction and precision of a computer to build an exterior wall of a new home at 217 Carnation St. in South Side. The large barrel is the starting point for the concrete, which flows to the pointer barrel that takes instruction from the computer. A Denmark company developed this new use for 3D printing and the machinery, with Richmond hosting the first test of this innovation.

Making a splash/With the temperature reaching 95 degrees by noon on July 1, Mayor Levar M. Stoney and Chris Frelke, director of the city's Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities, wrapped up a news conference a Hotchkiss Field Community Center in North Side by jumping in the pool - clothes, shoes, socks and all. Their actions tickled youngsters and the scene broke into a splash party.

Making a splash/With the temperature reaching 95 degrees by noon on July 1, Mayor Levar M. Stoney and Chris Frelke, director of the city's Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities, wrapped up a news conference a Hotchkiss Field Community Center in North Side by jumping in the pool - clothes, shoes, socks and all. Mayor Stoney dries off afterward, with no word on whether his wardrobe was of the drip-dry variety.

Lofty daisies in North Side

Crowd Pleaser/There's nothing like fireworks to draw a crowd. More than 9,000 people packed. The Diamond last Saturday during the Richmond Flying Squirrels' Fourth of July weekend home stand against the Binghamton Rumble Ponies Ponies of New York. After the Squirrels' 2-1 win over the Rumble Ponies Saturday night, the celebration continued with a colorful fireworks display that was visible far outside the stadium.

Crowd Pleaser/There's nothing like fireworks to draw a crowd. More than 9,000 people packed. The Diamond last Saturday during the Richmond Flying Squirrels' Fourth of July weekend home stand against the Binghamton Rumble Ponies Ponies of New York. After the Squirrels' 2-1 win over the Rumble Ponies Saturday night, the celebration continued with a colorful fireworks display that was visible far outside the stadium.

Crowd Pleaser/There's nothing like fireworks to draw a crowd. More than 9,000 people packed. The Diamond last Saturday during the Richmond Flying Squirrels' Fourth of July weekend home stand against the Binghamton Rumble Ponies Ponies of New York. After the Squirrels' 2-1 win over the Rumble Ponies Saturday night, the celebration continued with a colorful fireworks display that was visible far outside the stadium.

Crowd Pleaser/There's nothing like fireworks to draw a crowd. More than 9,000 people packed. The Diamond last Saturday during the Richmond Flying Squirrels' Fourth of July weekend home stand against the Binghamton Rumble Ponies Ponies of New York. After the Squirrels' 2-1 win over the Rumble Ponies Saturday night, the celebration continued with a colorful fireworks display that was visible far outside the stadium.