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VUU men win cross-country meet
Virginia Union University’s Franck Charles remains undefeated this season after winning the Panther Classic cross-country meet last weekend at Richmond’s Bryan Park.
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Dogwood Dell blossoms with Festival of the Arts
Richmond’s free summer Festival of the Arts at Dogwood Dell will launch its new season Sunday, June 7, with a Renaissance-style fair and a production of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.”
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VUU to use $1.2M grant to aid city students
Virginia Union University is the winner of a $1.2 million federal grant to assist Richmond high school students to gain admission to college, it was announced Wednesday.
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Dave Roberts NL Manager of the Year
Dave Roberts found a cure for a record-setting plague of injuries this season as the Los Angeles Dodgers’ first-year manager.
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School choice to be expanded by feds
The Trump administration is proposing “the most ambitious expansion” of school choice in American history, U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced Monday while giving few details on how the program would work.
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Adediran lands provisional post in Petersburg
Dismissed from is job at Richmond’s City Hall, Emmanuel O. Adediran is headed to a job with the Petersburg city government, the Free Press learned Wednesday.
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Postal service to issue stamp marking Hindu holiday
Never before has a U.S. postage stamp celebrated anything Hindu. But coming soon to a post office near you: A stamp marking the Hindu holiday of Diwali. The new Forever stamp is scheduled to be featured at a first-day-of-issue dedication ceremony on Oct. 5 at the Consulate General of India in New York City.
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Retrial for former governor?
The U.S. Supreme Court overturned federal corruption convictions against former Gov. Bob McDonnell in June.
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City seeking developers for Boulevard project
It took an extra three weeks, but City Hall is now seeking developers for the projected $350 million transformation of its Boulevard property into apartments, offices and retail space.
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Local players help MJBL teams to victory
Richmond coaches and players took on big roles in helping the Metropolitan Junior Baseball League mark its 50th anniversary providing youth baseball during the nonprofit organization’s recent East-West All-Star games in Daytona Beach, Fla., and Savannah, Ga.
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Will statue removal be remedy for gender myopia?
I recently completed a book about high school hockey. Because of budget cuts, there were several departments that were defunded, one being the female hockey league.
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Make people the priority with city investment
Re “Slave memorial and museum gets jumpstart under mayor’s plan,” Free Press July 30-Aug. 1 edition:
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Monument Avenue Commission Sept. 13 meeting postponed
The Monument Avenue Commission’s much-anticipated Sept. 13 public hearing on the Confederate statues in Richmond has been postponed until sometime in October.
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Shootings and homicides up in city, but major crime down 3% from 2018
Sixty people as of noon Dec. 31, were fatally shot, bludgeoned or knifed to death in Richmond in 2019, according to city Police Department statistics.
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Ben Stanley steps up for Hampton Pirates
When Jermaine Marrow went down, Hampton University needed a volunteer to step up. Ben Stanley was the first to raise his hand.
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Dixon to become Crusade for Voters new president
John I. Dixon III, former Petersburg police chief and a retired Richmond Police Department major, will become president of the Richmond Crusade for Voters on Jan. 1.
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Human rights not suspended when crossing lines
Lady Liberty, once a beacon of hope for the world’s desperate and persecuted, became a hollow symbol on June 11 when U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, announced “zero-tolerance” policies that deny relief to asylum seekers fleeing domestic or gang violence.
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CIAA makes changes for 2018 basketball tourney
Some changes are in order for the 2018 CIAA Basketball Tournament slated for Feb. 27 through March 3 in Charlotte, N.C.
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Leadership on school modernization ‘requires hard decisions’
Re “Put Schools First offers $650M plan to modernize city schools,” Free Press March 1-3 edition: The Paul Goldman plan to modernize our schools rightfully recognizes that we spend a disproportionate share of the taxpayers’ dollars on big salaries for bureaucrats at the expense of fixing problems like crumbling schools.
