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New program to create jobs, new homes and opportunity
Buy vacant lots in depressed sections of Richmond. Then have small, black-owned construction firms fill the lots with modern, affordable homes that can sell quickly while creating jobs for nearby residents.
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‘Virginians are too sensitive or touchy to appreciate the meaning’ of the Lee monument
Re: “Charlottesville City Council votes to sell Lee statue,” April 20-22 edition: I’m a Canadian, and as a Canadian I feel I must first apologize to your readers for daring to comment on an issue affecting only Virginians and not Ontarians per se.
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No fear of shrill conservatives
The shrill conservative Ann Coulter has made headlines because the University of California, Berkeley, wouldn’t let her speak at the end of April. She was invited by college Republicans, but her appearance threatened to incite violence as activists on the left and on the right prepared to either protest or support her appearance.
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Stay on it
What normally would seem like a simple stretch of time has been an exhausting eternity under the regime of President Donald Trump.
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Commencement season begins at area colleges, universities
The time of cramming for final exams, pulling all-nighters to finish papers and rushing to complete presentations and projects is over.
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Moonlight, Rudolph and Black Lives Matter: Poet Nikki Giovanni takes on range of subjects at VUU talk
The Black Lives Matter movement is benefiting white women, the movie “Moonlight” was a showcase of crazy, and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a story that has a not-so-sweet, enduring side to it.
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More help requested at Evergreen, East End cemeteries
More help, please. That’s the plea from Marvin Harris, founder and president of the nonprofit Evergreen Restoration Foundation that is dedicated to improving the historic 60-acre Evergreen Cemetery on the border between Richmond and Henrico County in the East End.
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Personality: Dr. Pamela Hamilton-Stubbs
Spotlight on volunteer chair of Henrico NAACP’s Health Committee
Dr. Pamela Hamilton-Stubbs specializes in integrative sleep medicine, the medical practice of investigating problems and resolutions for sleep issues. She is a frequent presenter who has authored numerous publications on the subject.
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The Richmond Roughriders, in black and green, ride roughshod over the South Carolina Cowboys during last Saturday’s game at the Richmond Coliseum. The Roughriders won …
Published on May 5, 2017
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Washington signs Alabama players in NFL draft
When you need a hammer and nails, you go to the hardware store. When you need milk and bread, you head to the grocery. When you’re an NFL team desperate for defensive help, a wise place to shop is the University of Alabama. Clearly, that was Washington’s plan in last week’s NFL Draft held in Philadelphia.
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Richmond Roughriders ready to give Florida team a workout
It’s been easy so far — perhaps too easy, for the first-season Richmond Roughriders. That could change soon.
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Honeymoon over?
Plans afoot to limit mayor’s spending decisions
Richmond Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s honeymoon with Richmond City Council appears to be coming to an end. Asserting that the council needs greater control over spending, two of the newest members, Kim B. Gray, 2nd District, and Kristen N. Larson, 4th District, are planning to introduce legislation that would slap fiscal handcuffs on the mayor and his administration.
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Bank business turns ugly for local man
Every two weeks like clockwork, Jeffrey Perry has deposited his paycheck at the Wells Fargo bank branch in Mechanicsville located a few blocks from his workplace.
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RPS employee shot in building slated for closure
Delays in closing the A.V. Norrell school buildings in North Side may have helped put Richmond Public Schools staff who work there in harm’s way Monday.
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Alley blitz underway to fill potholes
Some of the worst alleys in the city are about to get a facelift. The Richmond Department of Public Works this week unleashed a new alley blitz to redo 1,300 alleys from Church Hill to Walmsley Boulevard in South Side and Highland Park in North Side to the Museum District in the West End.
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Richmond company to add 66 new jobs
Richmond just got more good news on the job front — the prospect of 66 new jobs.
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Grace Street development plan on hold
Plans to develop nearly a block of city property on East Grace Street into an $86 million office, hotel and residential complex are headed back to the drawing board after Mayor Levar M. Stoney withdrew legislation on the project. Bob Englander of CathFord Consulting, who proposed the project, said
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Men at work // Trainees in Dominion Energy’s lineman program work on power lines at the company’s Safety and Training Center in Chester. The photo …
Published on April 28, 2017
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Do Richmond schools violate the Constitution?
Are Richmond Public Schools students being forced to attend educational facilities deemed unconstitutional under the U.S. Constitution?
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A U.S. Marshall Plan
Earlier this month, voters in Kansas City, Mo., handily approved three ballot questions that will allow the city to borrow and invest $800 million over 20 years to improve roads, bridges, sidewalks and
