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Grand opening Aug.1 of Southside Community Center

A grand opening is planned for next week for the Southside Community Center, the newest addition to the city’s inventory of recreation centers.

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VUU Panthers meet VSU Trojans Saturday at Hovey Field

Virginia Union University football Coach Alvin Parker feels like his team has taken an unfair beating — not on the field, mind you, but in the polls.

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Starting as a pastor in the midst of a pandemic

“I never imagined I would start my ministry in the midst of a pandemic,” Dr. Joshua L. Mitchell said.

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Battle of the big men

VCU to take on UMass Saturday

Driving to the basket could be hazardous to your health — and certainly to your shooting percentage — when Virginia Commonwealth University hosts the University of Massachusetts on Saturday, Jan. 7, at the Siegel Center.

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Sacrifice for success

Parents of student athletes willingly go, and pay for, the extra mile(s)

Willie Starlings, 50, became a sports parent when his son, Joel Starlings, played flag football as a 4-year-old at Hotchkiss Field Community Center in Richmond.

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Straight Outta Compton’ box office hit rakes in $60.2M over weekend debut

“Straight Outta Compton,” the N.W.A. biopic produced by Ice Cube and Dr. Dre, blew away industry expectations over the weekend with a $60.2 million debut.

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New city high-rise built with commitment to diversity

Gerald “Junior” Burr Jr. likely swells with pride every time he crosses the Manchester Bridge and sees the newest addition to the city’s skyline — the 19-story Gateway Plaza building that formally opened this week His company, Canterbury Enterprises Inc., played an important part in the two-year development of the glass-faced, high-rise structure that sits in the block bounded by 8th, 9th, Cary and Canal streets — the new home of the McGuireWoods law firm, its consulting arm and several other companies.

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City’s financial forecast projects deficits — even without a new Coliseum

Prospects that Mayor Levar M. Stoney will advance his grand plan to replace the now closed Richmond Coliseum to City Council appear to be dimming. Since November, the plan has remained in limbo, and City Hall remains mum on the plan’s future.

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VSU, NSU have smallest freshman classes in years

Enrollment is continuing to retreat at Virginia’s two historically black public universities, Norfolk State and Virginia State. Both institutions apparently have admitted their smallest freshman classes in at least a decade, and total enrollment has declined to levels not seen in at least 15 years or longer.

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VSU and NSU to open football season Sept. 5

Virginia State and Norfolk State universities will open their 2020 football seasons against each other on Sept. 5 at Dick Price Stadium in Norfolk. Kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m.

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‘In the Heights’ opens to low numbers

NEW YORK Just when a party was poised to break out in movie theaters, the below-expectation debut of “In the Heights” last weekend dampened Hollywood’s hopes of a swift or smooth recovery at the summer box office.

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Free COVID-19 testing, vaccines

Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.

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Mayor pushes private development of new Coliseum

A pie-in-the-sky fantasy or a realistic prospect for overhauling the Coliseum area of Downtown? That question remains to be answered in the wake of Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s call for companies to provide plans for revitalizing the 10-block area from 5th to 10th streets between Marshall and Leigh streets.

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Jackson Ward church hosts Social Justice Weekend

Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church in Jackson Ward is hosting a “Social Justice Weekend” Saturday, Nov. 14, and Sunday, Nov. 15.