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City center vision

NH Foundation looks to new coliseum to spur major redevelopment in Downtown

How do you build a $220 million coliseum for Richmond without putting up any money?

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Gift of the heart

Earl Fleming, a Richmond makeup artist, entertainer and advocate who has given so much to others, receives gift of life from stranger

This Christmas, one of Richmond’s living legends, who has spent his life giving to others, received the most beautiful gift of all: The gift of life.

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Rev. Calvin Butts, influential pillar of Harlem, dies at 73

The Rev. Calvin O. Butts III, who fought poverty and racism and skillfully navigated New York’s power structure as pastor of Harlem’s historic Abyssinian Baptist Church, died Oct. 28 at age 73, the church announced.

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Mayor introduces plan to boost affordable housing

For at least 25 years, City Hall has offered a tax abatement program that has spurred improvements and upgrades to at least 7,500 aging homes and apartment buildings in exchange for seven years of reduced real estate taxes.

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Driven

Program helps residents regain driver’s licenses, better quality of life

Perry Whitaker is on the road to rebuilding his life.

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Ravens’ Lamar Jackson defies Heisman history, breaks record

If there is such a thing as a Heisman Trophy jinx, Lamar Jackson seems immune to it — so far. At least among African-American quarterbacks, the Heisman — college football’s ultimate individual award — hasn’t exactly spelled a yellow brick road to NFL stardom.

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Coliseum review panel stalled after attempt to add VUU president

New twists occurred this week in the ongoing saga of the Navy Hill District Corp. proposal to replace the Richmond Coliseum.

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VSU has one of best seasons despite NCAA loss

This basketball season will go down as one of the best in Virginia State University history. Before the Trojans’ season-ending, 77-58 loss Sunday to visiting Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania in the NCAA Division II Atlantic regionals, the Trojans achieved these firsts:

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Personality: Lynne B. Hughes

Spotlight on Comfort Zone Camp founder

When Lynne B. Hughes lost her mother and father at the age of 9 and 12, respectively, she struggled to find help after their deaths.

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Personality: Lizbeth D’Surney Snead

Winner of National WIC Association Leadership Award

As coordinator of the Women, Infant and Children program for the Richmond City Health District, Lizbeth Snead wants to spread the word that WIC does more than provide supplemental foods to families. The federal program also provides grants to states for health care referrals and nutrition education for low- to moderate-income women.

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Vanderbilt’s Kumar Rocker throws no-hitter to land in NCAA record book

Kumar Rocker is the talk of college baseball as the NCAA World Series is set to begin in Omaha, Neb. The Vanderbilt University freshman threw a no-hitter with 19 strikeouts in the Commodores’ 3-0 win over Duke University on June 8 in the NCAA Super Regional in Nashville.

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Nasal flush possibly remedy to fight off coronavirus?

Photographer and home builder Robert Liverman has become an unlikely crusader for a method he believes people can use to help protect themselves from COVID-19 — daily rins- ing their noses.

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Annie Giles Center to have grand reopening ceremony July 31

It has been a soup kitchen and a shelter for the homeless during the winter.

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Pass the Freedom to Vote Act, by Ben Jealous

Republican-controlled state legislatures have imposed new voting restrictions. They are getting ready to create more safe congressional seats for Republicans through abusive partisan redistricting. They are undermining faith in elections with false claims about election fraud and demands for fake “audits.”

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Wishing for governance ‘devoid of biases’, by Dr. E. Faye Williams

When you read this, we will be in the year 2022 or almost there. I hope the new year will hold the realization of your most cherished hopes and dreams.