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Kamras calls for tax hike to support schools
More money, please. That’s the call from Richmond Public Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras.
Richmond food justice corridor gets boost with $250,000 grant
Arthur L. Burton has spent more than three years organizing a food-based approach to uplift the health and economic prospects of poorer sections of Richmond, particularly in and around public housing communities.
Promoter sues city over admissions tax
Longtime Richmond area promoter Fenroy A. “Hosea” Fox wants a refund of the 7 percent admissions tax he has paid to the city during the past four years from ticket proceeds from concerts and events he has staged.
Bagby to lead Va. Legislative Black Caucus
Henrico Delegate Lamont Bagby will lead the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus in the 2018 General Assembly session.
New Coliseum plan to launch Monday?
Will this be the City Council meeting at which Mayor Levar M. Stoney introduces ordinances on the Richmond Coliseum replacement plan?
Randolph Pool, splash pad at Ann Hardy Plaza reopened
The Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation and Com-munity Facilities is making some needed fixes.
New stable for police horses
Richmond’s four police horses, Aslan, Samson, Scooter and Toby, are finally getting a new home.
City council greenlights coliseum’s replacement
The vacant and closed Richmond Coliseum is headed for redevelopment.
Historic credit union will offer home mortgages
It took 86 years, but South Side-based Richmond Heritage Federal Credit Union is finally able to offer home loans.
City Council gives green light to new $13M apartment development at former funeral home site
The historic home of the A.D. Price Funeral Home at 212 E. Leigh St. in Jackson Ward will soon gain more apartments.
New North Side farmers’ market faces challenge
A new farmers’ market has opened on the grounds of Richmond Community High School, but City Hall’s removal of electricity has limited the operation, organizers said.
Va. on record: Racism is a public health crisis
Racism is a public health crisis, the General Assembly has declared.
Businessman and civic activist Anson L. Bell, 69, dies
Anson Lloyd Bell, a Richmond contractor and businessman who was active in community affairs, has died. Mr. Bell, who crusaded for Black inclusion in city contracts and on other issues, died Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. He was 69.
Educator Charles L. Walker, 71, dies
Charles Len “Herm” Walker spent more than 35 years involved with the education of Richmond children.
Gray still questions cost of taking statues down
City Councilwoman Kim B. Gray, who is challenging Mayor Levar M. Stoney for the city’s top elected job, said this week that the Associated Press interview with contractor Devon Henry has not changed her view that an investigation is needed into the $1.8 million contract he received to remove the city’s Confederate statues from Monument Avenue and other public property in early July.
Fate of VUU sign, Confederate statue at standstill
On hold. That’s the status of two landmarks — Virginia Union University’s lighted logo signs that sit atop the 165-foot Vann bell tower on the campus, and the last Confederate statue still standing in the city.
Technical Center sees lack of classes
Teachers have little to do other than monitor halls
For decades, hundreds of Richmond high school students have been bused daily to the Technical Center on Westwood Avenue to learn everything from barbering to vehicle repair and construction trades. After those courses, students then were bused back to their schools to take regular classes.
Early childhood educator Joyce R. Cosby dies at 83
For decades, Joyce Randolph Cosby played a key role in helping 3- and 4-year-olds in Richmond prepare for kindergarten.
Saturday parking enforcement
People have always enjoyed free weekend parking in Richmond – but that is about to change in limited areas with metered spaces.
Columbus Day is now Indigenous People’s Day
Richmond officially wiped out the Columbus Day name from the October holiday and also saluted a Black sorority that is preparing to mark its 100th birthday.
