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Love Stories 2022

The Richmond Free Press proudly presents its annual Valentine’s Day feature sharing the love stories of four Richmond area couples.

From blind date to years of wedded bliss...

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Advocates seek to save programs on Richmond schools budget chopping block

Fully fund computer-based learning. And maintain the current cadre of 21 family and community engagement ambassadors who are critical to keeping Spanish-speaking students engaged with Richmond Public Schools. That was the gist of the message that parents, teachers and other speakers passionately expressed to the Richmond School Board Monday night during a public hearing on the proposed budget that board members are now working to finalize.

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Free COVID-19 testing, vaccines

Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.

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Richmond attorney Rhonda K. Harmon, who challenged Nationwide's redlining policies, has died

Rhonda Michelle King Harmon, a former attorney who helped overturn racist insurance policies that prevented Black homeowners in Richmond and elsewhere from gaining standard coverage for their property, has died.

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Metro Richmond area will host numerous events for Black History Month

Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African-Americans and a time for recognizing their central role in U.S. history. The event grew out of “Negro History Week,” the brainchild of noted historian Dr. Carter G. Woodson and other prominent African-Americans.

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Free COVID-19 testing, vaccines

Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.

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Information is knowledge, near and far

Virginia State University is one of six Black universities that will participate in a $2.5 million research and design project to build a framework for digital learning at HBCUs.

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Personality: Maxwell L. ‘Max’ German

Spotlight on board president of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Richmond

“An opportunity to serve the community and support those in need.”

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Richmond area will host numerous events for Black History Month

Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African-Americans and a time for recognizing their central role in U.S. history.

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Feb. 3 award ceremony to honor publishers of Richmond Free Press

The Virginia Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists will present its 2020 George Mason Award to Jean Patterson Boone, publisher of the Richmond Free Press, and her late husband, Ray Boone, who founded the award-winning weekly, during a ceremony on Thursday, Feb. 3, at Virginia Commonwealth University.

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Fort Lee barbers win strike for full pay

Unionized barbers at Fort Lee and Fort Pickett are again providing military haircuts after winning a prolonged strike that began in July.

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Free COVID-19 testing, vaccines

Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.

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Black History Month and the audacity to achieve

Black History Month. Dare we say those three words alone or in a sentence?

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Personality: James W. Warren

Spotlight on chairperson of the board of directors of BridgePark Foundation

Amid the ongoing transforma- tion of Richmond’s landscape and infrastructure, James W. Warren is looking to create bridges in more ways than one.

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Rayford L. Harris Sr., longtime educator, policymaker, adviser and GOP activist, dies at 97

Rayford Lee Harris Sr., who touched the lives of untold thousands of Virginia students as an educator and policymaker, has died.

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VUU beats VSU 88-70 in rivalry without fans

Minus any roar of the crowd or stomping feet, Virginia Union University made all the noise it needed in last Saturday’s game against Virginia State University, swishing balls through the nets.

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’Who We Are’ offers a searing view of racism in U.S.

“If you’ve ever owned a slave, please raise your hand,” Jeffery Robinson asks a live audience at the beginning of “Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America,” a searing documentary based on a lecture he has spent a decade perfecting.

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Inmate receives conditional pardon by former governor, freeing him after 15 years of inequitable sentence

“Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, we are free at last.” For Henry C. Brailey, those words have real meaning after his release from prison a week ago.

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Teacher raises, central office cuts are key to Kamras’ proposed 2022-23 RPS budget

Richmond teachers would get a 5 percent raise, the largest in years, while 33 new people would be added to the Richmond Public Schools payroll.

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Free COVID-19 testing, vaccines

Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.