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Archive for May 2010

NBC 12 Covers Chinese Drywall Issue At Overlook

WWBT did a story on the ‘Chinese drywall” issues at the Overlook condos. Excerpt: “The first year I lived here it was probably worked on 25 times,” he said. Edmonds could smell a strange odor, like rotten eggs in the house. His silver was starting to corrode. “When I first purchased the home I bought [...]

Upcoming Events at the Flying Brick

From email from the Flying Brick: Tomorrow Night!! Eating Disorders and Body Image: One Survivor’s Perspective presented by Matt Wetsel of the Flying Brick Library! Starts at 6! Friday, the 14th: Our monthly potluck with a film showing of “XXY”. This is the fictional story of a 15 year old intersex person, living in a [...]

Pine Street Oil Spill Cleaned Up

Yesterday a dump truck accidentally created an oil spill on Pine Street. Thankfully, the City seemed to do a good job of cleaning it up quickly. Here are some pictures, courtesy of neighborhood resident Jennifer Hancock:

MJ Fest in Monroe Park

I am late with posting on this site, but there is this event today: Richmond Marijuana March and Festival 2010 TODAY — MAY 8th — Noon through 4:20 and later Monroe Park, Richmond, VA No march, just music and talk and exhibits. Check out FaceBook site.

City Says: Please follow River Regulations

City press release: Reminder: Please follow River Regulations The city of Richmond reminds visitors to the James River Park to obey Richmond’s river regulations. “The regulations were put in place by the city of Richmond to increase public safety at the river. We want the public to enjoy the park, but we want them to [...]

Byrd Market Officially Opens Tomorrow

From press release: Join us at Byrd House Market this Tuesday, May 4th, our 2010 OPENING DAY, 3:30 – 7:00 pm, to EAT GOOD and jumpstart your GROWing season with GREATness! That’s our theme this year: “EAT GOOD GROW GREAT” and it applies to so many aspects of the market experience and the WBCH mission [...]

Red Light Cameras Might Be Coming To Belvidere

Hills and Heights blog has a post about the ‘new red light cameras’ that the City of Richmond will be installing at various busy intersections. Although nothing is confirmed, there is some speculation that these will go on some of the most ticketed intersections, including several on Belvidere. There’s been a lot of debate surrounding [...]

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