From RAIDSonline.com:
DUI, ALCOHOL
SPRING ST/ S LAUREL ST
Jan 16, 2016 at 12:45 am
Data provided by Richmond Police Department
DUI at Spring & Laurel
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Laurel Street Alley
Cruiser Race In Monroe Park
(photo courtesy of William Pickett)
Profile On New Binford Principal
Excerpt:
Rickey was hired in May to lead the turnaround of Richmond’s Binford Middle School.
The once-popular school in the Fan District struggled academically for years and, after its enrollment dipped to barely 200 students last year — about 40 percent of building capacity — city school leaders debated whether they wanted to keep it open.
Instead of closing the school, Superintendent Dana T. Bedden and his staff proposed using it as the home for two new-to-Richmond academic programs, the College Board’s Springboard program and their own arts-integrated curriculum.
Then they hired Rickey from Chesterfield County, where she had been a teacher and an administrator, to make it all work.
James River Advocates Upset About Dominion Dumping Plan
From FaceBook event page:
Dominion is planning on dumping MILLIONS of gallons of highly toxic coal ash wastewater PER DAY into Virginia’s waterways, including our James River.
More from WTVR news coverage on a previous protest:
The State Water Control Board’s final vote on Thursday, Jan. 14, to grant the utility company the state permit required to pump waste from the coal ash ponds at Bremo Bluff Power Station in Fluvanna, up river of Richmond.
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The public forum prior to the permit hearing takes place at the State Water Control Board meeting starting at about 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 14 at the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries at 7870 Villa Park Drive.
Historic Photo of Upriver
Before the “North Bank Trail“, this is a photo taken from Hollywood Cemetery, looking up the James River and Kanawha Canal.
Exploring the Biblical Wilderness At St. Andrew’s Church
From email announcement:
In 1873, St. Andrew’s Church started as a bible class in the Oregon Hill neighborhood. Starting this Thursday, all are invited to a new gathering called Exploring the Biblical Wilderness. We will begin our study on January 14 with Gospel of Matthew (chapters 1-14), and our time together may include studies of historical and cultural context, theological themes, contemplative approaches to scripture, and biblical storytelling. 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm in St. Andrew’s House (236 S. Laurel Street). If interested, please email abailey@standrewsoregonhill.org or just show up! This class will occur on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month and is open to everyone!
Theft From Building On S. Pine
From RAIDSonline.com:
THEFT FROM BUILDING
4XX S PINE ST
Jan 10, 2016 at 10:00 am
Data provided by Richmond Police Department
Cherry Street Closed Again
Looks like pipe work at the intersection of Cherry and Idlewood.
Burger’s Bernie Belly Crawl Challenge
Ahhh politics…and in particular the U.S. Presidential race. A lot of people will look down their noses at my forthcoming expression of opinion. Some will rightly say that a community news site should concentrate on local level politics that have more of an immediate impact on the community it represents, while others will disdain any local opinion whatsoever based on their notions of propriety or something. I disregard them, in part because I agree with the adage that all politics is local, and in part because I desire MORE community engagement with politics in general. It should be obvious, but here I insert a disclaimer that I do not portend to represent ALL of Oregon Hill residents’ opinion on anything (unless, perhaps, when I am wearing my crown).
Anyway…so yeah, currently one of the big questions is if Senator Bernie Sanders can successfully upstage Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. Now, like a lot of people, I have been a fan of Bernie for a long time for many of his stands as an “Independent” in Congress (though not all of them). However, I am betting that he will not gain the nomination for a couple of different reasons. Bernie Sanders will not be on the ballot in November. I would love to be proven wrong. So much so that I am willing to make a friendly wager/challenge on this- I hereby announce that if Senator Bernie Sanders does become the Democratic Party nominee for President, I, Scott Burger, promise to crawl on my belly south from Idlewood Avenue down to the James River. (In the unlikely circumstance that I lose this bet, I will concede my loss on a date of my choosing, and upon losing, and I will fulfill my promise to do this crawl on a time and date of my choosing.)
So, if you want to help Bernie or would enjoy seeing me punished and brought low for my political thoughts, I urge you to vote in the Democratic Primary on March 1st and see if you can help prove me wrong. (By the way, I am certainly not alone in this crude speculation and if you would like to bet real money, there are already websites that will cater to this.)
Having issued this challenge, who then am I supporting in the Presidential election? Click for more… Continue reading