November 23, 2009

Obituaries represent tapestry that is our life
Obituaries represent tapestry that is our life By PATTY CAMPBELL GUEST COLUMNIST

OK, I’ll admit it. I’ve started reading the obituaries. I’ve always thought reading the obituaries was for old people looking to see...

Chris Brown thrills with dance moves at his hometown comeback concert
Chris Brown thrills with dance moves at his hometown comeback concert

In the court of public opinion, at least 3,500 females in central Virginia have forgiven Chris Brown. They roared. They cried. They rushed the stage. And...

Goal: no gifted minorities left behind
Goal: no gifted minorities left behind By HOLLY PRESTIDGE AND OLYMPIA MEOLA TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITERS

In Henrico County schools last year, African-American students made up 36 percent of the enrollment and 7 percent of the children who received gifted education....

Richmond City Council could fast-track plan for new schools

After being stalled for two years, Richmond’s plan to build schools is now being treated as an emergency. Today, the City Council will consider bypassing...


November 22, 2009

Ghostprint Gallery showing ‘Drawing Blood II’
Ghostprint Gallery showing ‘Drawing Blood II’ By ROY PROCTOR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

So what do tattooers do when they aren’t injecting colorful inks into human skin? Judging by last year’s “Drawing Blood” and its...

Officials seek ways to deal with budget shortfall
Officials seek ways to deal with budget shortfall

Public schools may not look the same next fall, two months after Virginia begins a new budget year. Class sizes could grow as large as state law allows....

Richmond officials get ideas from N.C. program for addicts

In hopes of providing alternatives to incarceration, Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones and other officials traveled here last week to tour a former Flav-O-Rich...

Fond memories for St. Joseph’s Villa alumni at anniversary
By JOHN REID BLACKWELL TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER

Whenever she passes through the Brook Road gates onto the campus of St. Joseph’s Villa in Henrico County, Betty Taylor Martin feels like she is going...

Retired VUU professor Archibald H. Benson dies at 81

Archibald Harnamsingh Benson came to the United States from India in 1955 as a student armed with a quick intelligence and a strong will to succeed. The...

Financial difficulties tarnish golden years
Financial difficulties tarnish golden years

On a crisp fall day recently in Richmond’s Church Hill neighborhood, laughter rang out from inside the Linwood Robinson Senior Center on North 26th...

What’s Happening: “Treasures” benefits International Hospital for Children
By MARSHA POLIER GROSSMAN SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

The International Hospital for Children’s “Treasures in Paradise” fifth annual benefit on Nov. 13 raised more than $500,000 for the Richmond-based...

Union Hill residents differ on old and historic designation

Elaine Odell cruised through Richmond’s Union Hill neighborhood, pointing out newly renovated Queen Anneand federal-style homes. Along the way, she...

Chesterfield, Henrico growth slows significantly
By WESLEY P. HESTER TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER

After decades as the Richmond-area’s fastest-growing localities, Chesterfield and Henrico counties are seeing development interest wane. Chesterfield,...


November 21, 2009

Asphalt gives way to old cobblestones
By CHRIS I. YOUNG TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER

Chunks of Richmond’s history are being unearthed on East Cary Street. Yesterday afternoon, volunteers began lifting sections of asphalt in front...

At VCU, march honors women’s suffrage pioneers
By CHRIS I. YOUNG TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER

Aprocession of women marched down Franklin Street yesterday morning to a spot where 100 years ago, the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia was born. Led...

New book flows from a year with the James

After spending a year exploring the James River, Richmond Times-Dispatch reporter Rex Springston and photographer P. Kevin Morley have collaborated on...

Probe of Richmond sheriff to conclude shortly

The special prosecutor investigating an allegation of sexual battery made against Richmond’s sheriff plans to complete the inquiry by early next...


November 20, 2009

Protesters march in Richmond against health care proposals

More than 100 people gathered outside the downtown Richmond offices of Sens. Jim Webb and Mark R. Warner today to protest the proposed health care plans...

Sentencing delayed in Ryan Matko slaying

Next week’s scheduled sentencing of former gang member Detavis J. King for the 2007 slaying of Chesterfield County teenager Ryan Matko will be delayed...

Hundreds get help at service fair for the homeless
Hundreds get help at service fair for the homeless

Joey Monroe calls himself a survivor. The U.S. Marine Corps veteran has survived since August without a permanent roof over his head, and he understands...

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