November 05, 2009

‘Avenue Q’ to bring puppets, irreverent humor to Carpenter Theatre
‘Avenue Q’ to bring puppets, irreverent humor to Carpenter Theatre By BY MELISSA RUGGIERI TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER

With songs such as “Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist” and “The Internet Is for Porn,“ it’s pretty clear that, despite...

Reproduction of Union Hill house wins praise
Reproduction of Union Hill house wins praise

The house was an icon in Richmond’s Union Hill, standing higher than street level in a neighborhood bordering Church Hill. But it also was an eyesore,...

McDonnell announces transition committee
McDonnell announces transition committee By OLYMPIA MEOLA AND TYLER WHITLEY TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITERS

In his first day as governor-elect, Bob McDonnell yesterday announced his transition committee leaders, including Tom Farrell, chairman and CEO of the...

Audits fault groups run by Richmond officials

Audits released this week for the cities of Austin, Texas, and Denver have stung two senior members of Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones’ administration....

Psychic Festival of Richmond is Saturday

festival.com The Psychic Festival of Richmond will be held Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at The Aquarian Bookshop, 3519 Ellwood Ave., with proceeds...

Three charged in robberies in Fan, VCU area

Richmond police have several suspects in one set of robberies in the Fan District and neighborhoods around Virginia Commonwealth University, with three...

Obama nominates two N.C. judges for 4th Circuit

President Barack Obama yesterday nominated two more judges, both from North Carolina, for the Richmond-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. If appointed,...

Mechanicsville doctor gets year in prescription, tax case

Mechanicsville doctor Torino R. “Tee” Jennings was sentenced to a year and one day in prison yesterday for writing tens of thousands of prescriptions...

Richmond Ballet Studio 1 series runs through Sunday
By BY ZACHARY REID TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER

The choreographer Jessica Lang sees movement where most wouldn’t bother to look.  For the past decade, she has transformed those spurts of creativity...


November 04, 2009

Newbille easily captures Richmond City Council seat
Newbille easily captures Richmond City Council seat

Cynthia I. Newbille easily won a special election for the 7th District seat on Richmond’s City Council. Newbille, a one-time city administration...

Newbille up big in voting for Richmond City Council’s 7th District seat

Cynthia I. Newbille appeared poised to win yesterday’s special election for the 7th District seat on Richmond City Council. With five of seven precincts...

Motorcyclist who died was 1 of 3 going 100 mph on I-95, police say

A Henrico County man who died after crashing into a guardrail Saturday was one of three motorcyclists who eluded police on Interstate 95 while racing in...


November 03, 2009

Newbille leads in 7th District seat on Richmond council

Cynthia I. Newbille appeared poised to win today’s special election for the 7th District seat on Richmond City Council. With five of seven precincts...

North Richmond shooting probed; 4 were wounded

Richmond police say they are still investigating the circumstances of a North Richmond shooting that left four people wounded just after midnight Saturday,...

Ex-deacon gets 33 years for Chesterfield rape

A young woman who was raped at gunpoint last year by a local church official benevolently forgave her attacker yesterday shortly before he was sentenced...

Big changes to Richmond’s charter put on hold

The city of Richmond won’t ask the next General Assembly to fix some of the issues in the city charter that were at the root of clashes between then-Mayor...

North Richmond shooting probed; 4 were wounded

Richmond police say they are still investigating the circumstances of a North Richmond shooting that left four people wounded just after midnight Sunday,...

Richmond charter school still working on details

Hurdles remain as the opening of Richmond’s first public charter school nears. Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts, set to open in July, still...


November 02, 2009

Richmond charter school still working on details

Hurdles remain as the opening of Richmond’s first public charter school nears. Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts, set to open in July, still...

Hippodrome renovation set for $600,000 boost
Hippodrome renovation set for $600,000 boost

The historic theater and adjoining Taylor Mansion on North Second Street could open by April 2011 as a live-music venue and theater known as The Hipp,...

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