archive for June, 2007
June 2, 2007
a brief Carver-Newtowne history lesson
Check out this 25-page A History of the Carver and Newtowne Neighborhoods by Kathryn E. Colwell. [via]
June 4, 2007
postcard - A.D.Price Funeral Home
The VCU Libraries Digital Collection has an undated postcard of the A.D.Price Funeral Home when it was at 208 East Leigh Street.
June 5, 2007
Carver Portraits (2003-2005)
The Fall 2004 issue of VCU’s Blackbird had a piece on Wendy Ewald’s Carver Portraits, the “29 large-scale photographic banners, each measuring 10 by 8 feet [that] were installed in twelve outdoor locations throughout the neighborhood.
June 6, 2007
accident @ 95 and Belvidere
There has been an accident on 95 at the Belvidere overpass involving a tractor trailer and at least one other vehicle. All lanes of 95 and the Belvidere overpass are closed.
June 7, 2007
McLean sentenced in Patterson murder
Andre M. McLean was sentenced to 25 years in prison yesterday for his part in the murder of Melvin D. Patterson in his Jackson Ward home in October. McLean’s wife, Genesis Astra Saunders-McLean, had earlir recieved a sentence of 31 years in prison on the same murder charge. Richmond Circuit Judge Bradley B. Cavedo found her guilty and on April 18 sentenced her to 31 years in prison. [via]
June 8, 2007
graduation at Siegel Center will bring traffic
Traffic on Belvidere and Broad Streets between now and next weekend will be high. High school graduations are being held at the Siegel Center almost everyday between today and June 16th. [via]
June 11, 2007
about a wandering 7-year-old
Today’s RTD has Supervision of autistic student faulted, about the difficulties that the parents of an exceptional education child at Carver Elementary are having.
June 12, 2007
#3 for appreciation over past 5 years
Richmond real estate blog the804.com has a look at home appreciation by neighborhood over the past 5 years, noting that Jackson Ward is 3rd in the city with average selling prices increasing 181% over that span.
June 13, 2007
memo about arrest quotas for Gilpin Court leaks
From Style Weekly’s Arrest Quota in Gilpin Angers ACLU: “In Richmond’s Gilpin Court public housing project, the magic number is 24, according to an April 12 internal police e-mail leaked to Style Weekly. The memo’s raising new questions about the use of arrest quotas within the Richmond Police Department.”
June 15, 2007
updated classifieds
The main classifieds pages for For Sale/Wanted and Housing now include listings pulled from Craig’s List. Listings submitted through cjwn will always be at the top of the list.
June 18, 2007
fatal shooting in Gilpin
A man was fatally shot at around 6:20am today in the 1000 block of St.John Street. [via]
June 18, 2007
good words for the Marshall Street Cafe
Style Weekly gives a thumbs-up to the Marshall Street Cafe, calling it “one of the prettiest little restaurants in town”, in the review Crossing into Jackson.
