Each Wednesday afternoon throughout the year, free produce is available at Carter Jones Park.
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The proposal includes capping a four-block section of I-95, and adding green space, new buildings and opportunities to celebrate, arts, culture and history.
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A local historian and a University of Richmond professor want Chesterfield County to better honor the enslaved men and children who worked and died in the mines.
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The 12 petals in the design represent the people who died during the shooting. The four petals in the middle represent the four people injured, and a white center circle is for a police officer who was shot.
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Last month, over 200 scouts descended on the Albright Scout Reservation in Chesterfield County to learn a skill known as orienteering in order to complete a badge requirement. But you don’t need to be a scout to learn this valuable skill.
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On a crisp late Saturday night in early April, a group of about 50 people are gathering at a partially deserted school in Goochland County. But they aren’t here for a lecture or to study. Instead, they’re investigating to see if the county’s one time, only school for Black students is haunted.The eager group will have help from the host of the T.V. show “Ghost Hunters,” and from a special paranormal investigation team. And as Ian Stewart from VPM News reports, some unexplained sounds and images will join the adventure too.
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After nearly 400 years, Virginia’s Rappahannock Indian tribe is again in possession of much of its ancestral home. The tribe is believed to have inhabited Fones Cliffs for thousands of years before English colonization of Virginia.
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Late last month, members of the Mattaponi Indian Tribe held elections for a new chief and tribal council. The incumbent government, however, says the election was illegitimate. Ultimately, Gov. Glenn Youngkin's administration will determine who the state will recognize.
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The Pump House, located in Richmond’s Byrd Park District, is a shuttered, dilapidated municipal building constructed in the 1880s. Its sole purpose was to move about 12 million gallons of drinking water per day from the James River and Kanawha Canal up to the reservoir at Bird Park.
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With thousands of roadways in Virginia, there’s bound to be a few that have sections that are confusing even to the seasoned driver. Here’s the tale of one such area.
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The Olympic games start Friday, July 23 in Tokyo, Japan. One athlete to keep an eye on is rugby player and Richmond-born Cheta Emba. Emba grew up playing basketball and soccer at Maggie L. Walker Governor's School and continued with soccer at Harvard. She discovered rugby while cross-training and fell in love with the sport. She’s now one of the leading players on the U.S. Women’s Olympic Team.
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Richmond’s James River Park Trail, which offers some of the best views of the city in its six mile loop, just got national recognition for being one of the best running trails in the country.
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Last Friday, Michael Paul Williams - the long-time columnist for the Richmond Times-Dispatch - was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the highest honor in journalism, for his “penetrating and insightful columns that led Richmond, a former capital of the Confederacy, through the painful and complicated process of dismantling the city’s monuments to white supremacy.”
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The “Dominion Energy Riverrock” sports and music festival returns this weekend after being cancelled last year. The three-day event will include youth clinics led by Black athletes who seek to increase diversity in the sport by tackling structural barriers to entry and increasing awareness in their communities.
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Photo essay: Members of Richmond's LGBTQ+ community started Safe Space Market to create an inclusive and COVID-safe gathering space.
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For the second year in a row, runners and cyclists in the Richmond region will have to adjust expectations and their race calendars because of the pandemic
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Denied a fall play production because of the pandemic, students at Midlothian high school have adapted the holiday film classic “It’s a Wonderful Life” into a virtual play, complete with sets, sound effects and costumes.
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In Chesterfield County, efforts to recruit poll workers have been underway for months to fill the gaps left by the exit of traditional workers who have opted out because of their age and how it relates to the Coronavirus. The aggressive campaign at both the county and national level has filled those gaps, but the storm clouds of the pandemic will still linger on November 3.
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School districts across the country, including in Richmond, are considering severing ties with local police departments amid nationwide protests over police conduct.
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A historic Black cemetery is under ownership, and hopes are high for its restoration.
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What’s it like to be foster parents during COVID-19? David Vinson and Lindsey Hershner share their experiences becoming foster parents, adapting to quarantine and providing stability to two boys during a time of uncertainty.