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School bus plan raises safety concerns

Tara Spencer stands on her porch in the Creighton Court public housing community each school day and watches as her 12-year-old daughter, Japria, waits about 20 yards down the street to catch the bus to Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School where she is a sixth-grader.

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Creighton Court redevelopment project seeks $4.9M city bailout

The project to transform the poverty-stricken Creighton Court public housing area in the East End into a mixed-income development has run into a glitch — the master developer can’t raise all the money needed to construct the first 105 apartments.

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Federal judge finds no ADA violation in Sheriff’s Office hiring decision

A federal judge has found that Richmond Sheriff C.T. Woody Jr. did not violate the Americans with Disabilities Act when he declined to reassign a disabled deputy to a vacant payroll position and instead hired someone else to fill the job.

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Downtown illumination Dec. 4 to kick off the holiday

Downtown will light up for the holidays with the annual RVA Illuminates celebration this Friday, Dec. 4.

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Regional computer programming school proposed

Ten school districts, including Richmond, Chesterfield and Henrico, are embarking on a bold educational experiment aimed at overhauling career training for area high school students, particularly those struggling in traditional classes. The first step: Creation of a regional school that would give students the skills to become computer programmers and open doors to careers in engineering, computer science and other technology fields, according to a grant application the alliance of schools submitted to the state Department of Education.

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Name change coming for Washington NFL and Cleveland MLB teams?

More than a dozen Native American leaders and organizations sent a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Monday calling for the league to force the Washington NFL team owner Dan Snyder to change the team name immediately.

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Richmonder’s baking passion turns into burgeoning family business during the holiday

It’s holiday time — a time for family and friends and to give thanks for blessings of the past year. Richmonder Linda Shaw is doing just that — giving thanks as she makes memories and money with her LindaGrams, a trademarked graham cracker-based cookie she created and now sells online and in pop-up events.

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Actor Hill Harper to launch Black-owned digital wallet

Richmond will be a stop on a national tour seeking to pump up interest in a new Black-owned financial app for cell phones that is to go live June 1.

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The Market @ 25th working to build success

The opening of The Market @ 25th last April was marked with great fanfare, Armstrong High School’s marching band, a balloon release and high hopes for a community known for being a food desert.

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Evergreen Cemetery cleanup Saturday

Volunteers once again are being recruited to continue the cleanup of historic but overgrown Evergreen Cemetery on the border between Richmond and Henrico County.

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3 honorees to speak March 31

Two educators and a historian from the Richmond area will speak at a panel titled “Honoring Women Who Tell Our Stories.”

Are ‘we part of the problem or the solution?’

Re: Letters to the Editor on Carver Elementary School story: None of us should use any avenue to tear one another down. Like the Bible states, “Whoever among us that thinks that they are without sin, cast the first stone!”

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City’s housing options need a dose of creativity

One of the biggest challenges facing Richmond is how to build affordable apartment units and homes.

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Details still fuzzy on true cost of Altria gift to RPS

A subsidiary of Altria Group announced last month that it was donating a 288,000-square-foot building in South Side to Richmond Public Schools.

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Free yearlong pass to national parks

Fourth-graders and their families can visit the national parks and federal recreation areas of their choice across the country for free for an entire year.

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City Council slated to vote April 9 on remote meetings

City Council is to take its final step Thursday, April 9, to enable online meetings that would include a method to allow the public to submit comments.

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Public policy summer academy scholarships available to Richmond and Petersburg students

High school and college students in Richmond and Petersburg are being offered scholarships to participate in a free online summer academy that will focus on youth and public policy amid the pandemic, it has been announced.

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The Buick Club of America builds community around the classic

Sponsored by Buick

Owners of all cars are proud, however, people who own a Buick are a unique and enthusiastic group indeed. They assemble as The Buick Club of America, but you don’t have to be a Buick owner to join the club; you just have to love Buick.

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Conflict of interest sparks tense discussion for RPS School Board

The Arthur Ashe Jr. Athletic Center arose as a topic of discussion during the Richmond School Board meeting Monday night.

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Dominion Energy to cut bills

It will take a few months, but Dominion Energy expects to begin cutting electricity bills because of lower fuel costs for generating power.