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Public hearing Oct. 9 on changing name of the Boulevard to Arthur Ashe Boulevard

Tuesday, Oct. 9, is the new date for a public hearing on renaming the Boulevard as Arthur Ashe Boulevard in honor of the Richmond-born tennis great and humanitarian.

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VSU to host AgFest Field Day on Aug. 28

Virginia State University is hosting AgFest Field Day 2019 for anyone interested in agriculture, fish farming, hydroponics, farming, urban gardening, and learning about agriculture production in Virginia.

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America and her own oligarchs

Who are America’s oligarchs?

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Standing up for the park

Cityscape:Slices of life and scenes in Richmond

Members of Fans of Monroe Park protest May 17 after credit card giant Capital One is allowed for the fourth year to set up a huge tent on the park’s west side for stockholder meetings.

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Va. Interfaith Center for Public Policy to honor 6

Five people and a local organization will be honored at the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy’s 29th Annual Celebration and Awards Benefit at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, at the Hippodrome Theater, 528 N. 2nd St. in Jackson Ward.

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City Council poised to maintain current real estate tax rate

Richmond City Council is poised to reject any cut in the real estate tax rate in the face of soaring property values that have boosted the amount property owners must pay.

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Richmond Coliseum redux

The more we learn about the proposed Coliseum development in Downtown, the more we don’t like it. We are skeptical about the figures and arguments trotted out to convince City Council and Richmond residents to support the $1.4 billion plan.

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Bobby Brown maintains constant bedside vigil over Bobbi Kristina

ATLANTA The daughter of late pop star Whitney Houston and singer Bobby Brown was placed in a coma to stop brain swelling after she was found facedown and unresponsive in a bathtub in her Georgia home last weekend, family friend and gospel singer Kim Burrell told “Access Hollywood.”

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New Richmond judge sworn in

With help from her brother, Christian, Mary Elizabeth Langer donned the black robe of a judge. She was formally installed last Friday as the newest judge on the Richmond Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court. She succeeds Judge Angela E. Roberts, who retired July 29 after 26 years on the bench.

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Gray calls for probe of mayor’s use of $1.8M to remove Confederate statues

The fate of two Richmond-owned Confederate statues and one of Christopher Columbus remain on hold even as City Council has put in place a process to sell off 10 others.

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Darrell Purdie poised to take George Wythe to state finals

Darrell Purdie may be the area’s MVP — most versatile player.

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COVID-19 info or campaigning?

Did 9th District Councilman Michael J. Jones misinform City Council in seeking permission to use city funds to send a direct mail card to his constituents?

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Coretta Scott King wanted secrets about her husband’s death exposed

Efforts must be increased to break down the wall of secrecy surrounding the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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New dating apps — and ‘in person’ mixers — target religious and political niches

Dating today can be a bit like ordering at Chipotle. The universe of dating apps makes it easier than ever to custom-order a partner of your choosing — their height, their food preferences, their religion.

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Nic Thomas is on fire for NSU

In his inaugural basketball season at Norfolk State University, Nic Thomas seemed content puttering along in the no-passing lane.

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Mary Frances Warden Lambert remembered

The Richmond community is remembering and celebrating the life of Mrs. Lambert, who nourished the souls and spirits of countless people with her gentle kindness and a popular catering business that was famous throughout the area and beyond.

Grammy winner, Prince tour manager credits ‘Tiger Tom’ Mitchell with his start

Re “Broadcast legend ‘Tiger Tom’ Mitchell dies,” Free Press July 13-15 edition: When my family moved to Richmond from up North in 1959, I was a somewhat naïve, pimply-faced kid at a segregated, all-white junior high school, with a budding affection for black music.

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Jones misses filing deadline, canceling primary challenge to Delegate Carr

Veteran Richmond Delegate Betsy B. Carr will not face a challenge in the June 8 Democratic primary.

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Wildcats claw nearly to the finish line

Armstrong’s loss to Brentsville comes during Coach Pruitt’s absence

Armstrong High’s most illustrious football season in more than 70 years came up a smidgen short Nov. 24 in the Class 3, Region B finals.

President Johnson doesn’t deserve credit for Selma

Joseph Califano’s statement that Selma was President Lyndon B. Johnson’s idea is patently false. Although the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Com- mittee had come to Alabama earlier to organize to obtain the right to vote, the Alabama Right to Vote movement began for me the day the four little girls were killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham.