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A steal for the Squirrels?
Baseball team gets sweet deal with city’s five-year lease at The Diamond
Virtually free rent. That’s what the minor league baseball team, the Richmond Flying Squirrels, got in their new five-year lease deal on The Diamond.
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Let’s do the right thing
Re “Get out: Court-ordered RRHA evictions raising alarms in Creighton Court,” Free Press Oct. 24-26 edition: It is a shame that many of our city’s top officials did not say anything when public housing tenants were being given eviction notices.
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‘America has never been immune to fascism’
To be sure, the increasing use of the “browning” of America slogan by commentators and its juxtaposition to “Taking Back America” is not an aberration.
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North Carolina A&T heading to Celebration Bowl Dec. 15
North Carolina A&T State University is making Atlanta a regular stop on its football travel itinerary. For the third time in the four-year history of the Celebration Bowl, the Aggies are heading to Georgia to play in front of a national television audience.
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Feggins hopes to get VSU football back to No.1
Small town kid, big time talent. That may be the best way to describe George “Geo” Feggins, Virginia State University’s bone-jarring middle linebacker. The 6-foot-1, 215-pound senior, who came to the Trojans from Park View High School in South Hill — population 4,541 — is VSU’s lone All-CIAA preseason pick.
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Va. Legislative Black Caucus pushes bipartisan measures to end school-to-prison pipeline
Capital News Service The Virginia Legislative Black Caucus was joined Monday by a bipartisan group of state legislators supporting bills to combat the school-to-prison pipeline.
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Free Thanksgiving meal Nov. 19 in South Side
The Richmond Christian Center in South Side will be the host site for a pre-Thanksgiving feast for the less fortunate. The event, called “A Thanksgiving Meal,” will be held noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, in the fellowship hall of the church at 214 Cowardin Ave., it has been announced.
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Leaf collection begins in city with changes
The annual battle of the leaves kicked off in Richmond this week, but city homeowners will need to do more of the work this season to avoid a cleanup charge.
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VCU ready for 7th consecutive bid to NCAAs
Barring an unlikely late season collapse, the Virginia Commonwealth University Rams are primed for a seventh straight trip to the NCAA playoffs.
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WWII veteran reflects on a century of life
A life that spans a century is a milestone few are privileged to celebrate. Welford Williams of Glen Allen was “blessed” to become a centenarian on Oct. 25. Formerly one of the youngest members of his family, the World War II veteran is now the oldest person in his family.
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Tree axed
Committee votes to remove oak from Walker statue site
The live oak tree will be axed from the site where the Maggie L. Walker statue will stand in Downtown. The tree’s fate was sealed Saturday when sculptor Antonio T. “Toby” Mendez met with the Richmond Public Art Commission’s Site Selection Team, led by architect Sarah Driggs.
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Cheryl Burke wins Richmond School Board seat
Cheryl L. Burke, who was appointed in 2017 as the interim 7th District representative to the Richmond School Board, was elected Tuesday night to fill the seat for the rest of the term through 2020.
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Meanwhile, the Northside Family YMCA is getting a $5 million makeover at 4207 Old Brook Road, the site it has occupied since 1974. The facility …
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Virginia Museum of History & Culture offers citizenship preparation classes
Beginning this month, the Virginia Museum of History & Culture will of- fer aspiring new citizens free citizenship preparation classes to help them prepare to take the U.S. citizenship test.
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Jokic in conversation for greatest center
History books will show the Denver Nuggets are the 2023 NBA champions. Let there be no doubt about that. But what about the Nuggets’ Rocky Mountain-sized center, Nikola Jokic? What will his place be on the all-time list of great centers?
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VUU looking toward new season; Saturday opener at Hovey Field
Mark James began his first coaching season at Virginia Union University with modest expectations. Much has changed heading into year two.
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Free COVID-19 testing, vaccines
Free community testing for COVID-19 continues. The Richmond and Henrico County health districts are offering testing at the following locations: • Thursday, Oct. 13 & Oct. 20, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Southside Women, Infants and Children Office, 509 E. Southside Plaza; 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. - Fulton Neighborhood Resource Center, 1519 Williamsburg Road. • Wednesday, Oct. 19 & Oct. 26, 8 to 10 a.m. - East Henrico Recreation Center, 1440 N. Laburnum Ave. Call the Richmond and Henrico COVID-19 Hotline at (804) 205-3501 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through
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New state highway markers to honor 4
Upset that African-American students had to walk miles to their segregated schools in Hanover County, Lucian Hunter took action.
