In my twenties, snow days in Richmond were not a crisis. They were a gift. You walked to the local market, and back then there were only a handful, stocked up on whatever counted as “supplies,” and then wandered off under the sacred banner of “snow law.” That...
The City of Richmond's budget is an ongoing soap opera of whodunits and epic missteps. It would be hilarious if it was just a TV show with some crack pot protagonists. The City of Richmond's budget is an ongoing soap opera of whodunits and epic missteps. It would be hilarious if it was just a TV show with some crack pot protagonists....
VA Governor Terry McAuliffe has moved to make the formerly private natural landmark Natural Bridge a part of the Virginia state Park system. In a ceremony held VA Governor Terry McAuliffe has moved to make the formerly private natural landmark Natural Bridge a part of the Virginia state Park system. In a ceremony held During the ceremony,...
Chaz Robinson, owner of Sweet Sour Salty and Co., is endlessly friendly and endlessly knowledgeable about pickles. Chaz Robinson, owner of Sweet Sour Salty and Co., is endlessly friendly and endlessly knowledgeable about pickles. When we visited him on a Sunday morning at the Carytown Farmers’ Market, he chatted with his customers about their...
The Times-Dispatch is reporting a shortfall in the city budget is set to undermine some city services in the coming month. The Times-Dispatch is reporting a shortfall in the city budget is set to undermine some city services in the coming month....
$19 million dollars. $19 million dollars. With this amount of funding given to the Richmond Slave Trail Commission by state and local governments, Richmond might finally see a large scale project devoted to some of its darkest days. For over 30 years, until the end of the civil war, Shockoe Bottom held one of the nations worst slave prisons,...
There's a place and time in this world for everyone, unfortunately for some Virginia legislators, that the place is right but the time is all wrong. There's a place and time in this world for everyone, unfortunately for some Virginia legislators, that the place is right but the time is all wrong. Del. Bob Marshall is a classic case of this - if...