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Richmond fires several finance department employees
Several people have been fired this spring from Richmond’s finance department, two sources told VPM News. The move comes following the city bringing on government management specialist Anne Seward to consult with the department on policy and to assist in a review of the meals tax. Seward is a...
Juneteenth events: Petersburg, Pocahontas Island, Hopewell, Chesterfield, Chester
TRI-CITIES — The federal holiday Juneteenth aka Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Emancipation Day, Juneteenth Independence Day and Black Independence Day is recognized annually on June 19 to commemorate the ending of slavery. A variety of Juneteenth events will be held in the Tri-Cities area including Petersburg, Pocahontas Island, Hopewell, Chester and Chesterfield. In...
Best of Richmond
The idea behind the Best of Richmond issue was to ask our in-the-know readers to vote for their favorites in over 100 diverse categories, so we could create an insider’s guide to the best things in the city in 2024. First, we had you nominate your favorites back in...
People & Places
Jon Baliles wants to be clear. His “RVA5x5” is not an entryway back into office holding. Even though the articles found on his Substack read like detailed candidate policy papers on everything from the Flying Squirrels’ new ballpark plan to the city’s meals tax debacle, the former city councilman and mayoral candidate says he’s not running for anything. “I can be brutally honest here, something I couldn’t be in office,” he says of the weekly updated info, which he sees as a necessary corrective. “The media landscape in Richmond, and everywhere, is disintegrating and someone needs to let people know what’s going on. Government is at its most dangerous when no one knows what’s going on.” At $5 a month, “RVA5x5” launched in June 2022, a bit on the quiet (“I don’t do social media,” he says), but it’s emerged as the place to go for experienced, nuanced, sometimes snarky views on local economic development deals, public safety, housing, and other general government watchdog topics. Baliles, son of late Virginia Governor Gerald Baliles, says that future articles will cast an eye on local politics. “This is an important election year, not just for the president. We’re going to elect a new mayor, most of the city council that voted twice for a casino is running again, and the entire school board, and we don’t have the media bandwidth to cover it all.” —D.H.
Juneteenth celebrations, Jazz in the Stacks at Petersburg's library and more.
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The Military Retirees Club of Richmond presents its 1st annual ‘Bridge Over Troubled Waters’ 5K Walk honoring veterans
The Military Retirees Club of Richmond would like to invite all veterans, service members and family of service members to join them for the Bridge Over Troubled Waters 1st Annual Veterans Walk on Saturday, June 29, at Belle Isle.
At task force meeting, military families rip ‘ugly side of Virginia’s government’
Kristen Fenty of Virginia Beach says her daughter Lauren only got one moment of physical proximity to the father she never got a chance to know. It happened when she was a baby, still small enough to be lifted onto her father’s casket. As a room full of government officials listened Monday, Fenty told the […] The post At task force meeting, military families rip ‘ugly side of Virginia’s government’ appeared first on Virginia Mercury.
Henrico Schools to enforce stricter consequences for cell phone violations
The Henrico School Board approved several changes to the division’s Code of Student Conduct at a meeting June 6, which outline more specific and stricter consequences for students breaking cell phone policies. While previous consequences for cell phone violations allowed teachers and administrators to choose whether or not to...
VPM Daily Newscast: June 10, 2024
The VPM Daily Newscast contains all your Central Virginia news in just 5 to 10 minutes. Episodes are recorded the night before. Listeners can subscribe through NPR One, Apple Podcasts, Megaphone, Spotify and wherever you get your podcasts. Here’s a recap of the top stories on the morning of June...
Petersburg Public Library to host ‘One Pill Can Kill,’ fentanyl awareness and Narcan training
The fentanyl awareness and Narcan training session will be held at the Petersburg Public Library on Tuesday, June 11 from 5 to 7 p.m. The training is free and open to the public.
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