Hard News, Politics, Crime
  
What's stopping Virginia from joining the movement to legalize marijuana?

Richmond City Council will consider Tax Increase
Virginia attorney general to colleges: End gay protections...Gay-rights groups assail AG’s opinion on bias 
-Cuccinelli Letter At Center Of Controversy 
-Va. college students lash back at Cuccinelli position on gay rights 
-Cuccinelli position on university policies on gays draws praise, criticism

Who Should Control Animal Control?...Richmond City Council delays vote on reassigning animal control
New management at Club Velvet as owner fights for liquor license
 
Richmond strip club appeals revocation of alcohol license...Controversial Richmond Adult-Nightclub Owner Sam Moore Fights for His Liquor License 

MARTIN'S to Continue Ukrop's Program
  
Ukrop’s buyer keeps coffee roaster counting beans  
  
Chain passes up chance to buy Roanoke Ukrop's
 
Ukrop's sale costing area Supervalu jobs
 
Carytown also loves Girl Scouts

Newport News could lose more money from sale of King William Reservoir land
Richmond seeks to determine future of the Coliseum
Coffee Party Gets Down To Business, Encourages .Gov To Follow Suit...Coffee Party activists say their civic brew's a tastier choice than Tea Party's 
As Blackwater details emerge, Xe looks for clean start
 
Future of InBev brewery looks vulnerable...Layoffs expected at brewery 

Top 10 Things to Do with Bus Barn
Police officer judgment key in high-stress incidents
Some restaurants snubbing the smoking ban...Smoking Ban Violators Could Face Liquor License Revocation
Beer Truck Crashes On Ramp to I-95

Governor declares 'pothole blitz'...Heavy, Repeated Snowfalls Lead to Richmond Sinkhole
-In the long run, potholes may let us see how vulnerable our silly choices for developing the metro area have been 
-While politicians focus on potholes, a bigger problem emerges: How to fix a broken highway-funding system
   
Paying for Pothole Damage...Don't expect Richmond to pay
 
Web site helps alert localities to Richmond-area potholes...Pothole Websites Causing Problems For VDOT (video)
-SeeClickFix.com
-PotholeCity.com
 
Reporting a pothole
  
Story About Potholes Phoned In

McDonnell lists his House and Senate budget concerns...proposes budget compromises...considering two special sessions  
-McDonnell meets with budget negotiators, again
-Virginia budget negotiators make little progress 
 
Fee increases appear likely amid Virginia's budget shortfall

Fighting Blight...Audit recommends rental-housing inspections in Richmond...City responds
-Is Richmond doing enough to crack down on neighborhood blight? 

Local record store, Plan 9 Music (WILLIAMSBURG), closed
Gun bills may be shot down in special Va. subcommittee...Senate gun-bill panel likely a firing squad 
-McDonnell criticizes ‘kill bill’ subcommittees
-Virginia Senate panel kills proposal targeting gun restriction | The Hook
 
Cheers! Va. Bar Patrons May Soon Be Packing Heat
-Concealed Carrying and Drinking- Who Will Enforce New Law?
 
Shooting holes in theories about Virginia gun sales

McDonnell steps up support for Richmond charter school...Patrick Henry School: Gubernatorial support...Committee advances governor's charter school bill...Senate panel backs McDonnell on charter schools
-Cuccinelli weighs in on Patrick Henry School...Loupassi asks Cuccinelli about city charter school
 

McDonnell education initiatives go before panel
...Senate postpones vote
 
Richmond mayor backs McDonnell proposal to create lab schools...Richmond councilman lends support to charter school
 
MPW: McDonnell's charter schools plan isn't the answer
 
McDonnell's charter school plan faces resistance from local officials...plan faces major test

Tan, Rested, and Ready

-CBS6 (Blog | LiveChat)
-NBC12 (Blog)
-WRIC8 (Doppler Radar)  

Chesterfield Man Shot In Bank Parking Lot

Features, Entertainment, Life

Virginia lawmakers clash over fishing license bill
Army leaders visit Civil War battle site at Cold Harbor to learn lessons for future

Sparklehorse’s Mark Linkous Takes Own Life
-Local: 8News | Buttermilk & Molasses | C-ville | The Hook | One Way Richmond | Richmond.com | Scenic Recovery | Times Dispatch/AP
-National/World: Daily Sward Roundup | BBC | EW | Guardian | LA Times | NPR | NYT | Variety
-Official Statement
-Radiohead pay tribute to Sparklehorse's Mark Linkous...Why Mark Linkous Was A Genius
-Artists React to the Death of Sparklehorse's Mark Linkous...Mark Linkous Tributes Pour In 

D'Angelo Arrested For Soliciting Female Police Officer: Singer reportedly offered undercover police woman $40 for sex. 
-New Embarrassing D'Angelo Arrest Outdoes Previous Embarrassing D'Angelo Arrest 
-Official Statement
-NBC12 | BBC

Now two Virginia Beach locals grace 'Grey's Anatomy'
Allen Iverson's business manager: Iverson's in trouble, pray for him
Governor: Va. will be a film capitol...Legislators agree on movie-friendly bill 
This Week in Food 
The Review Lady: First Impression of Richmond Restaurants
  
The problem with Richmond restaurants...  
 
The Secret to Perfect Bread 

Hard work keeps fledgling pizzeria going in Henrico
   
Boathouse Launches New Menu (Jimmy Sneed)
  
Stuzzi's Oven Sneak Peak  

Restaurateur’s death engulfs Northern Neck community 
 
Charlottesville Says Goodbye To Two Of Our Best (Ten and Blue Light chefs) 
 
Growing a more local garden
  
RGL's Restaurant Page

What's in a name? Cape Hatteras
Old Dominion Wins Instant Classic Over VCU, 73-69 In OT
  
Sharing the Ball, at Any Speed (UR Basketball)
  
Tribe believes in concept of all for one 

SXSW 2010: Smoke or Fire
Navy dogs in 'deplorable' conditions with contractor
 
Harp seal seen off of beach in Newport News
 
For 10 years, Mal's dog sniffed out the silver screen

Legal feud erupts over location of memorial to Confederate dead
 
Style Cover: Wings Over the James 

Three decades ago, bald eagles were all but extinct on the James River. 

Bank makes play to take over golf course
First Fridays Art Walk expanding east  | Richmond.com
 
The financially strapped Art6 nearly shut its doors for good last month

 
Henry Rollins Speaks to Richmond | Style Weekly 
  
Henry Rollins's Frequent Flyer Tour stops at Birchmere
  
Q&A with Henry Rollins 


picture source: AOL

Mr. Ponch Goes to Richmond
-Erik Estrada visits Virginia Capitol to lobby for police funding
-NBCWashington | Roanoke Times/Virginian-Pilot | Times Dispatch
  
First Newton, now Estrada

MMA FOR CHARITY TO HOLD HAITI BENEFIT EVENT | Official Site 

source: King Family Vineyards
Wine expo draws thousands to downtown Richmond
...Pushing an industry forward at the Virginia Wine Expo...This year's Virginia expo turns up some surprises
-Highlights
-King Family vintage wins Governor’s Cup for red wine

Elvis Has Left the Mosque
Hoops and dreams
Richmond’s Curtis Blair Now An NBA Referee

Official site of the CW show High Society (March 10, 2010 | 9:30 PM) | Blog | Message Boards | Wikipedia
-The Complete Character Breakdown
-Is 'High Society' the New 'Jersey Shore'? Tinsley Mortimer Weighs In 
-NY Magazine | People | Reality TV World | Socialite Life | Times Dispatch
  
Never Too Many Fans 
 
Tinsley's Turbulent Year
 
Blue bloods boiling over Tinsley Mortimer and Devorah Rose's reality-TV 'feud' (Photo Spread)... co-star, Jules Kirby, not happy with reality show
 
Mom Is the Most Interesting Thing About Tinsley Mortimer's Reality Show
 
Rich People Things: The Skirt Locker
 
TV Show Features Rich Blonde Lady Who 'Uses the N-Word Sometimes'
 
Are Light-Fingered Socialites Stealing Tinsley's Thunder? 

Rewind: NY Times WEDDINGS; Tinsley Mercer, Topper Mortimer

The local skate scene= legit.
  
Dude, where's the skate park? 
 
The Gilbert Crockett Interview


Tech, Green, Media
 

Upcoming Tech/Social Media Events
-March 16, 2010 Refresh Richmond Presents  Facebook Marketing CRT Tanaka 6:00PM
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March 18, 2010 SMCRVA w Shashi Bellamkonda, Network Solutions Rennaissance Conference Center
107 West Broad Street 6 PM
-Full Calendar


Charlottesville mall rumble was planned on Web sites | NBC29 | Newsplex 
-If they took CTS to the brawl, how’d they return?

Internships website sold
New fees to battle Internet crime
Goochland, Henrico rank high in government transparency online

McDonnell sends new economic development bills with Northrop Grumman in mind
 
Support for Northrop Grumman tax incentives waning in D.C. 

Gay rights enter debate over Northrop Grumman's HQ pick
-Are Anti-Gay Policies Bad for Business?
  
Northrop Grumman move raises stakes for DC, Maryland, Virginia leaders ...Battle lines forming over Northrop Grumman

Media General Registers Olympic Ad Boost
Aaron Gilchrist: News4 Anchor and Reporter
Should creativity be #RVA’s “new” history
Pod in the quad: How Albemarle students became palm readers

Shorty Award Winners Unveiled in New York City...Haitian radio host honored for 'tweeting' on quake |
Official Site/Results  
-Winner in #culturalinstitution: @lewisginter 
-LiveStream Video

Other Richmonders Nominated: 
-#advertising -- @madmain
-#travel -- @Flack4RIC  
-#brand -- @AustinPrime

New noise ordinance in Richmond causing online uproar
Morgan Stanley Taps Martin as Agency of Record | BrandWeek
   
Tylenol Moves Creative to Martin Agency 

NASA's citizen soldier: An engineer by day, Frank Batts commands a famous infantry division
Richmond Media Group to have new organizational structure
Wikipedia: The Next Generation
Cardagin Networks Raises $1 Million in Series A Financing
-Cardagin Networks 

@WxDan Channel Debuts on RVANews! (via
Richmond Area Tech Groups

Richmond Area Green Groups

Virginia Technology News

Tech Calendar

Also see Somewhat Frank's CalendarDC Tech Event Calendar


Reference

Richmond Good Life
-Blog
-Twitter
 --Twitter Guide Richmond
 --Lists: Media | Food | Politics
-Restaurant Page
most popular
-Special Reports
-Archives
-Public Google Readers:
Richmond (Art | Dining | Music | Politics | Redskins | Tech)
-Email Story Ideas/Links

Locals Guide
-Alcohol
 --Irish Pubs
 --Wine 
-Biking
-Books
-Bowling
-Continuing Education
-Fishing
 --Boat, Bait & Tackle
 --Boat Ramps & Fishing Lakes 
-Gastronomy
 --50 Top Restaurants
 --Coffee Shops free wifi
 --Farmer's Markets
 --Sweets
 --Tea
-Golf Courses
-Gyms
-Music
-Shopping
 --Shop Local!
 --Record Stores
 --Used, Free, and Cheap
-Skiing
-Volunteering 600+ Richmond not-for-profits
-Walking/Running Trails
-Yoga  
 
Calendars: Craigslist | RVAMag | RVANews (top picks) | Scene | Style | Tech | Times Dispatch/Richmond.com (top picks) | WRant (top picks) | 757 DC Cville FVegas OBX StarC

Richmond Media Guide
(also see Wikipedia Media in Richmond)  
-Richmond Times Dispatch 
 --Discover Richmond
 --Pop Culture!
 --Business
-Style Weekly
-Richmond.com
-RVANews
-Richmond Magazine
 --Daily Tip
 --The Hat
 --Parental Rites
 --Pop Culture Rodeo
 --Shop Talk
 --The Unseemly House
 --Food Stuff
-RVA Magazine  
-Richmond Grid
-Richmond City Council Reporter & Telegraph 
-Brick Reloaded
-Richmond Wiki
-Topix Richmond
-Fwix Richmond
-Elevate Richmond
-The Community Weekly 
-Virginia Talks
-Virginia Tomorrow
-Virginia Quarterly Review
-Virginia Living
-Richmond Twitter Guide 
-WordPress Richmond
-Google News Richmond VA
  
Richmond Television
-WTVR 6 (CBS)
-WRIC 8 (ABC)
-WWBT 12 (NBC)
-WCVE 23 (PBS)
-WRLH 35 (FOX)
-WUPV 65 (UPN)

Government
-Richmond
  --Mayor's Newsletter
  --Blogs: Announcements | News
  --Auditor’s Reports
-Chesterfield
-Henrico | Newsletter
-Hanover | Newsletter

Regional/Counties
-Amelia Bulletin Monitor
-The Central Virginian  
-Chesterfield Living
-Chesterfield Observer
-The Goochland Courier
-Goochland Gazette
-Hanover Herald-Progress  
-Hanover Lifestyle
-Henrico Citizen
-Hopewell News
-Innsbrook Today
-Mechanicsville Local
-Midlothian Exchange
-Progress Index
-Powhatan Today
-River City
-The Village News
-West End's Best
Also see Blogs  

Student Papers
-The Collegian (University of Richmond)
-UR Richmond Now (official PR) 
-VCU Capital News Service
-Commonwealth Times! 
-VCU News (official/PR)
-Topix VCU
-The Informer (Virginia Union) 

African American Issues
-Key Awareness
-Richmond Free Press
-Urban Views Weekly
-The Voice 

Business Issues
-Richmond BizSense
-Richmond Grid
 --Creative Work Space Magazine
-Virginia Business Magazine
 --Blogs
 --Central VA News
-Biz Buzz Blog (RTD)
-R'Biz
-Richmond Chamber of Commerce News
-Retail Merchants  Association Newsletter 
-Greater Richmond Working Capital
-UofR MBA Blog
-Chmura Economics
-DC: Washington Business Journal
-Hampton Roads: Inside Biz
-Roanoke: Blue Ridge Business Journal | Valley Business Front 

Family/Kids Issues
-RichmondFamily
-Richmond Parents

GLBT Issues
-Gay Community Center of Richmond
-GayRVA 
-The Richmond Outsider  
-The Virginia Flame

Jewish Issues
-The Reflector (JCF)
-Virginia Jewish Life

Latino Issues
-Centro de Richmond
-Horizontes
-La Voz Hispana
-Nuevas Raíces

Left Leaning
-The Richmond Defender
-Richmond Independent Media Center

Senior Issues
-Boomer Life
-Fifty Plus

Women's Issues
-Belle
-Richmond Chic
-Skirt
-V Magazine for Women | Blog

Press Releases
-PR.com Richmond
-PRLog Richmond
 
Neighborhoods
-RVANews Aggregator
-Boulevardizen (previously 10 South Boulevard)
-Carver & Jackson Ward
-Chesterfield Daily  
-Church Hill People’s News
-The Devil's Triangle
-Downtown Short Pump
-Everything Midlothian
-Fan District Hub
-Fan of the Fan
-Fulton Hill
-Hanover’s Future
-Hills and Heights
-Historic Varina
-Kensington Ave
-Monroe Ward
-Near West End News
-North Richmond News
-News From Doswell (satire) 
-Oregon Hill
-Petersburg People’s News
-Powhatan Life
-River District News  
-Short Pump Express (satire) 
-Short Pump Mom and Dad
-Southside Richmond
-West of the Boulevard


Other Virginia Newspapers
-Daily News Record | Opinion Harrisonburg, VA
-Daily Press Hampton Roads (Hampton, Newport News) Richmond | OpinionBusiness | Sports
-Daily Progress Charlottesville, VA Business | Opinion | Sports
-Danville Register & Bee  Danville, VA Opinion | Sports
-Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star Fredericksburg, VA Front | Opinion | Business | Sports 
-InsideNoVA (Culpeper
Star-Exponent/Potomac News/Manassas Journal)  Opinion
-Lynchburg News and Advance Lynchburg, VA Business | Opinion | Sports
-Roanoke Times Roanoke, VA Business | OpinionSports 
-Staunton News Leader Staunton, VA Opinion
-Virginia Gazette Williamsburg, VA  Opinion | Sports 
-Virginian Pilot South Hampton Roads (VA Beach, Norfolk) Business | Opinion | Sports
-Washington Independent DC/Northern VA
-Washington Post DC/Northern VA BusinessOpinion | Sports
-Washington Times
DC/Northern VA BusinessOpinion | Sports
-The Winchester Star Winchester, VA Opinion

Virginia Alt-Weeklies    
-16 Blocks Blacksburg, VA
-The Butter Room Various Cities
-City Paper DC/Northern VA
-C-ville Charlottesville, VA
-cvillenews Charlottesville, VA
-Cvillain  Charlottesville, VA
-DCist DC/Northern VA
-Hampton Roads Magazine
-The Hook Charlottesville, VA
-Port Folio Weekly Hampton Roads
-SevenCities Hampton Roads  
-TReehouse Hampton Roads
-Washington Life  DC/Northern VA
-Washingtonian DC/Northern VA
Also see NewsVoyager Virginia

OBX
-NCCoast.com
-Sentinel

VA Colleges & Universities Student Newspapers 
-George Mason: Broadside
-James Madison: The Breeze
-Longwood: The Rotunda
-Mary Washington: The Bullet
-Norfolk State: Spartan Echo
-Old Dominion: Mace and Crown
-Radford University: The Tartan
-Randolph-Macon: Yellow Jacket
-UofR: The Collegian
-UVA: Cavalier Daily
-VCU: Commonwealth Times
-Virginia Tech: The Collegiate Times  
-Virginia Union: The Informer
-William and Mary: Flat Hat 

Richmond Online Television 
-Current.com: Richmond
-Mashup
-Midlo 5
-RVAtv.net
-Streaming Richmond
-Style Weekly
-TVRichmond
-VCU TV HD

Richmond Radio Stations
-WCVE 88.9 FM NPR (Stream)
-WDCE 90.1 FM University of Richmond (Stream)  
-WRVQ 94.5 FM "Q-94" Top 40 (Stream)
-WKHK 95.3 FM "K-95" Country (Stream)
-WKLR 96.5 FM "The Planet" Classic Rock (Stream)
-WRIR 97.3 FM  Richmond Indie Radio (Stream)
-WTVR 98.1 FM "Lite 98" Soft Rock (Stream)
-WWLB  98.9 FM Liberty Variety Pop-Rock
-WDYL 101.1 FM "Y-101" New Rock (Stream)
-WRXL 102.1 "The X" New Rock (Stream)
-WMXB 103.7 FM "B-103" Soft Rock (Stream)
-WBJT 106.5 FM "The Beat" Urban (Stream)
-WBBT 107.3 FM "Oldies 107.3" Oldies
-WRNL 910 AM "Sports Radio 910" Sports (Stream)
-WXGI 950 AM "ESPN 950" Sports (Stream)
-WRVA 1140 AM "News Radio WRVA" News (Stream)
-WDZY 1290 AM "Radio Disney Richmond" (Stream)
-WCLM 1450AM Richmond Soul Rado Network (Stream)
-WVCW (Stream)
see VARTV for complete list

Richmond Blogs
-Aggregators
 --RVABlogs
 --Richmond.com
 --Outside.in
 --LiveJournal RVA
 --Blognetnews.com
-Bacon's Rebellion
-Buttermilk and Molasses
-The Blue Raccoon | The Hat (Harry Kollatz, Jr.) 
-The Checkout Girl
-Jack Goes Forth
-James River News
-Richmond on the James
-River City Rapids
-River City Voice
-Save Richmond
-Slantblog
-Tobacco Avenue  
-Urban Issues and Actions 

Food Blogs

Other Town Aggregators
-Charlottesville Blogs
-Fredericksburg Blogs

Richmond Discussion Boards
-Craigslist Richmond Forums
-Richmond City Watch
-Richmond Forum
-Richmond Speaks
-TalkRVA
-UrbanPlanet Richmond Discussion

Central Virginia's Most Wanted
-Most Wanted Richmond
-Most Wanted Henrico
-Most Wanted Chesterfield
-Most Wanted Hanover
-Most Wanted Goochland
-Virginia Amber Alert

ALSO SEE

Outdoors Calendars
-James River Days*
-Blue Ridge Outdoors*
-Sports Backers | SB Quarterly*
-State Parks*
-Game & Inland Fisheries Events

Arts and Culture Calendars
-Style*
-Weekly Rant
-Brick*
-metro-web.com 
-Times Dispatch*
-Richmond.com | Performing Arts
-The Richmond Scene
-RVA Magazine*
-Urge*
-Nightlife Virginia

Volunteer Calendars
-Hands On Greater Richmond
-Connect Richmond Now 
-United Way Richmond
-Big List of Organizations

Richmond Outdoors News
-Blue Ridge Outdoors
-Times Dispatch Outdoors...Outdoor Blog- Andy Thompson
-DiscoverRichmond Sports & Rec
-Virginia Game & Fish
-The Sportman's Magazine Virginia
-Chesapeake Angler
-Sports Backers
-Washington Post Outdoors
-Roanoke Times Outdoor (Wild Life Blog w Mark Taylor)
-Virginian Pilot Sports Fishing Forecast every Thu, Outdoors news on Sun
-Lee Tolliver's Blog
-Daily Progress
(Charlottesville) Sports
Look for articles by Jim Brewer 
-Washington Times Sports Look for Gene Mueller's Outdoors column Sun, Wed and Thu.
-Daily Press (Newport News) Fishing Report
-Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg) Look for articles by Ken Perrotte

*Printed materials also available

Weather
-Twitter: @RichmondGL/snow | #RVAWX+ | 100% @WxDan 
-Networks:  
 --CBS6 (Blog | LiveChat)
 --NBC12 (Blog)
 --WRIC8 (Doppler Radar)
-Weather Channel: Maps (Snow Map) | Article
-More: TD Weather (Maps) | WRVA | NWS Wakefield (NWS Winter Weather Forecasts  | Richmond)  | Observer | RVaWX | WRVA
-Snow Photos: CBS6 | flickr | Richmond.com | 2 
 
Things to Do...

-Sledding Spots: Richmond.com | Richmond Wiki
-Necking Spots: RVANews
 
Power: 
-Dominion (Restoring Power | Outage Map (Interactive) 1-888-667-3000)
-REC (Power Outage Map | Summary 1-800-552-3904)
 
Roads: 511 Virginia (Traffic Cams) | Richmond Accidents | TD Traffic Cams | VDOT Travel Center | @RichmondGL/traffic
 
Municipalities: 
-Richmond (Announcements | News)
-Chesterfield
-Henrico
-Hanover

Closings: Airport | CBS6/WRVA | NBC12 | WRIC8
-Many area schools shut today as road clearing continues

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