Richmond Virginia News Time Capsule May 2009
2009: February | January | March | April
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-A Virginia First Cities FIRST
Hotel John Marshall Back On
After outcry, Norfolk assessors won't come knocking
Council, media find Richmond City Hall is generally more open
-Rewind: The First 100 Days…Decision Richmond hits the “Big-Time”
Richmond budget: no raises, same real estate tax rate, new stormwater fee | CBS6
In Virginia, Who Votes Will Decide Who Wins
Life after Bush: How Henrico Congressman Eric Cantor has quickly become the new, young face of the GOP
100 Vacant Houses
Squatter group takes on vacant properties | 41NBC
-Houses for Free?
-Squat 2 Own
We Can Haz Hause? (Intro Film: Battery Tracks: Story of a Richmond Squat)
Years later, Norfolk has yet to sell vacant properties
Memorial Day
-Daily Press: Congress eyes compensation for WWII merchant mariners...Honoring the fallen
-Daily Progress: When every day is Memorial Day
-Danville Register & Bee: Memorial Day speaker: Memorial Day a day of remembrance, not celebration
-Free Lance Star: National Cemetery speaker addresses the true meaning of Memorial Day
-Inside NOVA: Rolling Thunder rides through Prince William | Washington Post
-Lynchburg News and Advance: Thanks to donations, World War II vet going to reunion
-Richmond Times Dispatch: Chesterfield family recalls son killed in Iraq...Thousands honor fallen at Memorial Day service
-Roanoke Times: Diminuendo for brass...Roanoke Valley salutes region's casualties of war
-RVANews: Memorial Day
-Staunton News Leader: Thornrose memorial service recalls Confederacy
-Virginia Gazettte: Retired officer maintains national cemetery at Yorktown
-Virginia Pilot: Special set of soldiers are the keepers of the fallen...Norfolk battleship a perfect setting for tribute to the fallen
-Washington Post: Soldier's Fiancee Left in Limbo | Families Affected by Suicide Feel Sting
-Washington Times: Obama heads to Arlington cemetery for Memorial Day
-Winchester Star: After search, veteran’s grave finally found
-WRVA: Hundreds Attend Event At Virginia War Memorial
Chesterfield Man has made it his business to report illegal signs in front of businesses, nonprofits and churches in the Midlothian Turnpike area.
Dr. Bob’s Virginia Scorecard
All eyes on Virginia -- and McAuliffe
-TD Profile of McAuliffe
Surprise Wash Post Endorsement of Creigh Deeds Scrambles Virginia Governor's Race
McAuliffe's Richmond Crusade for Voters Endorsement Marred in Controversy
-It is a tainted endorsement
Liberty U. Bans Campus Democratic club: Boston Globe | Detroit Free Press | Times Dispatch | Washington Times | WRVA
-Democrat club wary of Falwell offer
-McDonnell "disagrees" with Liberty University's decision on college Democrats
S&K (1967-2009)
-S&K History
-Another Local Employer Bites the Dust
-More Articles: Bizjournals.com | Daily Press | News & Observer | Richmond BizSense... Liquidation Sale | Virginia Business Magazine
Big squawk over big-box drugstore (Walgreens in James City)
The most recent Echo Harbor renderings
Legislators look into how Va. laws cover ‘sexting’...State Sen. ponders changing child porn laws for ’sexting’
Mexting Cases On Rise Among Area Teens
Doug Wilder, see PBS tonite: Making a real City of the Future
VA GOV: Promises, Promises...fine-tune their messages...No Surprises
-Full Video: Democratic Governor's Race Candidates Debate
Blacklisted renters list
Free house in Chesterfield—with a catch
Real estate: Some homeowners are renovating rather than buying
Housing slump could be near bottom
Dear President Obama: Please Don't Honor the Arlington Confederate Monument
Embattled land...Wilderness Battlefield among ‘Most Endangered’...Duvall’s thoughts couldn’t be more true
Preservation Virginia: Orange Wal-mart would wreak havoc on national park...Virginia nonprofit joins cause to stop construction of WalMart on the Wilderness Battlefield
A whirlwind week for Democratic primary
Who’s following the money? Fewer reporters than ever
This recession is worst, with exception of N.Va.
The Associated Press Economic Stress Index
-Map outlines tales of the recession across the U.S.
City Hall's Limbo
Save Richmond: A Letter to Mayor Dwight C. Jones...‘Nuff Said
Paul Goldman: Saving Don Harrison from saving Mayor Jones
-Response: The Whole Damn Combo Meal
The best of disinfectants
Friar's Club Roast of Save Richmond...
-SaveRichmond.com Editor Up In Arms Over His Chicken Alfredo
-Saverichmond.com’s Don Harrison Comes Out Swinging Against Doswell
Flynn's Last Stand?
Controversial community planner Rachel Flynn
-The Downtown Plan: Why Can't We Be Friends?
-The Downtown Plan: Flynn Becomes the Fulcrum
The Downtown Plan: The Absolute BEST Editorial Cartoon (on richmondcartoon.com)
Richmond planners set new height limit for buildings
-The Downtown Plan: Hey, Charlotte, Check Out the Size of My Tower...The Downtown Plan: Hey, Ho, How High Can We Grow?
State of the City Address
-Jones gives first State of the City address
For older children in Virginia's foster-care system, the path to a family is dizzying and often unsuccessful
Big-Ticket Buildings
Is this where once-great political parties go to die?...GOP Who?
Cantor under fire for using taxpayer funded staff on policy group
The DC Power 100
16 Blocks interviews Daniel Breslau on BURG’s big WALMART victory.
The Future of Virginia Education: What Do You Think?
Hispanics, Asians nearly 12% of Va.‘s population...Declining immigration slows nationally | Census Database
Pastor urges boycott of census by illegal immigrants
Sailors on Blackwater anti-piracy ship claim harrassment
Should Richmond Have A Slave Musuem?
Blacks and the Confederacy: an incomplete story...Black Confederates: PhotoShopped Out of History?
Style Cover: Massey’s Dark Side
Are we going to build more just because the land is available — even if there are not enough schools, roads and sewer systems for these new homes and businesses?
Sale of farm plates helps Va farmland preservation
Terry McAuliffe is Barack Obama
McAuliffe's Mischief
McAuliffe campaigns in Richmond with Will.i.am...slams McDonnell on jobs...in Arlington...in Hampton...in Norfolk...draws thin crowds
-McAuliffe Race Relying on Celebrities...Do young folks need celebrities to tell them how to vote?
Clinton Puts Reputation on Line for Terry McAuliffe
Supplying the demand: Recession drives up plasma sales
State Fair of Virginia settles lawsuit against rival planning event in Richmond
Chinese drywall turned dream home into nightmare...Norfolk condo project in question after manager departs
How one Virginia city bucks the down economy trends
-Committee looks to distant future for economic-development engines
Carytown merchants leader trying to unify area
Education is ‘new civil-rights agenda,‘ mayor tells VUU grads
In local classrooms, ranks of male teachers thinning
Smoking law may amount to ban
Could Jim Webb be on to something?
Local nonprofit, others sense momentum for medicinal cannibis
Uncle Sam wants YOU to toke up!
Toast if not for TARP
-Ukropia: Bailing by the banksters
Racing for Richmond: Three Dems are neck-and-neck, but can they run all the way to the governor's mansion?
For years, DC Fire Investigator Greg Bowyer spoke out against the Fire Department. Now he spends his time on hydrant duty.
Virginia's Summit on Poverty and Economic Opportunity | Times Dispatch | Virginian Pilot
-MPW: Finally, an anti-poverty effort in Va.
-Always with us?
To Be Homeless
Ex-NASCAR driver Kevin Grubb, 31, found dead at hotel...ruled a suicide...Funeral Arrangements For Grubb Set | Breaking Story
Lender forecloses on Magnolia Green | Richmond BizSense
Too Many Hotels In Short Pump?
Gen. David McKiernan makes Times 'Most Influential' list
Obama, Clinton play silent role in Virginia's gubernatorial race
Questions raised about McAuliffe's ties to Virginia
Bob McDonnell's coincidental private Wilder lunch
Virginia: Pollster Pushback
Will.i.am Coming To Virginia to support Terry McAuliffe | Roanoke Times
Campaign Pork
Philip Morris Meeting Mixes Tobacco Profit and Antismoking Protest | Business Week | Washington Post
Robert Duvall joins foes of Orange Wal-Mart | AP | Cville
Gen. James Longstreet wounded, May 6, 1864
Region is too quiet on the issue of high-speed rail
Fed's Lacker Joins Optimistic Camp | Reuters | WSJ
Top 50 employers list will undergo changes
Changing the Perception of Richmond Schools
Proposed changes to Mayor Dwight C. Jones’ budget for fiscal 2009-10
Plan would lower tax on businesses in downtown Norfolk
Drugs
-Local nonprofit, others sense momentum for medicinal cannibis
-Meth 'epidemic' prompts call for federal aid in Galax
New Numbers: Scabies at Richmond Elem. School
Dominion kept 7-year secret on fly ash's environmental risks
Pictures from around Lumpkin’s Jail
Governor Kaine Announces Precautions to Prepare Virginia to Respond to Swine Flu Outbreak (Audio)
-Virginia Department of Health: VIRGINIA HEALTH OFFICIALS CLOSELY FOLLOWING SWINE FLU CASES...Letter to Health Providers
-Centers for Disease Control
VDH ANNOUNCES TWO CASES OF SWINE FLU IN VIRGINIA | Times Dispatch | NBC12
Testing at Virginia lab means quicker results on swine flu tests
11 Cases Confirmed ...Virginia prepared for any spike in swine flu
Flu Perspective
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Swine flu takes toll on Smithfield foods
Va. stockpiles anti-flu drugs; sets up hotline
Swine flu goes global
No Swine Flu Cases, But Middlesex Couple Tested
Swine Flu and the Walk-By Media...WRVA: Worried About Swine Flu?
Goochland schools respond to swine flu concerns...Hampton Roads schools get prepared, focus on flu prevention...Officials warn students about swine flu outbreak...precautions urged at colleges
Media
-Va. calls in resources, though no swine flu cases seen
-AP | Free Lance Star | Roanoke Times
-Rewind: Stadium Stories
MPW: More pressing needs than baseball...High-speed rail, not baseball, is region’s real ticket
Eastern League likely to reach Richmond in ’10
Richmond group strikes out on pitch to buy, move Defenders...sale to Virginia group is dead...Audio from the Press Conference
-Richmond Reaction: Deal to buy baseball team is dead...Deadline purchase of baseball team expected to pass without a deal (First Edition) | CBS6 | WRVA
Nolan Ryan’s business looking into Richmond situation
-Nolan Ryan group visiting Richmond today...looks to join Richmond baseball efforts...Checking Out The Market For Possible Franchise Opportunity CT Reaction: 9th inning help for Defenders sale?...Nolan Ryan may buy Connecticut Defenders
-Baseball Talk Heats Up
Short Pump offers better site for stadium
-A Jack Goes Forth Editorial Reply
Gwinnett Braves have become quite the draw
Baseball Investors Face Full Count
-FanGuy Response...Debate Ensues
-Baseball Debate Getting Ugly
DiBella, Kirk players to watch in Richmond baseball developments?
Baseball in the Bottom: Three Ways Forward, Only One Way To Win
Shockoe Bottom Baseball Rally
That Guy From The Car Dealer Commercials Appears To You In Nightmare
Road 2 Recovery: Day 3 — Fredericksburg to Richmond
The New Education?
The Case for Working With Your Hands (via)
NY Times Sunday Magazine Featuring Richmond's Matthew B. Crawford
-Afflictions of the educated
-A doctorate's dirty hands hold a lesson
-IndyBound:"Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work" | Amazon
-Working in Oil
-Shockoe Moto
Through a new debate program known as the Pen Project, a handful of Richmond’s urban high-school students tackle tough topics and learn the power of words
Gary Gerloff
-GG
-Death of Gary Gerloff will be a loss to area music scene
-Gary Gerloff dead
-Goin' Up the Country
-Rewind: Richmond Folk Festival | Website
Hail to Trani! VCU Unveils His Bronze Image
-Putting VCU's Trani on a Pedestal
-Trani forever
Local Husband Makes It Through Another Episode Of 'Jon & Kate Plus 8'
Network passes on Richmond-filmed drama
Parking Violation?!?
One-Two Punch
The Bopst Show 56
Home-schoolers raising the Spelling Bee's buzz
'I love nerds': For spellers, dorky's the new cool
Eliminated: Chesterfield | Fredericksburg
Roanoke Pizza renaissance
Fire officials advocate grill safety
James River Warnings
-Drowning in Hanover County Lake
No Restrooms at Rest Stop
Sand fences on Va. Beach Oceanfront stir up conflict...Agencies make sure beach waters are clean...Crews work to clean up Oceanfront's rough edges
Rescuers unable to revive man who drowned at Virginia Beach
Boat traffic on Smith Mountain Lake is picking up, keeping safety officers busy on patrol.
-Woman injured when watercraft hits pontoon boat
Summer's here. Will crowds follow? Beach businesses are hopeful...Turmoil at Beach strip mall spills over into community
Lost land leads to false island claims
American shad aren’t coming back in Va.
Role Playing: Rising screen talent Jason Butler Harner
NFL to Aaron Brooks: Not interested
New RVA Mag Published: Volume 5 Issue 2 | PDF
Books On Wheels, Tricycle Gardens, Cheap Eats, Illustration and veterinary assistants, This Is How We Do It, Josh Small and Tim Barry, Enon, The Silent Music Revival, The Eardrums
You’re A Mean One, Checkout Girl
Flying the (chicken) coop
-Coop Cooperation Slideshow
Newport News man's work picked up by DC Comics
Who Owns the CDA Bonds?
-Another shortfall in sight for a Richmond parking authority
Diamond Duck: Would You Guys Hurry The Hell Up And Build A Ballpark Already?
Shockoe Center planners lack deal for parking deck...group trying to close on Connecticut baseball team...Boys of Summer redux: Richmond is poised to get a new minor-league baseball team
Things to Do on Memorial Day Weekend...
Canadians on Southern sensibilities
Confederacy's capital embraces a new vibe, while not forgetting its often painful past
Richmond Magazine's EXPLORE 2009
Some off the beaten path roadtrips
Three Places in Richmond That Make You Feel Not-In-Richmond
Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia Part One | Part Two
DC Restaurant News
-How Not to Hire a Chef
Busboys & Poets owner Andy Shallal spent thousands on a contest to find the right chef. So why's the runner-up doing the cooking?
-Spike Mendelsohn Evicted from His Capitol Hill Rental House
2,207 runs: The streak that owned the man
CultureWorks Billboard Art Project
State Record Fish Committee Reviewing First Freshwater Fish over 100 Pounds | WRVA
-James River seems capable of winning this cat fight
-102-Pound Blue Cat Should Break Virginia State Record
Carbon Leaf: A Band Less Ordinary
Film fest gets new director
James River Writers, SPARC to host 'From Page to Stage or Screen'
Documentarian's Tenacity Pays Off in Fundraising
Forest Hill Park Lake's Restoration | TD
Report: Majority Of Twenty- And Thirtysomething Glassware Stolen From Local Bars
Journeyman
Black Bear in Petersburg Captured CBS6 | NBC12
-Rewind Oldie But Goodie: Bear Trampoline
Local musicians launch city's first marching band
Big changes are planned for Buckroe
Act I Concludes...
Ballpark Findings
(PDFs of executive summary and Dwight Jones' remarks)
-Mixed Signals: Oh, turns out the city will have to pay for it...The Sinker: Who will pay for it? The nagging question still dogs the Bottom ballpark...Rewind: Ballpark Study: Political Cover for Mayor Jones?
-Why should private ballparks get money that could be used for other, more important public goods?
-Ballpark plan needs city help, consultants say (First Edition)
-Build it, and will they come?...Just Build It, Williams Opines...Michael Paul Williams is a terrible poker player...
-Study has created another hurdle for sale of Defenders
-Study says city support needed for ballpark
-City money and credit needed for ballpark project...Covering the Bases: Baseball in the Bottom
-Shockoe Ballpark Study
-Stadium To Require City Funding
-Shockoe Center backers need fans to spend...Mayor's economic advisors: Richmonders need to eat, drink, smoke, party More
-Take Me Out to a Ballpark
-MORE Baseball: Shockoe Center Financial Feasibility Report Is Released
-How much for that 'free' baseball stadium?
-Is Baseball Sliding into the Bottom?
-Mayor Jones Speaks and releases Davenport report.
The truths about baseball in Shockoe Bottom...If people can come downtown for Riverrock, graduations, food, business, festivals, then why can't they come for baseball?
Mr. Baseball’s bull…
Baseball is Done.
Jones ready to play ball with new stadium study...to release summary of Shockoe-ballpark report today...drumroll, please
-Analysts advocate downtown ballpark
The State of the Rap Show Experience (Snoop Dogg)
Buy Local Guide Is Fantastical (and Free)
-Buy Fresh, Buy Local | PDF Guide
Yes, the Redskins name is offensive
Bopst 55
Neighborhood garden trend blossoms in Richmond
Farmers use GPS in the field
Harry Kollatz's Journey Into Richmond And What I Found There
-Part I
-Part II
-Part III
-Parts IV-V
It's official: William & Mary students have broken the Guinness World Record for the most people doing the Michael Jackson's "Thriller" dance simultaneously in one location.
-Original Video
This Week in Baseball...
Richmond-Connecticut baseball deal remains on hold...Richmond expected to get a Double-A team next season...DiBella: Defenders sale not imminent...Obstacles remain to Defenders sale...Stadium won’t be an issue in Defenders’ sale...Business as usual with Connecticut Defenders
Ballpark issue is topic of Public Square forum
-Public Square debates Shockoe ballpark (Video 1 | Video 2 | More Video/Analysis from Telegraph)
-Just Get On With It
-Examining Richmond’s ballpark situation
-Have an Opinion?
-The wrong baseball debate
-Ballpark Talk: Pitching Panned (Blog Intro)
-Did Shockoe Baseball Opponents Oppose Tax Credits for Bow Tie?
-Stadium Stupidity: The Debate Drags On
-RTD EXCLUSIVE (ie, print only): Independent experts weigh in on Shockoe ballpark
-Baseball in the Bottom: "Live" Blogging from the Richmond Times-Dispatch Public Square
-Bottom Ballpark? | Fan of the Fan | River District News
Businessman is passionate advocate for baseball in Richmond...Give Shockoe Center plan a chance, developer says
VERSUS
Ballpark is bad fit for Bottom, activist argues...Shockoe-stadium foe says plan is bad deal for taxpayers
Reaction
-Diradour's Anti-Shockoe Bottom Propaganda Machine Ramps Up
Apparently, the numbers served up by Highwoods are off.
All's Quiet On Sale Of Defenders...Baseball group nears completion of deal to buy team
FULL COVERAGE OF BASEBALL
Debate for the Ages
New ABC program may eventually soften the hated 45% ratio
Riverrock: NBC12 | RVANews | Style | Times Dispatch
Muscle cars rumble on Main Street
Economy affecting “I Do’s”
Interview with UFC Fighter (and Richmonder) Amir Sadollah
Bear Spotted In Chesterfield Neighborhood
Spring is here, and so are the bears...sightings on the rise in Va...Handling the Growing Bear Population
Group plans Richmond trip to fight for The Alley
Spike’s New Pizzeria Is Coming to Cap Hill
Charlottesville Sex..
-10 Best Public Places to Have Sex in Charlottesville
-No More Erotic Craigslist Ads in Charlottesville
Charlottesville Music...
-Under the radar and dreaming: Who's next to break out of the Charlottesville scene?
-Forty-five songs that every Charlottesville music fan should know
Williamsburg tourism marketing secrecy feeds suspicion
On the Road Again: Summer Concerts Worth the Drive from D.C. (ie, not a far drive for us)
Testing Out “The Food Blog Code of Ethics”
CBR is a scavenger hunt. CBR is a road trip. CBR is a mystery.
After years of instability, the Arts Council is reemerging as a premier advocacy group under former VCU dean John Bryan
The Dark Side of CenterStage (Blog Intro)
-Rewind: The Show Mustn't Go On
2009 Virginia Grown Guide
-Honey, meats, eggs all found in new Va guide
Livery stables were staples in community
"Ghost pots" kill crabs - and more
Lamb of God Come Home
Jack Goes To Club Velvet
Bopst 54
Rewriting role of Va.’s film industry
New SBQ Issue Out
Rumored Restaurant a Bridge Between Byrd Park and the Fan?
Mama Said There’d Be Days Like This
What separates Liberty from other secular universities is the extent to which the college encourages students to seek their mates on campus.
Screw U.
Can church teachings keep 3,000 Catholic University students from doing it? (No)
ABC morning show gives Ashland moments of fame
-At Your House in Virginia
Ashland Uncentered
Fear keeps Falun Gong group offstage at celebration
SPCA tackles equine rescue
Dogs killed for lack of space during outbreak at Beach shelter
Ringgold resident builds luxury homes for backyard poultry
-Henspa.com
Dog Stories
-Chanel's the world's oldest pooch, with 21 years under her collar...How do you really calculate dog years? (British Press LOVE this story: Daily Mail | The Sun | Telegraph)
-Chomped dog: Coyote blamed in pet mauling
Book festival gets good marks despite slowdown
Goochland Skate park permanent, but still needs help
New Fredericksburg film club hosting area cinema evenings
Fire and brimstone, reenacted
Families often found sharing a workplace
Richmond Lucha Libre: Sexo y Violencia
Take a Hike
-Plans to convert the Blue Ridge Tunnel into a hiking trail through Afton Mountain
-A hidden gem: Three Lakes Park
The Great Baseball Debate: Part Deux...Mayor Jones, Where Is That Report?
Shockoe Bottom Is the Best Place for a Ballpark: Yes or No
Unshackling Richmond: In a city that lacks an identity, some people say history and tourism could fill a gaping void.
-"America on the Eve of the Civil War"
Portsmouth man sues Burger King for not holding pickles
London named male coach of the year over Steelers’ Tomlin
Outlaws v. city hall: Roanoke Times editor Remembers David Allan Coe
Ms. Virginia Bodybuilding champ is a bubbe
Mineral supplementation, necessity or never mind?
The Invisible Philanthropist
Grace Arents, a shy heiress, transformed her city
Obscure Sports Wednesday
-It Takes a Village...SportsQuest adding tournament facilities at Chesterfield site
-Trying to rise in the ranks of worldwide tennis, dozens of professional athletes, including Carly Gullickson, descend on Boar’s Head
Imagine the East End Greenway
-East End Greenway on CHPN
-Maybe Richmond Deserves Two Central Parks
Graffiti On Everyone’s Property
Two local men nominated for 'America's Favorite Groomzilla'
Bopst 53
Folk Festival will return, but with a few cutbacks | CBS6 | Rewind: Folk Fest 2008
By sheer coincidence, two remarkable historic objects linked with one soldier come together for for Chancellorsville's 146th anniversary
Anti-ballpark banner in Shockoe allowed to stay up
Acquisition of franchise for Richmond only part of the process
The healthier spots for swimming in the James River
Summer-movie plots with River City as the backdrop
Closed restaurant Lucky Star making a comeback
The world’s oldest newspaper columnist: A memento of Richmond, Virginia
IN THE BLACK & WHITE: 001
FIRST FRIDAY!
-Gallery 5 Repressed IV: May Day, Power To the Poster, and All The Saints Theater Company's May Day Parade | RVAMAG | Power to the Poster | There Once Was A Rebellion
-May Day Aftermath: May Day Parade Brought Together Richmond's Workers and Activists...May Day / First Friday (including police pictures!)
More
-The Man Inside the Camera
-Mike Moses to Desecrate May’s First Fridays Artwalk!...Self-promoter Mike Moses has an art show, and a protest against himself...See It | Black Knight....Mike Moses "Mote"
-Young Artist Joe Riley
-‘Light in the Attic’ features thesis works by UR art students
-May First Fridays Art Walk features varied venues, shows
-Last Friday!
Printed Guide is an insert in this week's Style Weekly.
Richmond Remainders: Washington’s Would-Be Tomb!
OTM looks at community blogs and the demise of the daily paper...The Rise of the 'hood Blog...
Recession forces cuts at Snagajob.com
A Word to My PR Homies: On Links in Press Releases...On Writing a Lede
Marketing pros Hop, Skip & Sip in Richmond
DC Technology Week
Washingtonian's Top 100 Tech Titans
-Somewhat Frank
TwinTech IV
-VC Basics muses
-The Future of the Social Capital
DC meetup for entrepreneurs, hosted by DEMO, VentureBeat and Social Times...Techcocktail DC 5 - DEMO Preview
St. Catherine’s grad is an anchor on the Fox Business Network
Updated Stuff: New Website, Posting at “That Other Blog,” and the Love Angle
-Read Write Web
More bad news for the news, more Media General layoffs
The Problem With Facebook
Reporting Live from New Media Seminars
-New Media Seminars Coming to VA Beach in June | New Media Seminar
Time Warner to Decide on AOL Spinoff on Thursday...Time Warner to spinoff AOL by year's end
Taking calls with Q94’s Melissa Chase
-Rewind: Clear Channel
White House Announces Open Government Website, Initiative
-Transparency and Open Government
Media's Downward Spiral
American newspapers are in dire financial straits. How are newspapers faring where you are? Are you concerned about the future of journalism in America or in your own country? What does that future look like?
Wine and Beer Westpark hosts tastings online...Mob Marketing: Effectively Morphing Your Web Promotions from User-Friendly to User-Generated
-Wine and Beer Westpark | Blog | Facebook
Richmond school system to be on Facebook, Twitter
-@RPS_Schools | Facebook (via)
Finding, sharing faith on Facebook
Social media at The Times-Dispatch
-@RTDNEWS
-@RTDBusiness
-@RTDPolitics
-@RTDStreetBeat
Broadcasters don't air their bad news
Local TV shows at risk
How to spell 'boooooring' in 140 letters
Va. Tech students craft online biz guide
It's aimed at entrepreneurs who want to launch an Internet business.
-www.businessguidebook.org
Starting Web biz takes plan, work: Starting an online business may be tougher than you think
Welcome To The All New Tobacco Avenue
Jack Goes Forth: The Blogger Is Back
BizSense hires a new reporter
Norfolk librarian guides Internet searches for health information
Hollywood publicist, the Hook settle suit
Ex-Landmark developer files countersuit against Minor...He said/he said: Danielson sues; Minor speaks out
-Halsey Minor Doesn’t Get the Last Laugh
Tenth Annual Women in Technology Leadership Awards Winners Announced
CBIC Award Finalists Announced
The Cultural Divide
TD now available on the Kindle
A New Era for Account Leadership
The stark realities of 21st century journalism
Rocket may launch a promising future for Wallops Island
Daily Lays Off More: Times-Dispatch newsroom takes another hit.
-Memo
“Survival mode” at the Richmond Times-Dispatch: a union statement read to Media General Inc.’s shareholders at the company’s annual meeting
-Suicide and the Times-Dispatch..."Save the Newspaper!" Anonymous challenged
New Media & The Virginia Association of Museums
Warner touts e-medical data despite hacker attack
-Medical industry pins hopes on IT funds
Web site helps with head counts for events
-RSVPhere.com
Dulles-Based Guitar Affair Goes Live with Online Service
-Guitar Affair
Random Richmond Thoughts
Is the Newspaper Industry a Buyer's Market?
Hopes for wind power picking up in Virginia Beach
The AOL Ad Sales "Bloodbath" Of 2009
ThinkFastMoveFaster.com Features Surfing Athlete...Launches New Chemo Brain eBook Guide
-ThinkFastMoveFaster.com | Twitter
Technology stars come out; Greater Richmond Technology Council Rebranded as ‘RichTech’ | Times Dispatch | RichTech.com
-Community Catalyst Award: Karen Booth Adams, CEO, Hot Technology Holdings
-Team Educator Award: Nancy Hoover, Coordinator, Pre-Engineering Specialty Center at L.C. Bird High School
-Emerging Company Award: Astyra Corp.
-Technology Builder Award: Dominion Digital
-Technology Innovation: Financial & Professional Services Award: Capital One
-Technology Innovation: Healthcare Award: United Network for Organ Sharing
-Innovation: Manufacturing, Distribution and Retail Award: Ukrop’s
-Chairman’s Award: VirginiaFIRST
Richmond.com Launch Party
Floricane's Newsletter Updates and Successful Storytelling
Media Twits: Social Media Club chapter launches in Richmond | +4
featuring @codearachnid @DougMeacham @dwlumpkin @gatewood5000 @jmlumpkin @jonnew @kamenlee @knownhuman @KSiddall @madmain @maryframer @miketoner @rvabusiness @ShortPump @stevemullen @TrevorDickerson
-Rewind: SMCRVA
New Richmond Men's Online Resource: The Man's Plan Coming Soon | Twitter
Hard Questions In Wake of Reputed Health Data Theft...Hackers, complacency threaten prescription database
Health records go high-tech
State drug database regaining functions after cyberattack...Database hack might lead to drug fraud
Hacker's demand: $10M for your prescriptions | Roanoke Times | Times Dispatch | Washington Post | Virginian Pilot | Washington Times | Fox News | Health Data Management | Information Week
-Hacking of prescription database may lead to headaches
-Is your privacy anyone's priority?
VCU Brandcenter and the 4A's Present: The Future of Account Leadership
-Register
MAVA's Capital Connection Coming Soon To DC...TECH cocktail DC 5 Coming Soon
The need for customized social marketing
Virginian-Pilot's Va. Beach staff moves to new offices
Richmonders mad about another syndicated morning show
-Bring Back Melissa and Sid to Q94 Mornings Petition
-Listener revolt over Clear Channel layoffs
Clear Channel job cuts a symptom of radio ad woes
WordCamp
-Track #wcrva
-Organizer's Re-cap (Matt Walters)
-Six Degree’s of Separation…
-Going WordCamping This Weekend
Presentations:
-Security and Hardening
-Fair Use
-SEO Presentation
Internet Summit 2009 set for November in Raleigh
Citizen Engagement Through Apps for Democracy Community Edition
Resonate Networks launches with $2 million round
-Resonate Networks
Social Media Club Richmond First Meeting
Morton's Steakhouse May 7, 2009 5-8 PM SOLD OUT
-Track meeting via #SMCRVA hashtag
-Richmond’s First Social Media Club Event...Social Media V. The People
-First RVA Social Media Club (SMCRVA) Meeting
-Richmond Social Media Club – postgame...The birth of the RVA social media club
-What a day
-Richmond’s Social Media, In One Room
-Big Things Happen in Small Towns
-Social Media Club wrap up
-Social Media Club Richmond, VA | Twitter: @SMCRVA
New Blog! Wine Conscience | Twitter
I'll trade ya: Barter companies thrive as economy reels
On using hash tags in twitter (think open!)
Newspaper Narcissism (via)
The Buzz Bin: Newspapers Are Like Department Stores
Newspapers Fight for Survival
Would Independent Papers Survive?
Twitter takes a road trip
What is Twitter
Darden to Test Amazon’s Kindle DX | AP | Cville | Washington Post
-Is Kindle A Newspaper Savior? Not Quite
-Why Kindle DX Won't Save Newspapers
Will this Save the Richmond Times-Dispatch?
Got Transit? | Richmond Bizsense | Times Dispatch
The Risks of Facebook
How tweets can tweak business
River Journal founder dies
Innovation in Disruptive Environments
Let's All Welcome Born Ugly Magazine to the Family
-Born Ugly the voice and visual of the everyday skateboarder
New Richmond Bloggers:
-Paul Goldman: Pandemics R Us: Swine Flu vs Wall Street's Pigs
-Vic In A Box
Social Media Case Study:
The “ease factor”...How does Twitter work?
Non-profits Leverage Social Networks With Varying Degrees of Success...Another Perspective
Nickel-and-Diming Is Not A Key to the TD's Success
Why (Richmond Times-Dispatch), Why did you go from have a great online website, to an OK online website, to now having a website with little-to-no news and a horrible navigation system?
Roanoke business Foot Levelers is stepping out of obscurity
Baltimore Sun reorg just announced
The Washington Post Company Reports First Quarter Earnings
News Editor Goes Home And Prays Someone Locally Gets Swine Flu
Style Weekly Hiring! (Arts and Culture Editor)
Why Urban Pigeon?
Charging a dime for a bag? Some think it's a good idea
Va. Chamber honors 50 fastest-growing private firms
-Logistics Solutions Group
-Dominion Equipment Parts
Goochland consulting firm wins Muse award for creativity...TecAccess and Eight Other Virginia Companies Honored As VMFA Recognizes Creativity in Business
-TecAccess | Twitter
-Muse-ings
New events section on RVANews
Landmark letdown: Hotel project’s lender folds
Feds shut down bank that financed unfinished Landmark Hotel
Do Journalists Add Value?
Young Williamsburg Professionals launch website
-YEPofwilliamsburg
Magazine editor missing on Appalachian Trail...Found
- May 4, 2009 Neon Guild presents Promoting, Building & Retaining Online Communities Inova Solutions 110 Avon Street Charlottesville, VA 22902 6-8pm
- May 7, 2009 Social Media Club Richmond Morton's Steakhouse 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
- May 8-9, 2009 BeCamp Charlottesville, VA
- May 9, 2009 WordCamp RVA Hirschler Fleischer
- May 14, 2009 Ignite DC Washington, DC
- May 19, 2009 Refresh Richmond: Online Video w Chris Piedade, Director of Project Media at Tagline Media, 6-8, CRT/tanaka, 101 West Commerce Rd
- May 20, 2009 TECH cocktail LeftBank digital bistro Washington, DC 7 PM
- May 26, 2009 New Media Seminar Holiday Inn Select 10am-2pm
- May 26-27, 2009 Capital Connection 2009 Washington, DC
- May 28, 2009 Twin Tech IV 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Washington, DC
also see Youth Volunteering
Briley brothers escape from death row
Taliaferro Family Calling For State To Step In
Police bust Best Buy theft ring
Another woman attacked in Richmond's Fan District
Dog fighting Arrest in Hanover
VA Woman Abducted After Craigslist Meeting
City Police Enjoy First-Ever Memorial Day Holiday
Thank clueless media -- and you -- for Vick saturation...
You're Welcome...
Daily Press Special Report
-Mugshots to Millions
PR experts on Reforming Michael Vick's image
-Discussion of Michael Vick, his past and his future
-Multimedia archive: Michael Vick, from NFL to prison
Tony Dungy: Michael Vick 'deserves a second chance'...Jets' Feely says Vick 'needs to rebuild life'
A Second Chance for Vick?
-Michael Vick and the NFL Offseason
Double Coverage: The Vick Debate...Roundtable: Who will sign Michael Vick??
Wildcat offense might be Michael Vick’s ticket back to NFL...Offensive changes working against Vick...Vick faces difficult road back...IDing 10 potential landing spots for Michael Vick
There's a Catch 22 on Vick's return to NFL...What Does Vick Have to Do to Satisfy You?
More Vick (including Commentaries)
Criminal illegal immigrants targeted
CBS 6 Exclusive: Inside State Lab
Nearly four decades later, no sign of elusive escapee
UPDATE: RPD Take-home Car Controversy
Beach man not guilty in son's decapitation by reason of insanity
The Short Pump Bubble Effect
Police Believe Two Short Pump Robberies Are Related
Tucker football coach/student sex
charges: CBS6
| NBC12 | Times
Dispatch | WRVA
Homecoming
(video)
Michael Vick Out of Prison...leaves
Leavenworth...heads for Va. home...and
media....and
the curious...Meets with Probabtion Officer...sidesteps questions outside courthouse
Humane Society Versus PETA Versus Vick...Now a word from the Humane Society...Sees Vick as an Ally, Not a
Pariah
Commentaries
-Leveling the playing field, on or off, elusive
-Readers Help Michael Vick
-NFL should ban Vick
-Debt paid, Vick should
play
-The longest yard: Michael Vick deserves a shot at proving himself NFL-worthy
-Amid ESPN's infatuation with Vick, Fox finally gets it right
-Vick deserves a chance ... to do some good
-OK, I say, “Michael Vick,” and you say, what?
-Vick faces ultimate discrimination
-Athletes behaving badly
-Will it ever be OK to cheer for Vick?
-Vick Deserves Second Chance
-Vick needs us to find new cause
-Vick has disease for which there is no cure
-Vick's reality: Life as an ex-con
-What the Vick?
-Give Vick shot at redemption
-Michael Vick Returning To The NFL? A Trainwreck Waiting To Happen
-Free Michael Vick
-A reason for hope still there for Vick
-Vick doesn’t deserve second chance in NFL
-Vick's path back to NFL won't be easy
-Vick has paid his debt, so it's time to leave him alone
-Will Michael Vick Go to The Dogs?
-The humane thing to do: Give Vick a second chance
-Judging Michael Vick
-Vick generating wide range of opinion
Emotions still run deep over Vick in ATL
Home confinement gives Vick time to work on image...What's Next?...Vick begins rebuilding his image...road to redemption needs funding
Group head says he visited with Vick
This week, Vick starts life after federal prison
Bicycle/Laptop Bandit
Busted
In the fight against drugs at middle schools, authorities face a nearly unstoppable trafficking source — mom.
Anti-racist Struggle Continues in Powhatan, Va.
Guilty pleas in Powhatan county
Shooting by Richmond police is ruled justified
Motorcycle Groups Upset Over New Law
Neighbors help solve 30+ thefts
Man accused of murder should have been in jail
Police Search for Suspects in Credit Card Theft
Retail Crime Wave?
-Best Buy
| Press Release
-BW3...Arrested
-Hardee's
-Ice Cream Man
-Little Caesar's
-Newport News Farmer's Market
-Radio Shack section of the Powhatan Pharmacy (caught)
-Spotsylvania Bridal, jewelry boutique...Search on
-Pilot Travel Center
(arrested)
-Ukrop's
-Whole
Foods
Family mourns woman shot by Chesapeake police
Back
in heroin's grasp: Deadly drug making a comeback on the Peninsula
Ex-NFL star Bruce Smith charged with DUI in Virginia Beach
Service members have little recourse against malpractice
Ex-fugitive relieved that his life on the run is over
Officials seek release for Briley brothers accomplice
A Special Place in
Hell...
Tomato plants taken from church garden in Richmond
| CBS6
Henrico Police Investigating Shooting At West Broad Village...bullet grazed the man's groin...verbal altercation led to shooting
Tough streets get police attention
16 Henrico middle school students charged in prescription drug case
Police Officers and Red Lights
Two inmates escape correctional center in Goochland...Back in Custody
Armed and dangerous: The new reality of teen crime
Henrico Dog Fighting Investigation
Adopted Vick pit bull a happy survivor
Chris Brown's lawyer wants LAPD records
Arrest made in McCallum shooting (comments field, priceless)
Funeral Services Today for Pregnant Henrico Teen
Cops Driving Cruisers Home...RPD Accused Of Excessive Spending
-Jones looks to tighten Richmond policy on take-home cars for officers
-Calling All Cars
Slain Fredericksburg Police officer honored in Richmond...Police Riding For Slain Officers
Church Hill Home Under Investigation
-Discussion
Man who solicited sex gets five years. Excessive sentence? Judge has ‘no choice’
Chesterfield shooting shows need for protocol on mentally ill
Mother of slain man assails police...CBS 6: Follow-Up on Officer Involved Shooting
Arrest made in theft of sousaphones from Woodside High School
Woman clings to car hood on Military Highway to thwart thief
DMV Investigator Caught on Tape
No plans to clear past convictions under defunct noise laws
Michael Vick meets with Tony Dungy
Huff on Vick: 'turn him loose with the dogs'
Vick dogs find new lives in adoptive homes
Paintball vandals go 'on rampage' in SW Virginia
| Roanoke Times
Gangs might target athletes
Norfolk near launch of street surveillance camera system
Serial Robbery Arrests
