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1 month ago | 
richmonder.org | Sarah Vogelsong |Victoria Ifatusin |Graham Moomaw |Michael Phillips
Trailblazing politician Dr. William “Fergie” Reid turns 100 years old on Tuesday, and his impact and influence is still felt across the state’s political scene. Reid became the first Black politician elected to the General Assembly since Reconstruction when he was voted to the House of Delegates in 1968, and was a co-founder of the Richmond Crusade for Voters.
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1 month ago | 
richmonder.org | Graham Moomaw |Michael Phillips |Sarah Vogelsong |Victoria Ifatusin
Wendy Rake moved into a home on Patterson Avenue because she wanted her two twin boys to be able to walk and bike safely to and from school at Mary Munford Elementary. But since then, she said “there's just been a lot of accidents here that make me, as a parent, nervous,” including the accident that was just down the street from her home involving the beloved principal of her sons’ school, Greg Muzik.
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1 month ago | 
richmonder.org | Sarah Vogelsong |Victoria Ifatusin
Greg Muzik, the longtime principal of Mary Munford Elementary School, is in the hospital with what police described as life-threatening injuries on Tuesday night. Muzik was riding his bicycle when he was hit by a car from behind, throwing him from the bicycle. The accident occurred in the 4400 block of Patterson Avenue, near the school. An email sent by the school to parents confirmed the situation, but said no updates were available on Muzik's condition as of late Tuesday night.
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1 month ago | 
richmonder.org | Graham Moomaw |Ian Stewart |Victoria Ifatusin |Sarah Vogelsong
Once upon a time, pharmacies were neighborhood institutions, places where prescriptions could be filled and medical advice dispensed by familiar faces. “There's no other health professional that a patient has as much access to than pharmacists,” said Shantelle Brown, founder and lead pharmacist at HOPE Pharmacy in Church Hill. But that situation is increasingly a relic of the past. Between 2011 and 2021, almost a third of U.S. pharmacies closed.
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1 month ago | 
richmonder.org | Graham Moomaw |Sarah Vogelsong |Michael Phillips |Victoria Ifatusin
A historical link brought two mayors of identially named cities together on Thursday. Mayor Richard Pyne of Richmond, England and his wife, Helen, met with local Richmond Mayor Danny Avula in front of "the view that named Richmond" at Libby Hill. Pyne said his self-invited visit to the area was his first, but also the first of any Richmond, England mayor in 17 years. “I think that’s far too long,” he said.
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1 month ago | 
richmonder.org | Graham Moomaw |Victoria Ifatusin |Michael Phillips
In an emotional ceremony Wednesday, VCU Health renamed an auditorium in honor of Bruce Tucker, the Black man whose heart was used without his permission in the first heart transplant performed in the South. Local artist Hamilton Glass and a group of VCU students unveiled two murals paying tribute to Tucker, which incorporate words from his family members. Gayle Turner, a first cousin of Bruce Tucker, spoke on behalf of the family at the ceremony.
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1 month ago | 
richmonder.org | Michael Phillips |Sarah Vogelsong |Victoria Ifatusin |Graham Moomaw
Richmond’s Board of Zoning Appeals voted 5-0 Wednesday to reject an effort to overrule a city decision allowing the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts to build a 12,000-square-foot art storage warehouse on a residential block in the Museum District.
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1 month ago | 
richmonder.org | Michael Phillips |Sarah Vogelsong |Sean Sublette |Victoria Ifatusin
Weather: A stormy Wednesday ushers in a chilly weekend. High of 63. On this date in 1924, City Council meets to approve an $8.5 million budget for the year. That budget would be approximately $156 million in today’s money — this year’s budget is expected to surpass $3 billion, and covers a far larger city thanks to annexation. Today's newsletter sponsored by VCU. Virginia Commonwealth University is a powerhouse of innovation and creative problem solving. We attack challenges as opportunities.
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1 month ago | 
richmonder.org | Sarah Vogelsong |Sean Sublette |Victoria Ifatusin
Members of the Richmond School Board are remaining hopeful for an infusion of new money during this budget cycle, but acknowledged they anticipate having to cut further before the process is over. The board voted on Tuesday night to approve Superintendent Jason Kamras’ newly reduced budget, which calls for an increase of $30.8 million over last year’s city funding. That revised budget is nearly $13 million less than previously proposed.
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1 month ago | 
richmonder.org | Victoria Ifatusin |Sarah Vogelsong |Sean Sublette
The numbers drop as the kids age. When kindergarteners arrived at Richmond Public Schools on the first day of the year, almost 89% were vaccinated — only a little less than the 90.7% of kindergarteners across the state who received their full slate of vaccines. But from there, the numbers diverge. At the beginning of the 2024-25 school year, only 71.7% of Richmond public school seventh graders were considered adequately immunized, compared to 91.2% statewide.
