Dec 09, 2008
Pantele Fixes That Pesky Floorboard With His Council President Gavel
December 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Two days after he struck the gavel at his final City Council meeting while serving as president, William J. Pantele told reporters this morning that he used the same ceremonial mallet to hammer down “that pesky floorboard” at his North Richmond home.
“That stupid thing had been bugging me for weeks,” said the 50-year-old attorney, explaining that [...]
Dec 05, 2008
Philip Morris, Circuit City Announce One Wacky Merger
December 5, 2008 | 2 Comments
In a move Wall Street analysts are calling “most perplexing,” Philip Morris and Circuit City announced a $7.2 billion merger this morning that will create the world’s largest – and only – consumer electronics retailing tobacco company.
The new entity, officials said, will specialize in marketing several proprietary products, such as the high-definition cigarette, called the [...]
Dec 03, 2008
Mayor-Elect Dwight Jones' Collectible Plates Not Exactly Flying Off Shelves
December 3, 2008 | 4 Comments
Despite the strict limit of only two per caller, commemorative plates of Richmond Mayor-elect Dwight Jones aren’t selling as heavily as planned, the Virginia Historical Society Mint said this morning.
“We really thought these things would go like hotcakes,” historical society mint president and CEO Paul A. Levengood said of the 8 and 1/2-inch in diameter plates [...]
Nov 24, 2008
Stuffing-Pipe Break Leaves Thousands Without Necessary Turkey-Hole Filler
November 24, 2008 | 1 Comment
Roughly 210,000 homes in the Richmond area have been left without access to an essential Thanksgiving Day food item after freezing cold temperatures caused a 12-inch underground stuffing pipe to break this morning, public utilities officials said.
The pipe, a main artery that carries the breaded turkey dressing directly into homes throughout the region, burst around [...]
Nov 20, 2008
School Board Member Caught Trading Garbage Pail Kids Cards
November 20, 2008 | 7 Comments
Richmond School Board member Keith West was reprimanded by city officials yesterday after it was discovered that he was collecting Garbage Pail Kids cards and trading them with fellow members.
West, who received two days of in-School Board suspension, admitted to bringing to official meetings his series of late-1980s trading cards that parody the iconic Cabbage [...]
Nov 13, 2008
Vol. 1 Issue 5
November 13, 2008 | 3 Comments
Available now at all area Ukrop’s stores, 7-Elevens, and 3rd Street Diners.
Nov 05, 2008
Defeated Mayor Candidate Bill Pantele Donates Leftover Campaign Funds To Red
November 5, 2008 | 1 Comment
Nov 04, 2008
Lines Of Voters Stretching As Far Back As 1904
November 4, 2008 | 3 Comments
Local Girlfriend Cuts Boyfriend-Interest Rate To All-Time Low
Fan District resident and girlfriend Audrey Rankin said yesterday that she has dropped her boyfriend-interest rate by nearly 74 points in a move that is expected to help stimulate her partner's investment into their two-year relationship.
The couple, according to Rankin, has been on the decline for the past six months amid boyfriend Andrew Adams' ...
