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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Guy Who Lives Above 3 Monkeys Tired Of Asking Everyone To Keep It Down
Nick Cavalieri, who has lived in the apartment directly above 3 Monkeys Bar and Grill since November, is getting "more than fed up" with having to continuously tell his neighbors to be quiet, the 30-year-old said today.
"Monday through Sunday, I hear those guys partying pretty much every night," Cavalieri said. The University ...
