THE RACE TO THE VOTER REGISTRATION DAY: Radio One Richmond and the Rolling for Freedom Project will host “Race to the Voter Registration Deadline” on Monday, October 15, 2012 . Register to vote from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 18th and Broad Streets next the Exxon Gasoline Station in Richmond, VA and at Sparkle Detail 601 East Wythe Street […]
Since 2008, the Petersburg Bureau of police has provided a free, safe, educational and recreational day camp to over 200 children in the City of Petersburg. When kids are bored they tend to get in trouble. The Petersburg police crime statistics prove this fact. In January 2012 there were 6 juveniles arrested, compared to 14 […]
The American Red Cross and the City of Petersburg will provide dinner at Vernon Johns Junior High School this evening, September 1 at 6 p.m. Vernon Johns Junior High is located at 3101 Homestead Drive, next to Petersburg High School. Over the past two days, nearly 2,000 meals have been given to Petersburg residents who […]
The following Parks & Leisure Service sites will be closed today due to the continued power outage. The city has received many phone calls as to why the City pool is closed…without power, pumps can’t run. The below sites have no power. Parks & Leisure Services Office A.P. Hill Community Complex Petersburg Sports Complex Farmer […]
Cottom Candy anyone…the Dindiwwide County Fair opened Thursday and will run through Sunday, August 21. Look for it at Virginia Motorsports Park, 8018 Bodyton Road, Route 1, Petersburg, 23803. Get more information at www.DinwiddieCountyFair.com or call 804-732-1100 or 804-862-3174.
The Appomatox River Water Authority has requested voluntary water restrictions for the City of Petersburg. The call by the water authority is due to the declining water level in Lake Chesdin. Lake Chesdin is the water supplier for the City of Petersburg, Colonial Heights and counties of Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and Prince George. Also, voluntary water […]
African American Repertory Theatre and Sycamore Rouge present “JITNEY” a play written by August Wilson. Jitney is playing at Pine Camp Cultural Arts Center through February 20. Call 804-355-2187 or http://www.aartva.org. It opens at Sycamore Rouge in Petersburg February 25 and runs through March 12. For details 804-957-5707 x 106 or http://www.sycamorerouge.
The Petersburg Public Schools, especially the faculty at Walnut Hill Elementary School, are extremely proud of the parents, teachers, and students in achieving SOL accreditation and this Saturday, the school will host a semi-formal “SOL Ball” at the Prince Hall Masonic Lodge in Petersburg. Food & Music will be provided with your host Mitch Malone of […]
Two armed robbers may have thought they’d gotten away with their crimes early Sunday morning, but it would be the victims who would have the last word. Just before 3 a.m. Sunday, two men robbed three citizens at gunpoint on East Franklin Street. Minutes later, one of the robbers called a victim and demanded more […]
Actor-Director Tim Reid, a Norfolk native, who now resides in Petersburg, is currently working with a group of young filmmakers on a documentary about historic Pocahontas Island, believed to be the first African-American settlement in the nation and was named after the legendary Indian Princess. Reid is working on the project with Richmonder Jesse […]
Virginia State University welcomed it’s 13th President, Dr. Keith Miller to the Ettrick campus recently. Dr. Miller succeeds Dr. Eddie N. Moore, who led the university for 17 years with remarkable academic and structural improvements. Dr. Miller comes to Va. State from Lock Haven University in Pennsylvania, where he served in the same capacity for […]
