Richmond Police Recruitment Approaches Goal

On January 15, 2008, seven new Richmond Police officers were sworn in. These seven join six others, for a total of 13, in various phases of in-house 20 week PTO (Police Training Officer) program. Seven more officers are in police academies and will graduate this...

Richmond Still Searching for Franchise Agreements

After more than two months of searching, the City of Richmond still can”t find the franchise agreements that include the conditions and compensation for the use of City rights-of-way for gas and petroleum product pipelines and electrical service. For more...

Railroad Kills Off Hope for Spring Flowers

When members of the Point Richmond Gateway Foundation turned out last fall to plant wildflowers on a plot of nearly an acre of land adjacent to the rehabilitated Trainmaster/Reading Room Building (now Mechanics Bank) in point Richmond, they were looking forward to a...