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The Janitors/The Fifth
Thu Sep 4 6:30 pm
Thursday concerts at Old Town Civic Center.
Pennyshaker
Fri Sep 5 9:00 pm
at Wabi-Sabi.
Jack Tars at City Point – The Navy Side of the Siege of Petersburg
Sat Sep 6 10:00 am
at Grant’s Headquarters Unit of Petersburg National Battlefield, 1001 Pecan Avenue, Hopewell, VA.
Jack Tars at City Point – The Navy Side of the Siege of Petersburg
Sun Sep 7 11:00 am
at Grant’s Headquarters Unit of Petersburg National Battlefield, 1001 Pecan Avenue, Hopewell, VA.
ARB meeting
Wed Sep 10 7:00 pm
at City Hall, Council Chambers.
Public input session: City's Comprehensive Plan
Wed Sep 10 6:30 pm
hosted by the Planning Commission of City of Petersburg and consultants K.W. Poore & Associates, at Union Train Station,...

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September 3, 2007

New ‘hoodblogs: OregonHill.net, All Things Shockoe

Folks in Shockoe Bottom and Oregon Hill have recently launched hyperlocal community blogs. Give them a look-see… hint: both have been added to the ‘community blogs’ list in the column to the right.

Posted by brenda p at 5:13PM under Uncategorized |

2 Responses to “New ‘hoodblogs: OregonHill.net, All Things Shockoe”

  1. posted by brenda p at September 4, 2007 1:16 pm :

    Richmond’s SLANTblog holds forth on the emergence of community blogs:

    What has the potential to become a potent network of independently published community blogs continues to form in the Richmond area. Now there are 10 such web sites.

  2. posted by brenda p at September 5, 2007 8:54 am :

    And in view of the P-I not posting online coverage of last night’s City Council meeting (or at least not where I can find it), perhaps it is worth pointing to another observation made by SLANTblog:

    Since newspapers and broadcasters have been running less and less local news, as a national trend, they have left a gaping void that the community blogs seem prepared to rush into…

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