Monthly Archives: April 2009 »
Former Plan 9 manager spins own record shop
After working at Plan 9 for 16 years, Jay Leavitt decided it was time to start his own record shop, which opened on Wed in a 325-square-foot spot on Robinson St. in the Fan.
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Virginia Tech amps up alternative energy research (Roanoke Times) Heat a hospital with grass? Erect a wind turbine near downtown Blacksburg? Experts at Virginia Tech are working on these and other projects in an
Read More »Payday at Altria
Being the CEO of Altria doesn’t pay quite like it used to -- but that’s partly because the value of the company’s stock isn’t what it used to be
Read More »Ah, perfect weather for a Tea Party…
Like their tax-despising brethren around the nation, thousands of protesters showed up yesterday at Kanawha Plaza in Downtown Richmond for the Richmond Tea Party
Read More »Retailers combine forces as Carytown vacancies rise
Vacancies are on the rise in Carytown, and some businesses have joined together to save money and boost income
Read More »Anderson Strudwick sold
Anderson Strudwick will officially lose its independence. After a false start, the locally-based financial services firm will be acquired by a Tennessee-based financial services company. The price tag on the deal has not been
Read More »Two new openings at Westchester Commons
Movie buffs and those with buff bodies now have two new haunts at Westchester Commons near the intersection of routes 60 and 288 in Chesterfield County
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State set to issue stimulus contracts for highways (Times-Dispatch) The state will award the first contracts, worth about an estimated $111 million for highway paving work, in May. President of Hampton Roads Bankshares resigns
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