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Dragon Boat Festival Coming to Rocketts Landing

Published Feb. 18, 2010 at 4:43 p.m.
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Make way for the Dragon Boats ... coming this summer to Rocketts Landing. The Richmond International Dragon Boat Festival will be held on July 31, 2010 on the James River at Rocketts Landing. Just what is a Dragon Boat Festival? It's a race between dragon boats, of course. And yes, dragon boats are just what you're thinking. Here's the description from the press release: "Dragon boats are 40-foot human-powered canoes decorated with ornate Chinese dragon heads. Led by the rhythmic beat of a drum,

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Richmond to install 16 markers on slave trail

Published Feb. 13, 2010 at 11:01 p.m.

The Richmond Slave Trail will soon be more than a worn path and a series of dots and lines on a map. This fall, the city plans to install 16 markers on the trail, which chronicles the history of the trade of enslaved Africans who were transported to Virginia until 1775. The trail starts at the site of the Manchester Docks on the south side of the James River, and it ends at the Negro Burial Ground and the original site of First African Baptist Church, just north of East Broad Street near

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Black History Month events held in Richmond

Published Feb. 13, 2010 at 11:01 p.m.

The scars of slavery were bared yesterday in Richmond. “Richmond was the heart of the export trade in slavery for 40 years,“ James River Park Manager Ralph White said from the stone docks at Ancarrow’s Landing on the south side of the James River. “As many as 10,000 people were sold in a single month in 1854 at the height of the trade.“ ...

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Move Indian sculpture to Lucky Strike site, artist says

Published Feb. 14, 2010 at 11:01 p.m.

The artist behind the sculpture of an American Indian at The Diamond is backing a proposal to move it to a rooftop site overlooking the James River east of downtown Richmond. Paul DiPasquale announced yesterday his support for relocating Connecticut to the Lucky Strike power plant building on Tobacco Row. The Richmond Metropolitan Authority is scheduled to vote tomorrow to sell or donate the sculpture to one of six groups that submitted proposals ...

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Man, 84, dies after leaping from Jamestown-Scotland ferry

Published Feb. 16, 2010 at 11:01 p.m.

As the ferry Pocahontas neared the midway point of the James River around 2:30 p.m. on a cold, rainy Monday, a Williamsburg man leapt to his death into the frigid waters, authorities said. The man was in the river about 15 minutes before being pulled into a rescue boat, said James City County police Lt. Jeremy Barnett. The water was about 47 degrees at the surface Monday, according to the National Weather Service. James City police yesterday identified the man as Daniel Robert Bartley, 84 ...

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JRA Blogs

Published Jan. 15, 2010 at 12:09 p.m.
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Keep connected to the James River! Check out our blogs at: http://www.jamesriverassociation.blogspot.com/ ...

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James River Photos

Published Jan. 15, 2010 at 12:12 p.m.
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View great photos of the James River at http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrava/ ...

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New book flows from a year with the James

Published Nov. 20, 2009 at 11:01 p.m.

After spending a year exploring the James River, Richmond Times-Dispatch reporter Rex Springston and photographer P. Kevin Morley have collaborated on a book called “James River Journal: A Year in the Life of a River.“ The veteran journalists created a monthly series this year for the newspaper about their adventures and some of the people they met. Those stories and photographs, plus some unpublished photographs, were complied into a colorful, 36-page book ...

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Man hospitalized after James River mishap

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Published Aug. 20, 2009 at 11:01 p.m.

A man was rescued from the James River and taken to the hospital yesterday after he swung from a rope swing and disappeared beneath the surface in Richmond, authorities said. The man was underwater for 30 to 40 seconds before a friend pulled him up and performed CPR, said Richmond fire Lt. Shawn L. Jones. The incident occurred shortly before 5 p.m. in the area of Tredegar and South Fifth streets downtown ...

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News Near You for Aug. 7

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Published Aug. 6, 2009 at 11:01 p.m.

Richmond The city’s Department of Public Works is set to start street paving in Bellevue, Oregon Hill, North Highland Park and on Dinwiddie Avenue. The work, which will use slurry seal, is scheduled to begin this month and wrap up in October. Officials expect minimal impact on traffic flow. Prince George Rain barrel kits are on sale at the James River Soil and Water Conservation District office in Prince George County. All kits must be pre-ordered. Kits cost $35 each. To order a barrel, call

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