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Aug 15, 2026
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6 min read
Plus: Who dumped all these stone slabs in Chimborazo Park?
Aug 8, 2026
7 min read
Plus: After nearly a decade, DPW’s Shockoe Valley redesign elicits disappointment, pragmatism!
Aug 2, 2026
Plus: The future of Chimborazo Playground is going to a vote!
Special Reports
Jul 30, 2026
5 min read
City will fix park's bathrooms, water fountain regardless, but asks residents to decide incomplete pétanque courts' fate
Jul 25, 2026
Plus: DPR to present findings, next steps in l’affair pétanque!
East End Animal Friends
Jul 24, 2026
1 min read
It's another East End Animal Friend!
Jul 18, 2026
Plus: New plans for the old auto shop on E. Marshall St.!
Newbille "No Comment" Corner
Jul 13, 2026
Welcome back to The Cynthia Newbille "No Comment" Corner!
Jul 11, 2026
Plus: Anti-code refresh sign on E. Broad gets tagged “NIMBY”!
Jul 5, 2026
2 min read
Fire Dept. battled blaze on N. 28th & R Sts. Sunday evening; smoke visible south of James
Jul 4, 2026
Plus: The Lookout is now on social media!
Mad Enough to Blog It™️
Jul 1, 2026
Peddling powerful subjects a workaround "instead of interviews" is bad, but pretending it's "nothing new" is worse
Jun 27, 2026
Plus: Here’s the Government Rd. project schematic!
Jun 25, 2026
Jun 20, 2026
Plus: Chimbo Playground floods as DPR seeks missing stormwater permit on paused project!
Jun 13, 2026
Plus: Work on Government Rd. actually starts this summer, costs $10 million!
Jun 6, 2026
Plus: Newbille, DPR officials talk ‘tanque with peeved public!
Jun 5, 2026
Parks Dept. shares $68,000 pétanque-court pricetag, next steps in belated community meeting Thursday
Jun 3, 2026
Fmr. DEQ stormwater policy chief, a Church Hill resident, says compliance could take "months"
May 30, 2026
Plus: Follow-up meetings on paused pétanque project announced; flyers flagged for AI content!
May 25, 2026
May 23, 2026
4 min read
Plus: The latest on l'affair pétanque!
May 20, 2026
At packed meeting, 7th District pol, Parks staff promise more public engagement on paused pétanque project
