Mark Holmberg

Recent Articles

• #HelpTuckerBreathe raises tens of thousands for Henrico patient

  Posted on: 12:49 am, May 8, 2013, by Mark Holmberg, updated on: 06:45am, May 8, 2013

  The Richmond-based “#Help Tucker Breathe” social media campaign has raised nearly $40,000 from around the world in six days, but the fight isn't over.
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• Alcohol could be factor in weekend crash that killed driver’s siblings

  Posted on: 11:16 pm, May 6, 2013, by Mark Holmberg, updated on: 04:29pm, May 7, 2013

  Jerry B. Middleton, 53, of Chesterfield, was the driver of the 2002 Lexus that ran off the road and hit a tree.
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• Antique dealers at Richmond show interesting in their own right

  Posted on: 11:27 pm, May 3, 2013, by Raymond Hawkes and Mark Holmberg, updated on: 06:55am, May 4, 2013

  They deal from the low end to the very high end, with everything and anything in-between.
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• HOLMBERG: Full moon gets partial blame for Stonewall Jackson death

  Posted on: 11:44 pm, May 2, 2013, by Mark Holmberg, updated on: 07:30am, May 3, 2013

  It was May 2, 150 years ago, a little past 9 p.m. when, by moonlight, Jackson was mistaken for the enemy.
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• Meet your new James River Park manager – Nathan Burrell

  Posted on: 11:45 pm, May 1, 2013, by Mark Holmberg, updated on: 06:28am, May 2, 2013

  Last December we reported on the retirement of Ralph White, the famously independent and dynamic James River Park manager.
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• Young Richmond woman calls a cab, gets unwanted backseat company

  Posted on: 12:27 am, May 1, 2013, by Mark Holmberg, updated on: 07:40am, May 1, 2013

  After a woman says a taxi driver picked up another passenger during her ride, the cab company reviews audio/video and fires the driver.
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• HOLMBERG: Robbers and busy tow trucks need taming before Bottom baseball thrives

  Posted on: 12:13 am, April 30, 2013, by Mark Holmberg, updated on: 07:31am, April 30, 2013

  Long-existing problems need to be tamed before adding a further complication – a baseball stadium that needs to attract families and children in order to thrive.
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• HOLMBERG: Hairy men – and some “bearded” women will converge on RVA

  Posted on: 11:27 pm, April 26, 2013, by Raymond Hawkes and Mark Holmberg, updated on: 07:46am, April 27, 2013

  The event will be hosted by the 150-member RVA Beard League, whose members are known for putting on a fun party.
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• Hazing expert says laws must be stiffened to slow down deaths, injuries

  Posted on: 12:18 am, April 26, 2013, by Mark Holmberg, updated on: 12:19am, April 26, 2013

  Two VSU students drowned in the rain-swollen Appomattox River while crossing it as the final stage of an initiation to the Men of Honor social group.
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• HOLMBERG: Three Stooges-style food fight making a mess of Virginia

  Posted on: 12:00 am, April 25, 2013, by Mark Holmberg, updated on: 01:17pm, April 25, 2013

  There’s probably never been a bigger food fight in Virginia, certainly not one that began in the kitchen of the Governor’s Mansion.
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• HOLMBERG: Baseball in the Bottom, shopping district for the Boulevard?

  Posted on: 11:44 pm, April 22, 2013, by Mark Holmberg, updated on: 11:47pm, April 22, 2013

  Building a new baseball stadium in Richmond’s Shockoe Bottom sounds oh-so five years ago, which is the last time the plan fell apart.
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• HOLMBERG: Bombings in the Richmond area – a short history

  Posted on: 12:30 am, April 19, 2013, by Pierce Sharpe and Mark Holmberg

  There’s no question, the bombing in Boston could’ve happened anytime, anywhere.
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