Teamwork for Safer Streets; Easter Fun and Baseball; We Are An Inland Port?; Candid Camera; Straight to Jail, Do Not Collect $13,000.

RVA 5x5 - April 8, 2023

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In today’s edition of news you need about RVA, we have stories on:

• A fun story to start the weekend including live baseball and the Flying Squirrels’ new food items this season, starting with the “Big Dill Dog” — that’s right, a hot dog with spicy mustard that comes inside a dill pickle that replaces the bun.

• The Port of Virginia announced new improvements to the two inland ports (which you did not hear about), including the one in Richmond (yes, we have an inland port!). If you want a real recipe for success and improving neighborhoods and people’s lives, look to the port before betting on a casino.

• After the fifth death at the city jail in the last year, the Sheriff gave an interview and claimed things were “pretty good” and then charged a family of one of the deceased $13,000 to find out why they died.

• Cameras are everywhere in our lives whether you know it (or like it) or not — banks, hospitals, restaurants, and our neighbors porches — and now police are using them to help catch criminals that helps make up for a shortage of officers.

• Teamwork makes the dream work, and that is nowhere more necessary than our streets to keep them safe for all modes of travel. The stream of stories continues this week about the need for changes, education, and more patience on the streets that are ongoing (and never-ending).

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