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Richmond residents are invited to recycle their Christmas trees to support local charities at the 31st Annual Richmond Firefighters Charitable Society Drive-Thru. Christmas trees can be dropped off for recycling from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

... and the Maritime Festival hooked in 35,000 visitors

Once the holidays are over, local residents are going to feel the pinch - and not just in their waistlines.

If you thought 2012 was a year chock full of burning issues, just wait until 2013 grabs hold of Richmond. City hall, city council in particular, is going to have its hands full right off the New Year bat with a series of big decisions to make.

Police are on the hunt for an armed man after a shot was fired in a parking lot during a botched handbag robbery. A woman was in a parking lot with her boyfriend when they were approached by a man asking for the time.

Maybe the thief suffered a seriously delayed pang of Christmas conscience or good karma was being visited upon the victims? No one will really know - after the Wilson family's beloved stone Buddha appeared, as if by magic, on their doorstep after a t

... while the teachers walked out on a 3-day strike

Seniors at Gilmore Gardens challenged to exercise themselves mentally

Maybe the thief suffered a seriously delayed pang of Christmas conscience or good karma was being visited upon the victims? No one will really know after the Wilson familys beloved stone Buddha appeared, as if by magic, on their doorstep after a thre

Passing around copies of a letter/number conundrum, the classmates simultaneously squint eyebrows and mutter to each other. Oos, aahs, I cants and Ive got its ripple around the room as the proverbial penny drops.