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  Richmond - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Division of Richmond, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in New South Wales.
Richmond County, New York, the borough of Staten Island, formerly Richmond
The Richmond District (San Francisco) is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Richmond   (281 words)

  
 History of Jamaica Avenue: Richmond Hill Historical Society
On April 25, 1832, the Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad Company was incorporated for the term of 45 years, with a capital of 300,000 dollars, to purchase the stock of the Turnpike Company at 26 dollars a share in cash or 23 dollars in stock of the new company.
Rene Lefferts of Brooklyn, was the President, John Spader of Jamaica, Treasurer, and Dr. Nathan Shelton of Jamaica, Secretary.
A road was constructed from the house of Charles McNeill at Grand St. Jamaica, along the line of present Jamaica Avenue to the present Hempstead Turnpike, along the line of that road, to the house of Isaac Clowes in the Town of Hempstead, about ten miles in all.
www.richmondhillhistory.org /JamaicaAve.html   (1654 words)

  
 Jamaica Hospital Medical Center - History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Jamaica ladies who made shopping trips to the city were frequently enjoined by the local press to watch closely their handbags and other personal articles, especially on the ferries, because of the agility of sneak thieves and pickpockets.
Jamaica, during her administration of the hospital, was still essentially a village, though politically a part of the City of New York.
Jamaica Hospital began the new year and century by announcing on January 1st that plans were in formation for the holding in the near future of a Hospital Fair.
www.jamaicahospital.org /pages/generalinfo/History/history.htm   (14614 words)

  
 Jamaica Gleaner - CHURCH ROLL CALL: Church of the Nazarene - Sunday | March 3, 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Richmond Park Church of the Nazarene, 131 Maxfield Avenue, Kingston 10, corner of Maxfield and Queens Avenue pastored by Rev. Andrew Henry.
That the atonement through Jesus Christ is for the whole human race and that whosoever repents and believes on the Lord Jesus Christ is justified, regenerated and saved from the dominion of sin.
Until 1987 the Church of the Nazarene in Jamaica was managed as one District.
www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20020303/relig/relig1.html   (217 words)

  
 Jamaica Hospital Medical Center - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center has been chosen as one of only 10 hospitals in the nation to serve as a pilot site for Sodexho’s innovative new childhood obesity program.
Researchers at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center have recently concluded a study that can unlock mechanisms that underline human labor and birth by studying the electrical activity in the uterus during labor.
Jamaica Hospital and the entire MediSys Health Care Network was recently designated as one of four New York City Centers for Bioterrorism Preparedness Planning.
www.jamaicahospital.org /pages/news_events/news.htm   (827 words)

  
 Friends of the Richmond Hill Library
It is the main fund raising event for the Richmond Hill Chapter of the Friends of the Queens Library whose mission includes raising money to support and supplement essential services and programs at our historic "Carnegie" library local branch.
Thanks are extended to all Richmond Hill Friends Board members, participating homeowners, volunteer hosts and hostesses, Marian Skabeikis for technical support in creating the tour Guidebook and to Ivan Mrakovcic for creating the house sketches that illustrated the Guidebook that was presented to the homeowners.
The Richmond Hill Library was founded by the Twentieth Century Club on April 8, 1899.
www.richmondhillny.com /Library/FRHL.html   (865 words)

  
 The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
In 1894 a vote was taken in New York, Westchester, Kings, Queens and Richmond counties on a proposal to combine New York City with Brooklyn, the eastern Bronx, part of Queens County, and all of Richmond County, to form the second largest city in the world (after London).
In 1975, the Borough of Richmond was renamed the Borough of Staten Island, though remaining Richmond County.
In 1975 the Borough of Richmond was renamed the Borough of Staten Island.
www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org /modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=45   (1497 words)

  
 Rent-Direct.com: Queens apartments NY apartment Woodhaven Richmond Hill Ozone Park
In the 1980s almost 40 percent of the immigrants who settled in Richmond Hill were from Guyana; others were from the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Ecuador, India and Jamaica.
Richmond Hill is a well-maintained residential neighborhood that retains many elegant structures from the turn of the century.
The center of the neighborhood is the Triangle, formed by the intersection of Lefferts Blvd. with Myrtle and Jamaica Aves.
www.rent-direct.com /Queens_Apartments/apartments-queens-park.html   (563 words)

  
 Jamaica Gleaner News - VOLUNTEER OF THE WEEK - Handz Down training for youths - Saturday | November 5, 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
He has participated in and conducted numerous seminars and workshops locally in schools across Jamaica, and has consulted with industry professionals locally and abroad.
Handz Down is a recently-launched cosmetology training institution, certified and accredited by the National Council on Technical and Vocational Education Training (NCTVET) under the new revised TVET model.
He believes that male cosmetologists are stigmatised in Jamaica, which has clearly-defined gender roles.
www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20051105/lead/lead6.html   (457 words)

  
 Early Years of Jamaica, Queens: Richmond Hill Historical Society
Herriman and Brush in the village of Jamaica, and at the Inn of Abraham Snedeker.
Some anxiety prevailed in the morning, with the ladies, respecting the fireworks, fearful, from appearances that the weather would prevent them from witnessing the exhibition.
The City of Brooklyn - the handmaid of New York, and only two miles and a half from Jamaica - we are most happy to call her neighbor.
www.richmondhillhistory.org /Jamaica1836.html   (1859 words)

  
 Richmond Hill Inn, History
This jar is an original brought to Jamaica by a Spanish Galleon during the reign of Queen Isabel and King Ferdinand.
The jar was used to store oil or water on the ships during their long voyages across the Atlantic.
The Inn boasts one of the largest collections of artwork by Barrington Watson, Jamaica's most renowned artist.
www.richmond-hill-inn.com /history.htm   (271 words)

  
 Jamaican Family Search: Caribbeana excerpts lead page F
Archbould of Jamaica, pedigree, baptisms, marriages, burials, indentures.
Deaths and Marriages recorded in the "Columbian Magazine", the oldest magazine known to have been published in Jamaica, from 1796 - 1797, and 1797-1798 and 1798 - 1799.
Aministrations related to Jamaica in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1667-1681.
www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com /Samples/bcarib.htm   (423 words)

  
 Richmond Main Street
Richmond Main Street Initiative, in collaboration with the Richmond Redevelopment Agency, Chevron-Richmond Refinery and the East Bay Center for Performing Arts present the 5th Annual Downtown " Music on the Main" summer concert series to be held at the following location: Macdonald Avenue at Harbour Way
She is Richmond’s own and states that growing up in the crazy streets of Oakland and Richmond CA that Hip-Hop has always been around.
The Richmond Main Street Initiative is dedicated to rejuvenating historic downtown Richmond as a vibrant and pedestrian friendly Urban Village offering products, services, arts and entertainment that reflect the community’s rich and diverse heritage.
www.richmondmainstreet.org /pressreleases.htm   (551 words)

  
 Personalities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Vice-President Y.M.C.A., Treasurer National Council of Y.M.C.A.s of Jamaica; Y.M.C.A. Representative, Jamaica Council of Churches; Co-Founder, Honorary Secretary and Treasurer, Jamaica Guild of Organists, Choirmasters and Associates 1944; President, Kingston Y’s Men’s Club 1960; Secretary, District Council of Y’s Men’s Clubs (Jamaica), District Governor (1963); Secretary YMCA Boys’ Town Committee of Management.
Awards: Institute of Jamaica Musgrave Silver Musgrave Medal 1963; Citation from International Association of Y’s Men’s Clubs 1973; Order of Distinction (O.D.) 1974; Institute of Jamaica Centenary Medal for “Sustained contribution to development in the field of Music 1980”; Recipient Jamaica Music Industry award 1989; award for excellence by Jamaica New York Foundation 1991.
Born: Spanish Town, Jamaica, January 29, 1940, son of the late Timothy Adolphus Beckford, Prison Warder, and Iris Keane-Beckford, Seamstress.
discoverjamaica.com /bnames.htm   (5357 words)

  
 Navy News - Ships of the Royal Navy - HMS Richmond - HMS Richmond visits Jamaica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
HMS RICHMOND has completed a four-day visit to Kingston, Jamaica to take a short break from counter-drug operations and conduct training for members of the Jamaican Coast Guard.
Berthed in Kingston harbour, the ship hosted classes of Coast Guard Officers and Ratings who were given practical instruction in fire fighting, damage control, first aid and maintaining navigational charts.
Training local defence force personnel, which is conducted in conjunction with the British Military Training and Advisory Team, based in Antigua, is designed to strengthen ties with the Royal Navy and improve local forces' ability to interoperate during counter-drug operations.
www.navynews.co.uk /ships/richmond/rich04080301.asp   (159 words)

  
 Jamaica Multi-family Homes for Sale. Real Estate in Jamaica, New York
Browse Homes.com for Jamaica, New York homes for sale, Jamaica NY Real Estate Agents or real estate agents, plus Jamaica, NY apartments and houses for rent.
Then contact any of the Jamaica Real Estate Agents for professional assistance finding your Jamaica area home.
So whether you are wondering what your home value is, looking for an agent to help you buy or sell your real estate, or just looking to browse properties in your area, it's all right here.
www.homes.com /Real_Estate/NY/City/JAMAICA/Type/B/Total/358/Page/1   (227 words)

  
 Community Gazettes - District 28   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Jennings, meanwhile, is up for re-election in the fall, and while 20 of his supporters held up campaign posters and cheered for him from the balcony during the Council session on his misconduct, his wider popularity and record remain hard to gauge in the neighborhoods he represents: Jamaica, South Jamaica and Richmond Hill.
The Jamaica councilman has previously said he is the target of a conspiracy by the Queens Democratic Party and that his accusers were not attractive enough to draw his interest.
Up in the balcony, supporter Sidney Spruill of Jamaica said he did not believe the charges because he was hearing the testimony secondhand and felt he and other constituents were being disenfranchised with some of the sanctions.
www.gothamgazette.com /community/28/news/1518   (1263 words)

  
 CT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Born: Kingston, Jamaica, January 30, 1947, son of Veron Waldemar Blake, Civil Servant, and the late Mildred Akle Blake, Teacher and Housewife.
Born: Kingston, Jamaica, February 4, 1921, son of Roy Bridge, (Superintendent of Telecommunications- Jamaica), and Gwendolyn Morais-Bridge (both dec’d).
Ltd., Financial Guardian of Jamaica Ltd., Buck Investment Brokers Ltd., Formerly Chairman Jamaica Stock Exchange, Director Airports Authority of Jamaica and the National Savings Committee, Managing Director Jamaica Exotic Blooms Ltd., Minister of State Ministry of Mining and Energy 1980-82, Minister of State Office of the Prime Minister 1982-83.
www.discoverjamaica.com /gleaner/discover/whoswho/bnames.htm   (13251 words)

  
 Market Wire News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
OCHO RIOS, JAMAICA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 06/12/2006 -- Oswald "Newton" Marshall thought someone put the air conditioning on too high when he arrived in Minnesota on March 25, 2006, for training as a musher on the Jamaica Dogsled Team with Rick Johnson.
He quickly found out it wasn't air conditioning at all -- he was outdoors and feeling a Minnesota breeze (temps ranged from the 30s to 40s and were warm by local standards), far away from his warm Caribbean home in Richmond, Jamaica for the first time.
His journey to snowy Minnesota began in Jamaica's lush White River Valley where he worked with tourists participating in the Chukka Caribbean Adventures' horseback riding tour.
www.marketwire.com /mw/release_printer_friendly?release_id=135080&category=   (834 words)

  
 PRESS RELEASE Jamaica Dogsled Team Musher to Minnesota: "Why Is the Air Conditioning Up So High?"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
OCHO RIOS, JAMAICA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- June 12, 2006 -- Oswald "Newton" Marshall thought someone put the air conditioning on too high when he arrived in Minnesota on March 25, 2006, for training as a musher on the Jamaica Dogsled Team with Rick Johnson.
The 23-year-old Newton is part of entrepreneur Danny Melville's venture to bring the spirit and can-do attitude of Jamaicans to the world: the Jamaica Dogsled Team.
This young man from Jamaica with a unique tie to the "Star of the North" is looking forward to visiting again, and hopes to show off his mushing abilities with fellow Jamaican Devon Anderson at the 2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival.
www.marketwire.com /mw/release_html_b1?release_id=135080   (878 words)

  
 Agricultural training for 250 Richmond Farm inmates - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
THE Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) and the Correctional Services Production Company (COSPROD) have formed an alliance to promote the expansion of agriculture within the island's correctional centres.
The alliance will see the JAS providing technical services in the form of seeds, tools and training for an initial 250 inmates at the Richmond Farm prison in St Mary.
The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which was signed last Friday, will also see the COSPROD and the JAS collaborating in the design and development of technical assistance programmes relevant to the needs of the members of both organisations.
www.jamaicaobserver.com /news/html/20050912T220000-0500_88213_OBS_AGRICULTURAL_TRAINING_FOR_____RICHMOND_FARM_INMATES_.asp   (398 words)

  
 Navy News - Ships of the Royal Navy - HMS Richmond   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Put your own questions to the Crew in our Questions and Answers section or discover the long History that preceeds the current HMS Richmond.
After a tour of the UK that included visits to Cork and affiliated towns of Richmond-Upon-Thames and Richmond, North Yorkshire, HMS RICHMOND returned to her home port of Portsmouth to prepare for refit.
All but 35 of the Ship's Company have now moved on to serve in other ships and establishments, although a percentage of them will return to RICHMOND when the ship emerges in 2006...
www.navynews.co.uk /ships/richmond/index.asp   (447 words)

  
 About Clear Copy Service
It is on Jamaica Avenue, under the EL (elevated train line) on the North side of Jamaica Avenue and 113 Street.
Its no mistake that after over 30 years experience in the copier trade, we bring machines back to working order- put them back to good condition- we adjust, repair and renew parts so that when a unit is 'reconditioned' it will be as good as new.
You will be on Jamaica Ave.- follow Jamaica Avenue to 113 Street and find meter parking.
www.clearcopyservice.com /aboutclear.html   (775 words)

  
 Fare Deals Discount Travel: Caribbean
Proof of citizenship is either a valid U.S. passport with 6 months of validity or a state issued birth certificate with raised seal and a government issued picture ID such as a driver's license.
Rooms on the Beach serves travelers who only want a place to hang their hat (so long as it is beautifully furnished, with ultra-modern bath, and a pool and bar on site).
Fronting a private white sand beach, this family-friendly resort is Jamaica's jammin' jackpot, providing fun for guests of all ages.
www.faredeals.com /TZ_Jamaica.shtml   (2102 words)

  
 1929 Marriage.Queens Co.
Richmond WEHRLL, Ernest.....463033 41st.st., Long Island City ZAIM, Marie.....40.....2322 Norman st., Ridgewood GRAEFE, Paul.....28.....2808 21st.ave, Astoria ZETTLER, Rose.....23....2802 21st.
Jamaica William J. BACH, 26....9118 84th St. Woodhaven Dora GEIGER, 30...24 58 37th St. Long Island City Franz STUMMLER, 33.......North Bergen N.J. Margaret HAMMER, 22...2138 9th Ave Long Island City George J. HAMMEN, 32....2433 4TH Ave.
Amelia CASALE 18,...205 Globe av, Jamaica William CORDOVO, 22...110-09- Globe av, Jamaica Katherine A. 3705 64th st, Woodside Lawrence P. HIGGINS, 31,...4192 Forley st, Elmhurst Antonnette DE MELLO 23...132-07 Metropolitan av., Richmond Hill Salvatore PRISCO, 27...248 Elton st, Brooklyn Alice FREDERICK 20...23 So.
www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com /Newspaper/BSU/1929.Queens.Marriage.html   (2266 words)

  
 Cinema Treasures | Garden Theater   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
In Jamaica, Richmond Hill and Woodhaven, Jerome avenue is now called 101st Avenue.
The Garden Theater, located at 113-12 Jamaica Avenue, was built in 1919 and was owned and operated by the Mondrith Theater Corporation.
It was one of three thriving movie theaters in the Richmond Hill area.
cinematreasures.org /theater/6629   (1034 words)

  
 Richmond Hill Block Association serving the Richmond Hill, NY community   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Richmond Hill Block Association serving the Richmond Hill, NY community
Early Years of the R.H.B.A. Richmond Hill Historical Society
Please send all Richmond Hill Block Association inquiries to: RHBA@worldnet.att.net
www.richmondhillny.com /orgs/RHBA.html   (59 words)

  
 1931 Marriage Queens
Forest Park Lodge, Richmond Hill Margaret GURLEY, 30,......
Mildred HIXON, 25, 8533 101st st., Richmond hill; Alfred J. SMITH, 31, 105-29 89th st., Ozone Park.
104-17 Jamaica ave., Richmond Hill; William A. 25 Bedford ave., Brooklyn.
www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com /Newspaper/BSU/1931.Marriage.Queens.html   (5583 words)

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