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Richmond's hometown delicacy. Plus, the Folk Festival enters its amphitheater era, and a partial resolution to the ongoing debate over Papi's nightclub, an LGBTQ+ space in Shockoe Bottom.

It's a trashy edition of The Richmonder as we examine a proposal to build a solar farm on an old landfill, and the city's decision to move a Southside recycling site in response to illegal dumping.

Plus, a deep-dive look at SOL scores and what they mean, and what you need to know ahead of this week's school board meetings. Plus, a Francine the cat update, and a look at whether Richmond's infrastructure can handle more density.

Plus, Doug Wilder scraps a lawsuit against VCU over a workplace investigation, the Free Press building is listed for sale downtown, and the results of last week's vape shop raids.

Plus, a new Ronald McDonald House will serve more than five times the number of families of young patients, an update on the RPS auditor situation, and another layoff at the Times-Dispatch.

Plus, The Richmonder has obtained new collective bargaining rules RPS wants to impose on unions, a raid on area vape shops, and the controversy over the use of pepper spray at a concert last week on Brown's Island.