Style Weekly

Some photos from the opening for "Imagining Best Products" yesterday at the The Branch Museum of Design, which runs through June 21, 2026.

Edwin Slipek, a former Style Weekly senior contributing editor, and longtime architecture critic who died at the end of last year, was on the advisory committee for the exhibition. It was curated by Don O'Keefe, an architect and lecturer from Harvard University School of Design, who is also one of the co-founders of the online publication, ArchitectureRichmond, along with Slipek. Best Products was at one time one of the nation's largest retailers, and Slipek was the former director of communications there from 1974-1984. Photos by Scott Elmquist.

Congrats to both! "Justin Shing-Jo Lo, dining critic for The Richmond Times Dispatch and Deb Freeman (pictured), former food editor at Style Weekly and host and executive producer of “Finding Edna Lewis,” were nominated for James Beard awards this year: the Jonathan Gold Local Voice Award and Documentary Visual Media categories, respectively." Link in comments.

From the press release desk:

(From Richmond Police) Driver Charged in Fatal Collision Involving Pedestrian on East Broad Street in December

"Following indictments by a grand jury, the driver in the fatal pedestrian collision on East Broad Street in December surrendered at the Richmond Justice Center today.

Harry McCray, 38, of Moseley, Virginia, has been charged with failure to stop for a pedestrian in a crosswalk, careless driving and infliction of death on a vulnerable road user and driving while license is suspended or revoked. All three charges are misdemeanors. His booking photo is attached (right).

On December 27, 2025, at approximately 12:03 p.m., officers were called to the intersection of East Broad and North 10th streets for the report of a vehicle colliding with a pedestrian.

Officers arrived and found an adult male, William Martin, 71, of Richmond (pictured left) down and injured in the eastbound lanes of East Broad Street. The driver of the vehicle, McCray, remained at the scene. Martin was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries the following day.

The RPD Crash Team responded to the scene to investigate. They determined McCray made a left turn from North 10th Street onto the eastbound lanes of East Broad Street and struck Martin while Martin was in the crosswalk.