Saturday at Plaza Bowl
You know the drill; small balls, cheap beer and music.
Archive for June 2009
Positive Vibe Mention in Style Weekly
From Short Order at Style Weekly: Positive Vibe Café: Dearly departed Richmond musician Gary Gerloff gave one last gift to the business he fondly called the “Positive Vice” May 27: The party after his funeral at the café jammed the place on what would have otherwise been a slow Wednesday night, introducing many to the [...]
Couple Farmer’s Market Items
To say that the South of the Jame’s Farmer’s Maket has been a success would be an understatement. Every weekend is crowded with folks taking advantage of all the wonderful items for sale. A few items need to be addressed to insure that it continues to be a success. Dogs: Part of the event has [...]
Metal Thief Spotted in Woodland Heights
From the Westover Hills Yahoo Group. As always if you spot suspicious activity call the police. This morning there’s a guy on a bike who is scavenging metal from trash cans in the alleys, and also trespassing onto private property. He was stopped by NAME REMOVED BY EDITOR (Huge Thanks!) in the alley between 33rd [...]
Tree Attacks Cars on King William Road
Without any provocation or warning a tree on the 5000 block of King William unleashed it’s fury on two cars by dropping a large branch. The attack totaled (to my unprofessional eye) one car and severely damaged another. All requests for comments from the tree were met with silence. It is suspected that this might [...]
Democratic Primary Today
Richmond City Sherrif and the Democratic Nominee for Governor and Lt. Governor are up for grabs. Vote at your usual polling spots turn out is expected to be light, so you should be able to get in and out very quickly. RVA News has some coverage here and RTD some coverage here.
Dogwood Dell Summer Music Starts Thursday
Free music right across the river at Dogwood Dell. First up are teachers from the Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School, “The Faculty Lounge Lizards.” RTD ran an article a few days ago that gives some more detail. All events are free. For details, call (804) 646-1437 or call the Dell hot line at (804) 646-DELL. [...]
Four Teens Rescued at Pony Pasture
From RTD: One boy was rescued with the help of kayaker using a rope thrown from shore. A second boy was rescued by rope from shore and the other two had to be brought off a rock by boat. Sixteen fire rescue personnel were on hand, in addition to Richmond police and city school system [...]
City Council Considering Commission on Trees
RTD is reporting that City Council is meeting today to consider forming a commission regarding the removal and planting of trees. Living in a part of the city with so many aging trees, this could be a valuable group of people.
Candy Classes for Kids
Are you looking for ways to keep your kids entertained this summer? Kelly of Chocolates by Kelly, is offering up a slew of candy classes for kids 6 and up. So I know what you’re thinking. “What am I going to do with the kids this summer????” Well FEAR NOT, I’ve got just the thing. Have [...]
Missing Dog
From Craig’s List: Trac is a male, neutered, pit bull mix, around 8 months old, who has gone missing in the Forest Hill Park area as of around 7am this morning! He is very friendly and is wearing a full set of tags. Apparently, he dug out of a back yard. If you see him [...]
Sirens at noon
The 2009 Virginia Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service begins at noon today. Area departments are observing the occasion with flags at half-staff, a moment of silence, and many will be sounding their sirens to mark the beginning of the service. If you hear the wail of a Federal Q while you’re walking home from yard-sale-ing, please [...]
Music at Plaza Bowl June 6
Music starts at 8pm at the Plaza Bowl Duchess of York Octane Saints The Flying Eyes The Thunders
Map for Forest Hill Neighborhood Yard Sale
What would be better than a giant neighborhood yard sale? A map to said mammoth yard sale! Go, shoppers GO! Sale is Saturday, June 6, 8am – noon.
Cheers Cancelled & Sunset Moved
If you were going to Friday Cheers to see bluegrass player Jerry Douglas it has been canceled. No word on re-scheduling. If you were heading to Fridays at Sunset to see KEM, that event has been moved to the Landmark Theater.
Photo of the Week
I am very happy to announce a new feature on Hills and Heights, “Photo of the Week”. Once a week local resident Thomas Scott will send us a photo taken in the neighborhood. More of his stunning photographs are on the blog Punch Photo and he has an online portfolio Thomas Scott Photography. Click on [...]
Paying City Property Tax
Now that the confusion over the city sending tax bills seems to be over. Here is a bit of information for those of you that pay your city tax bills yourself rather than using escrow with your mortgage company. By calling the city at 646-6452 you can arrange to pay taxes on a monthly, quarterly, [...]
Good Shepherd Students Clean Up Park
The picture above is of the students (K-5) of the Good Shepherd School. While some classes spend their field day going to a water park or the zoo these students donated their field day to work at Forest Hill Park. The students spread mulch, picked up litter, and helped with a general spruce up of [...]
Pictures of Forest Hill Lake Restoration II
Thanks to David Hathcock for providing the updated pictures. The first batches of photos are here and here.
Huguenot Bands and Choirs Will Perform Spring Concert June 4
Free music! From the RPS website: Huguenot High School will present an evening of instrumental and vocal music June 4 as the school holds its annual spring concert, beginning at 6:30 p.m. The concert, free and open to the public, will feature performances by the Huguenot concert band, choir, guitar ensemble, orchestra and jazz band. [...]
Pet Adoption Event at South of the James Market
June 6th the South of the James Market will partner with Richmond Animal Control to have a pet adoption event. The event will run the usual 8-12 hours, and be to the right just as you enter the market, under the trees, so there is some shade for the animals. This event will be held [...]
School’s Out Festival With The Kickers
I have warned you before that we will stray across our Hills and Heights zone due to soccer. This looks like it could be a great family event that is both cheap and entertaining. The paragraph below came from the Kicker’s website, the added emphasis is all me. Celebrate the end of the school year [...]
Patrick Henry Book Sale June 6
Calling All Bookworms If you’re an avid reader, you won’t want to miss the book sale on June 6 to raise money for Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts’ library. The book sale, which will coincide with the Forest Hill Neighborhood Association’ s annual yard sale, is from 8 a.m. to noon at 1202 [...]
Forest Hill Neighborhood Yard Sale
The Forest Hill Neighborhood Association is having their yard sale this Saturday, June 6th from 8:00 a.m. to noon. Good Shepherd Episcopal School (4207 Forest Hill Avenue) will be participating in the yard sale (selling children’s clothes and toys, furniture, along with some old school furniture, other yard sale items) in the rear of the [...]
Fire at Storage Facility on Jahnke
From RTD: A portion of Jahnke Road in South Richmond was closed this morning after 23 units were damaged in a fire shortly before dawn at a self-storage facility. Richmond fire Lt. Shawn L. Jones said crews responded at 4:55 a.m. to Space Mart Self Storage in the 6200 block of Jahnke and found several [...]
