Richmond City Council is considering appointments to the GRTC (Greater Richmond Transit Company) Board of Directors. It’s unpaid, meets monthly. Interested parties can obtain an application from the city clerk’s office or download this pdf: Appointment Application Form. Applications are due in by the end of the day next Monday. There is no description of [...]
Chick-Fil-A has a program called Spirit Night to help out local schools by giving them a percentage of each order. This Thursday it is Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts turn to get some greenbacks. On Thursday September 10th from 5-8 mention Patrick Henry when ordering at the Chick-Fil-A at Stratford Hills (7125 Forest [...]
Thanks to David Hathcock for the following update and pictures. Tuesday, Sept 8. What the Irish would call a “soft” day. The rest of us would call it wet. Ducks would call it wet. But when one walks down to hill to the lake…the lake is back. The work is unfinished, and the outlines need [...]
Official City Press Release: The City of Richmond ’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities will host a program on Friday, September 11, to honor Richmond ’s Police, Fire and Emergency Services departments, Richmond Ambulance Authority, and the Red Cross as part of the National Day of Service and Remembrance. The program will take [...]
Reminder that the Fourth District meeting is tomorrow (Wednesday) night at 7 pm at St. Luke Lutheran Church, 7757 Chippenham parkway. Speakers will be Mayor Dwight Jones and School Superintendent Dr. Yvonne Brandon.
Reported from Woodland Heights Yahoo Group. This time on the 600 block of 34th. Sometime between last Thursday nite and this morning, we had a car broken into…Luckily nothing of importance stolen, as we keep very little in the car. A nice comforter and wool jacket that were headed to Goodwill were taken, doesn’t look [...]
Received this email last week from Woodland Heights resident Captain John D. Turner and wanted to share it with the community. Friends, I hope you’re all well. I’m finishing up my year here in Iraq and want to tell you about something I was able to take part in recently. I recently saw a story [...]
Today is the first day of school for Richmond Public Schools. Keep your eyes out for kidlets crossing the street unexpectedly.
Richmond Public Schools Superintendent Yvonne Brandon will be at the 4th District Meeting Wednesday night but if that doesn’t work out you have a second chance on Thursday, September 17 at Westover Hills Elemetary or 3 other locations. At both meetings Superintendent Brandon will discuss the upcoming school year and new projects. 8AM at Westover [...]
Just got back from breakfast at Paradise and the owner stopped by our table to let us know that from 5 – 7 tonight (Monday) there will be free pony rides in the parking lot. If it is raining hard it will be postponed. I didn’t think to ask why there will be free pony [...]
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A member of the Woodland Heights Yahoo group had the satellite radio stolen from their Jeep Friday night parked on the 700 block of W 32nd St. The car was unlocked since the jeep is a soft top and the owners didn’t want the top to be cut open. Usually all valuables are taken into [...]
[slideshow id=20] The Forest Hill Neighborhood Association is hosting its third “Country in the City” house tour on Sunday, September 20, from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Grab a friend or neighbor and meander along the tree-lined streets of our diverse neighborhood to visit the nine homes on the tour.
We’ve been following the progress of the Forest Hill Lake restoration project here on H&H. And now the RTD is reporting that the project may finish up ahead of schedule, despite the sometimes heavy rain and sporadic vandalism. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports: About one week’s worth of excavation remains to be done, once the Ohio-based [...]
WTVR ran a story about the suspicious solicitors we reported on recently. Thanks to CSB for providing the link!
“Huguenot High School staff members were evacuated briefly today after a fire was discovered in a clothes dryer. The fire was reported shortly after 1 p.m. in a room near the gymnasium of the school in the 7900 block of Forest Hill Avenue in South Richmond. No injuries were reported, and the fire was quickly [...]
Councilwoman Robertson will be holding a public forum on Tuesday, September 15 from 10-noon to solicit input and support of proposed tax exemption(PDF) which seeks to offer tax incentives for development in specific areas. [via] Public Forum Southside Community and Housing Development Corporation 1624 Hull Street, Richmond Virginia TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2009 10:00 a.m. – [...]
As I suspected August was not a good month for crime. Violent crimes climbed 33% from the same period last year. In August 08 there were a total of 12 violent crimes and this year there were 16. Robberies committed with a firearm were at 2 last year and climbed to 6 this year. There [...]
Once a week resident Thomas Scott sends us a photo taken in the neighborhood. More of his stunning photographs at the blog Punch Photo and an online portfolio Thomas Scott Photography. Click on the image to see full size. [singlepic id=324 w=320 h=440 float=] A slide show of all the Photos of the Week
Mayor Dwight Jones and Superintendent Yvonne Brandon will discuss the Richmond Public Schools. All parents interested in Richmond schools are encouraged to attend and ask questions of the leadership. Wednesday, September 9, 2009 7:00 pm St. Luke Lutheran Church, 7757 Chippenham Parkway For information please call the office of Kathy Graziano at 320-2454.
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Folks are gathering through Facebook to clean graffiti in the James River Park. I found out about this through the Byrd Park neighborhood blog which is gaining momentum. A few months ago, one of the most beautiful spots in James River Park, if not in Richmond, was attacked by vandals – the flat rocks at [...]
This was forwarded to us from the Forest Hill Neighborhood Watch: In the past few days there have been several reports of suspicious men soliciting business in the Westover Hills and Forest Hills neighborhoods. Please exercise caution when opening the doors to strangers. You owe them nothing – not your time or money and you [...]
Note from Patrick Henry’s Director of Curriculum Resources Dear Friends, As we get closer to our opening date for Patrick Henry School, I continue to remember the reasons I got involved with this project. I am a mother of two small children and a resident of the Woodland Heights area, and I was saddened to [...]
[singlepic id=322 w=420 h=340 float=] KC lives on Bliley Road and Forest Hill and is a yellow lab. KC got away the evening of Monday, August 24th. She is a very friendly dog and will go up to anyone. She had a green electric fence collar (black box) and aqua blue faded collar with her [...]
