Richmond Animal Care and Control hosts a pet adoption event Friday-Saturday, Oct. 15-16 with reduced-fee and no-cost adoptions for a select group of cats and dogs, including senior pets. Adopters must complete an application and meet with a pet placement coordinator prior to taking their new pet home. All animals are vaccinated and spayed or [...]
A reader submitted edition of Where Is This? I know of a couple places this could be. What is your guess? Thanks to David H. for sending in the photo.
Good news for those that were rained out. Music In The Park is rescheduled for Sunday the 17th, 4pm-6pm at the usual spot, near the Stone House in Forest Hill Park. The band is Os Magrelos – Brazillian Jazz! (They were originally scheduled for 10/3.) This is the final concert of 2010. Enjoy.
Stu snapped these photos of paddle boats in the maintainance yard in Forest Hill Park. Anybody hear any rumors of these heading down to Forest Hill Park Lake or are they just being stored for Byrd Park Lake?
From Richmond City Press Release (recieved 10/12); Localities Lift Voluntary Water Conservation Measures RICHMOND, VA – Effective today, the city of Richmond, and counties of Henrico, Hanover and Goochland are lifting the Voluntary conservation measure that has been in effect for the region since mid-September. Substantial rains over the last few weeks have caused levels [...]
On Saturday, October 16th, HandsOn Greater Richmond will host the third annual HandsOn Day. During this all day volunteer event, 1000+ local citizens will transform our community by volunteering at one of over 40 nonprofits, city parks, and schools. Projects include park clean-up and restoration, housing rehab for elderly citizens, arts and crafts with children, [...]
From the RPD; The Richmond Police Department is looking for a suspect in three larcenies targeting Fas Mart convenience stores for one item – cigarettes. The suspect usually walks up to the counter, requests two cartons of Newport cigarettes, snatches them when the clerk puts them on the counter and runs from the store. The [...]
From the folks at Richmond Waldorf School; Richmond Waldorf School presents the Fest of Fall and Chalk Walk-a-thon Discover the magic of the Richmond Waldorf School at our Fest of Fall. Enjoy storytellers, games, craft-making, educational demos and local artisans. Featuring European toys and cooperative games, live music, a cakewalk, hot lunch and dessert cafe. [...]
David Rohrer is a relatively new resident of 34th street about a year ago and has been capturing the neighborhood in paint. He is having an art opening at the Eric Schindler Gallery on Friday Oct. 15th, from 7 – 9 p.m. The majority of the paintings in the show are scenes from his neighborhood [...]
A new Westover Hills Rotary Club is forming, and we would like to announce that interest meetings will begin next Thursday, October 21st at 6:00 at O’Toole’s Restaurant and will run for the next few weeks at the same time. This coincides with the proposed meeting time once the club is established. We will meet [...]
Venture across the river and head to the National this Saturday (10/16) and enjoy an evening full of great acoustic music. Artists include Forest Hill resident, Rachel Leyco, along with the Atkinsons, Kayce McGehee, and Shane Cooley. Doors open at 7pm. Call or email Jenn for tix (804-517-8040 or alphahen@verizon.net).
From Elizabeth Roderick, Crimewatch Captain for Westover Hills On Sunday, Oct. 10 around 7:30pm at Cedar Lane and Sylvan Rd., while sitting on my neighbor’s deck having dinner, I observed a black male attempt to break into my car. He was riding a bike and had a large backpack. We screamed at him and he [...]
[slideshow id=70] Saturday, October 8–More than thirty Westover Hills residents and members of the ministry and congregation of Westover Hills UMC gathered Saturday morning for a work day at the children’s play lot at Westover Hills boulevard and New Kent Avenue. The crew gathered early to pick up and inspect play objects and discard old, [...]
The Forest Hill Neighborhood Association meeting originally scheduled for the 13th has been moved to the 14th. The meeting will be held at the usual location the Forest Hill Presbyterian Church. Agenda is after the break
There was yet another accident at this intersection last night. Be careful, people.
From the Office of Fourth District Council Member Kathy Graziano; Recently, we have been receiving complaints and questions from the Westover Hills neighborhood, especially that area west of WH Boulevard concerning constantly barking dogs. I would like to remind all our residents that the city’s noise ordinance has the following language: (It is a violation…) [...]
Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts is looking for a new Treasurer and Secretary. Both are one year terms.
Starting October 13th – November 17th, Stacey FireFly and Natty G will co-instruct a beginner series for ages 16 and up at Dogtown Dance Theatre. We’ll be starting with the basics of hoop dance: core hooping, rhythmic control, freeing the feet, stalling, floating, lifting, breaking, reversing, shoulder and chest hooping as well as many other [...]
The Farm to Family Bus is at the usual spot, corner of Forest Hill and Westover Hills Blvd. They didn’t list what they have as they usually do but I am going to go out on a limb and say that you can pick up some apples and perhaps some pumpkins or a nice gourd.
Lost cat, missing from Stonewall and W. 31st since September 28. Black, 3-years old, neutered male with small white patch on chest. His name is Sam, but he doesn’t answer to that, or anything else – he’s a cat, after all. He is friendly if he thinks there’s something in it for him (mostly food), [...]
I realize that a lot of you, myself included, are heading to some other minor music thingy tonight but these guys are great fun. They will be rocking the bowl tonight at 8:00 p.m and tickets are $10. There are two opening bands, Pinche Gringo and Venus Throw.
Patrick Henry and Westover Hills Elementary welcomed two different sets of guests yesterday, one provided music, the other did some reading. Westover Hills had Ensemble Shanbehzadeh stop by and the kids enjoyed some “lilting trance-like melodic phrases of the ney-anban (double-reed bagpipe) punctuated, supported, and enabled by purposive Persian rhythms”. The second half of that [...]
From RVAnews; Today the City’s Urban Design Committee unanimously approved pieces of a plan by Go Ape to bring a ropes course to Byrd Park. The course would be located in the wooded area behind the Carillon. The entire course — excepting a wooden building used for ticket sales and some fencing — would be [...]
