From the Valentine Richmond History Center; Community members are invited to discuss proposed content for a new Richmond History Gallery. Project Manager and Historian Edward D. Ragan will present an update on developing themes, in particular Theme #1 regarding the city’s relationship to the James River, with special guest Chris French from the Alliance for [...]
Richmond.com has a new column 5 Questions with a Foodie. Two weeks ago it featured Jason Guard of Carmelized Opinions and our brother blog Byrd Park. This week it was Kendra Bailey Morris and she gave a plug for some restaurants that are very familiar (or should be) to H&H readers. If you could pick [...]
Saturday, Nov. 20, 7:00–11:00 p.m. at Plaza Duckpin Bowling. Nonprofits can form a team of six, pony up $150 per team and then bowl against other non-profits to win cash for their organization. More info and registration.
Received an email a little while back that served as a reminder of what a great neighborhood we all live in. Subject: Prayers have been answered – Buddy the Rat Terrier is back home! Hi Richard, Buddy is back home with us tonight — we got the call this afternoon that he had been found [...]
If you have some pictures of the marathon on this side of the river that you want to share or are a local and want to give a recap of your marathon experience send it in.
UPDATE: We were alerted at 4:15 pm that Reggie Malone has resigned so tonight’s Board of Director’s meeting in which a vote was to be held to remove him, has been canceled. _______ It looks like the picture that Patrick Henry School Board Vice-President Reggie Malone painted earlier this week was leaving out a few [...]
Posted at 12:25 on Facebook: The bus is headed Southside to Forest Hill Avenue and Westover Hills Boulevard. Apples, broccoli, fractal broccoli, cauliflower, turnips, applebutter, pear jam, Hanover tomatoes, grass-fed meats and dairy, pastured eggs, pumpkins for pie, soup, risotto, fresh pasta and more. Market is open till 7.
As many of you have noticed our little local library has installed bookshelves. The natural question is, when is it going to re-open. Although no definite date has been officially announced we have heard that the first week in December is very likely. As I said this is not “official” so don’t chase me down [...]
Last night The Alliance to Conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods held their 11th Annual Golden Hammer Awards ceremony. The Hammer honors “individuals or groups for their persistence in working to improve our neighborhoods”. The Alliance to Conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods selected the Friends of Forest Hill Park as the winner of the Best Neighborhood Design Project [...]
Saw this on James River News Hub, Richmond More is organizing; Richmond ASR, and a group of VCU students will be joining Nathan, Mike, Andrew, Will and company to help knock out a punch list of items that we need to fix on Buttermilk. Included on that list are reclaiming some trail, some trail tread [...]
Typically I write about the delicious produce or meats that can be found at South of the James but this week is a little different. At my house, we’ve just wrapped up another wedding season which means we’ve gone from one gift season and we’re sliding right into the next! No matter though because in [...]
Info from the owners below: His name is Riley. He is a 10 lb. maltese bichon mix dog. He is all white with apricot coloring in his ears. At the time of his disappearance, he was wearing a teal collar with a blue bone name tag wtih his name and my phone number and address [...]
More than 100 people attended the Forest Hill Widening public meeting last night, to see proposed plans and to voice opinions over design choices. There appeared to be consensus that the problem is traffic volume (more than 27,000 trips daily, expected to grow to 40,000), and there appeared to be consensus that the priority of [...]
We had a story about the proposed Go Ape rope course awhile back. Today there was a post up on Byrd Park quoting Beth Bradford on some reasons why the Kanawa Trace community is opposed to the development. The comments last I checked were in favor of the development. Fan District Hub is a little [...]
From RTD; A carjacking was reported at a South Richmond gas station last night. A man told police he was fueling his 1993 Buick LeSabre at the Shell station in the 5200 6200 block of Jahnke Road when he was confronted at 10 p.m. by a robber wearing a black ski mask and carrying a [...]
Many people at last night’s Forest Hill Avenue improvement meeting expressed shock and surprise that these changes were planned. Next month is a chance to participate in changes happening to another local street. This time it is Jahnke and the meeting is happening 12/8/2010 from 6PM to 8PM at Crestwood Presbyterian Church, Boyd Hall. I’ll [...]
Many of you probably drive past on the way to work or for a night on the town, today spend a moment and think about the sacrifices that others have made. The Virginia War Memorial honors Veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Persian Gulf, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Veteran Database List of local Veteran’s Day [...]
A couple more photos by Page.
Chris Dovi and Richmond Magazine.com have the news of a vote on Friday to remove Reggie Malone, current Vice President, from the Patrick Henry board. The vote appears to be the result of Mr. Malone’s feuding with the Patrick Henry board and parents, mainly over financing issues. And by the sound of recent events, he’s [...]
There is a local connection. I read the following on the Woodland Heights Yahoo group: My band, the Lost Souls, is releasing an EP called Barflies. We are having our CD release party this Saturday night at the Capital Ale House Music Hall (Downtown on the corner of 7th and Main). The show is from [...]
In case you haven’t seen the signs that went up earlier this week, sections of our road will be overrun this weekend. Detailed course information. Marathon details.
To learn more about this wonderful piece of art and more photos continue onward.
If you want to learn might be happening to Mayo bridge head to the Public Information Meeting this Wednesday, November 10, 2010 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the City Hall 2nd Floor Council Chamber, located at 900 East Broad Street. From the press release; The three-phase, 16 month, federally funded study is being [...]
WHNA’s monthly meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, November 11, at the Westover Hills United Methodist Church (1705 Westover Hills Boulevard). Regular WHNA meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month, and are open to all residents. We welcome your participation and hope to see you there! [via] Don’t forget [...]
No details but according to a Tweet posted 19 minutes ago by @RichmondPolice: #rva Semmes Ave closed from 31st St. to Forest Hill Ave. for suspicious package investigation by RPD Bomb Squad. Update 7:53 – Tweet from @paulspicer looks like the bomb folks have left and our favorite unopened restaurant is safe. (The restaurant he [...]
