City Press Release; City to Host Veterans’ Day Ceremony at the Carillon Richmond, VA – The city’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities will host a Veterans’ Day ceremony on Thursday, November 11, at 4 p.m. at the World War I Memorial Carillon building in Byrd Park . The program will feature a concert [...]
The Forest Hill Neighborhood Association meets on the 10th. Check out the agenda
There is a meeting Wednesday at 6:30 at St. Luke Lutheran Church on Chippenham Parkway, to discuss the project. Bike Forest Hill has been beating the drum for awhile and yesterday a resident (Richard G.) voiced his concerns on Street Beat; The proposal is far from an “improvement.” In fact it’s a potential nightmare to [...]
There are several police cars blocking off streets in Westover Hills. Basically you can’t get to the intersection of Prince Arthur and Devonshire but I don’t if that is where the problem is occurring. Anybody have any idea what is going down? Updated from NBC12; After detonating a suspicious package in south Richmond, emergency crews [...]
From Friends of James River Park; Sunday, Nov. 14 at 1 p.m. we’ll be gathering at the Pony Pasture parking lot to do a post-marathon clean-up of the Pony Pasture and Riverside Drive down to Huguenot Flatwater. Bring trashbags and wear gloves and shoes that like to get muddy. If we get a good crowd, [...]
Since everyone is reminding you about daylight savings I decided I should as well. I made it H&H centric with a local clock.
In honor of Beer Week which started yesterday, Legend is having Brewery Tour/Brew Class today from 1-4 p.m. The event is not on their calendar but was listed on the Richmond.com Beer Week page, which lists a good number of the local events. Here is another list of events by GreatBrewers.com.
Meeting Details Richmond Traffic Planners want to hear your thoughts about a widening of Forest Hill Avenue from Powhite Parkway to Hathaway Road. When: Wednesday, November 10th 6:30 Charts and Displays Up 7 pm Meeting begins. Where: St. Luke Lutheran Church 7757 Chippenham Parkway Engineers will present drawings and charts of the proposal for the [...]
It’s that time of year again – time to renew your Westover Hills Merchants Association membership for 2011. In the past the price for a one year membership has been $100/business and $50/home based businesses. For the next two weeks, these prices are slashed to $75 and $40!! Download WHMA Discounted Membership Application to take [...]
Historic Forest Hill (working to have Forest Hill declared historic) has posted an amazing piece of local history. A copy of the memoir of Benjamin B. Weisiger whose family lived in the area as Forest Hill developed is located on the FHNA Resources page. If you live in the Forest Hill neighborhood or are a [...]
Andy Thompson of the RTD uses a recent experience with a bald eagle at Pony Pasture to point out what a great habitat our city is for birds. Couple quick trivia facts gleaned from the article. Richmond is the only city besides Juneau, Alaska to have bald eagles nesting within the city limits and the [...]
Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts jumped another hurdle earlier this week with the vote to allow per-pupil funding to be used for building improvements. Unfortunately, that isn’t the last hurdle in the race to re-open the old Patrick Henry Building. More funds are needed to renovate the school and to collect those funds [...]
It was a crisp Saturday morning at the market and there were still plenty of foodies to be found plus a few new selections in the produce department-one of which being a cousin to cabbage, kohlrabi. For those of you not familiar with kohlrabi, it is a crazy looking, softball-sized, bulbous vegetable that resembles a [...]
It wasn’t much of a race. Precinct Results
The Richmond City School Board, in conjunction with the Building a Better Richmond planning team, will hold a series of special meetings to receive public comment regarding Phase I of the Building a Better Richmond plan for Richmond Public Schools. The first phase includes construction of a new Oak Grove Elementary, Broad Rock Elementary, Martin [...]
A public meeting has been scheduled to discuss the Forest Hill Avenue Widening project, that H&H reported as stalled last week. It will be very interesting to see if the Traffic Planners can give some insight as to why, one of the plans cost 2 million more and didn’t address some primary concerns. Two of [...]
and Phil Licking sent these in. If you have some photos to share send my way.
From RTD; Without discussion, the School Board voted 5-3 to issue a response to the Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts regarding its request to use per-pupil funds to repay a construction loan. School Board Chairwoman Kimberly Bridges said after the vote that state law does not address whether use of the funds can [...]
The traffic circle above might be built at New Kent and Prince Arthur. The traffic circle would attempt to calm traffic in the area and is a result of nearby residents expressing their concerns to the city. The Westover Hills Neighborhood Association has more details. Tom Flynn, an engineer with the city’s Transportation Engineering Division [...]
James River News Hub profiles Wetlands Park, which I am ashamed to admit I have never checked out in person. To get to the park go to the end of Landria Drive and park in the cul-de-sac. There are private homes down there so be sure not block their driveways and respect their property. “Once [...]
It only takes a few minutes, please participate in the governing process by voting.
From RTD; A man in his late 60s died this afternoon after authorities said he apparently jumped from the 14th Street (Mayo) Bridge in downtown Richmond. Witnesses reported seeing the man leap from bridge near East Canal Street just after 2 p.m. “At one point, there was a group of people that saw him standing [...]
This was sent in this morning. I do want to point out that while suspicious, no crime was committed and that some folks driving the alley are on legitimate errands. If in doubt call the police, the non-emergency number is 646-5100. Sunday afternoon (10/31, ~6 pm), while taking out the trash, an older African-American man [...]
The Friends of Forest Hill Park held a Canine Costume Parade on Sunday to benefit Ring Dog Rescue. The weather was perfect and a nice crowd of dogs and people attended. In addition to the photo above Ray Williams sent some more pictures which are in a slideshow after the break. Thanks Ray.
