Cat and iPod found, cat did not have the iPod
From Westover Hills Stray Watch;
Archive for 2011
Elderly and Disabled Tax Relief Assistance Available
Official City of Richmond Press Release; Beginning Tuesday, January 10, 2012, City staff will be available at various locations to offer assistance to elderly and disabled residents who may qualify or need to re-certify for real estate tax relief. “We are bringing City staff to the community to make it easier for residents to complete [...]
Pony Pasture Polar Plunge
For the 5th year in a row folks will splash around in the James on New Year’s Day on purpose. It is time for the annual Polar Bear Plunge. The event is going down at noon on 1/1/2012 at Pony Pasture. Phil Riggin of Richmond.com has some insight on the roots of this, in my [...]
Local K-Mart K’Oed
It isn’t exactly in the H&H area but it is definitely near enough to warrant a post. From RTD; Sears Holdings Corp., a pillar of American retailing that famously began with a mail-order catalog in the 1880s, said Tuesday that it would no longer prop up “marginally performing” locations. The company pledged to refocus its [...]
Local Trolley Lines Circa 1930
Woodland Heights and Forest Hill are often referred to as “trolley car or streetcar suburbs” by historians as it was hoped that extending the trolley lines out here would also encourage folks to buy land and houses. Thanks to this post by Church Hill People News we saw this map of all the Richmond trolley [...]
Sneak Peek Inside Coqui Cyclery
Coqui Cyclery plans to open next month right across from the Patrick Henry School and are looking for some community input. Head over to their contact page and tell them in the comments what you want to see in your local bike shop. I was able to get a sneak peek during the tear out [...]
More Dirty Deeds in Forest Hill Terrace
The Times-Dispatch is reporting that someone was relieved of a vehicle at gunpoint this morning at 41st and Dunston. Please be vigilant! RPD can’t stop the bad guys without our help. 911 for immediate stuff, 646-5100 to report concerns.
Merry Christmas
Byrd Airport Christmas tree lighting – 1960 via Vintage Richmond Postings will be reduced over the next week, take care everyone.
Patrick Henry Winter Market is Go for Today
LastSecond to last chance of the year to buy some local goods for your faithful merchants. Market runs from 10-12 on the playground of the Patrick Henry School. Vendor list can be found on the The Market Umbrella website, although I wouldn’t be shocked if there were a few no-shows due to the holiday. Read [...]
Shoes Causes Problems at Southside Plaza
Of all the problems facing our community it is with embarrassment and a bit of anger that I report that police and an ambulance had to be called to Southside Plaza yesterday. They had to be called because a mega-billion dollar shoe company, and a mega-millionaire released a limited edition tennis shoe and the citizens [...]
Favorite Parts of the Riverfront Proposal
Recently the third part of a three part presentation of the Richmond Riverfront Plan was released. Public meetings were held to share this info. but not all of us could make the meeting. Fortunately we have folks like Phil Riggan who do attend the meeting and give us nice summaries on Richmond.com and we have folks [...]
NBC12 on Grinch that Hit a Local Home
This past Monday on Melbourne Drive just off Forest Hill Avenue across from the Willow Oaks neighborhood a house was robbed. Lately that isn’t surprising but the extra step these criminals took to ruin Christmas moves this a notch up on the scummy scale. From NBC12;
Skaters at Fonticello
Previous stories on the skateboarders.
Celebrate Solstice on Belle Isle Thursday
Join the Friends of James River Park, Thursday, Dec. 22nd at 4:30 (not as the RTD said, 5:30) at the north end of the Belle Isle Pedestrian Bridge to walk over to Belle Isle for a JRPS celebration of the Winter Solstice. FOJRP will be thanking ever faithful park employees as part of what’s become [...]
School Board Member Henderson, critic of PHSSA curriculum, has had “cursory level” review of RPS curriculm
Chris Dovi of Richmond Magazine.com takes a closer look at the battle that the Richmond School Board is waging on Patrick Henry School and specifically the actions of Maurice Henderson and the critical letter by School Board Chair Kim Bridges. There are so many juicy quotes in this article that I’m honestly overwhelmed on which [...]
Park Patrol – Circa 1948
The image was taken in Forest Hill Park showing the local police that patrolled the area. Image credit goes to City of Richmond, Dept. Of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities via Larry Miller and was posted to the James River Parks Facebook page. Thanks for sharing. PS – Kudos to the badasses on their motorcycles in that snow.
Feel Good Post of the Day
Alia Butler dropped me this note yesterday about the recent drive to Be a Santa for Local Kids as part of the Richmond Public Schools McKinney-Vento Holiday Program. Next year I hope to do a better job of promoting this and serving more families. Special shout-out to Alia who headed up the program and did all the [...]
4th District School Board Seat and Others to be Open Next Election
Not only has Adria A. Graham Scott of the 4th District announced that she won’t be seeking re-election but Council Chair Kim Bridges and Evette L. Wilson of the 9th District have also announced that they won’t be running in November. Graham Scott, elected to the board in 2008, had announced her intention to not [...]
Local Coffee Guru, Robertson Profiled
If he isn’t up late at night helping to roast 1,000s of pound of coffee, he might be at Crossroads sipping a beer, or more likely he is running about to various RVA businesses either singing the praises of Blanchard’s locally roasted beans or making sure that every aspect of their relationship with Blanchard’s is [...]
Buy your loved one a Bronco for Christmas
The commercials were the husband or wife present their lovely spouse with a Lexus in giant red bow for Christmas simply make me shake my head. The only car I’ve given my wife for Christmas was a Hot Wheels El Camino. Here in Hills and Heights we can bring that commercial to life. The beaut [...]
Community Calls on School Board to get the facts on PHSSA
Below are some excerpts from letters/emails to School Board Chair Kim Bridges in response to her letter sent to all PHSSA parents. Additionally school board members Maurice Henderson and Adria Graham Scott interrupted a PTA Meeting to pass out the letter. The same letter was received by every parent at that meeting the next day. [...]
More Info. on Suspicious Going Ons
From Westover Hills Crime Watch; Greetings – the Westover Hills neighborhood has been targeted by thieves in recent days. What follows is information just provided to me by a neighbor that describes the car and behavior of the probable thieves: A bright red Toyota Camry with a VA license plate. A specialty plate with Colonial [...]
Police Asking for Help on Break-ins
Local Lt. Stephen McQuail is asking, is for us to keep an extra vigilant eye out for suspicious activity. The RPD is definitely aware of the speak in break-ins and is working hard in the neighborhood to find the folks committing the crime but the more eyes we have from the neighborhood, the better chance [...]
Home Break-ins Continue
Is it enough to call it a crime wave yet? From Westover Hills Neighborhood Association; 5300 New Kent Rd was broken into this morning (12/17/11) between 10:30-11:30 AM (probably closer to 11:30). They entered by kicking in the side door then left through the front door. The only items missing were a laptop and navy [...]
