The city is adjusting it’s voting districts. It is a year long process and meetings have been held around the city. Tomorrow is our turn. The meeting will be held January 19, at Lucille Murray Brown Middle School located at 6300 Jahnke Road. We are currently in Stage 1 of the redistricting process. STAGE 1 – [...]
Strategies for Eliminating Debt, a free seminar with practical information for effectively paying down debt, will be held at the Westover Hills Public Library, 1408 Westover Hills Boulevard, on Wednesday, January 26 from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. To register, please visit www.vacu.org/Learn/Seminars.aspx or call (804) 323-6800. The seminar will be led by Cherry Hedges, financial [...]
Unfortunately Tux the cat is still missing. The two dogs that were found last week have not been claimed and the temporary care giver has some more details, including a change of email. I have already placed the pit/lab mix dog with my sister. I have a feeling that no one is looking for these [...]
The Friends of Forest Hill Park launched a new website and it’s looking good. Sections of the site include; About the Park, Recreation, Environment, Calendar, Become a Friend, Donate, Contact Us. The site is sure to be great asset as it grows and people turn to it as a resource for the park. The mission [...]
I went back on forth on what to post today. Until I saw this quote, “I say to myself that hate is too great a burden to bear. I have decided to love.” List of events happening around town in honor of Dr. King from RVAnews
The classes of Patrick Henry held a concert on Friday performing songs that they had written as part of Kid Pan Alley program. Every word in all the songs was written by the children and they established the rhythm. Paul Reisler and Paddy Dougherty facilitated the writing process, added the guitar and helped with the [...]
The Southampton Citizens Association meets tomorrow; The Southampton Citizens Association serves the Southampton/Stratford Hills community by promoting initiatives that preserve and improve the livability, economic value and welfare of our neighborhoods and valued community resources. Our stewardship includes the James River, green spaces, roadways, churches, retail centers and recreational facilities. We meet on the 3rd [...]
Recently I’d noticed a lack of live music being advertised for Plaza Bowl. When asked about it Plaza Bowl responded, “We hope to have more live bands again in the near future, but for right now weve just been focusing our attention on our core business, bowling.” I sent an inquiry into Tiffany Community Chest [...]
Yesterday Hands On Greater Richmond went to Pony Pasture to fight invasive species and establish habitat for native plants such as the Virginia Blue Bell. This was a rescheduled event as the original one was snowed out. Phil of James River News Hub was there with his camera and captured the photo above. He has a [...]
Council President Kathy Graziano and School Board Member Adria Graham Scott have scheduled a second Meet and Greet for Fourth District parents. The event is scheduled for February 8th, at Fisher Elementary School, from 6:30-8 pm. Fisher is located at 3701 Garden Road, off Cedar Grove Road. Parents of preschool, kindergarten and early elementary grades [...]
We covered the news when they were applying for the liquor license but now it is a reality. Crossroads has added beer to their list of offerings. I don’t know who picked out their beer list but they did a heck of a job. From Twitter the list is; Legend, Starr Hill, Blue Mtn, Corsendonk, St. [...]
The Winter Farmers’ Market is going on today from 10-1 on Forest Hill Avenue next to the Blockbuster. As usual the list of vendors comes from the Market Umbrella Facebook page; Our growers will be: Alfredo’s Honey, Ault’s Family Farm, Bonnyclabber Cheese Co, Empress Farm, Faith Farm and Thistledown Farm. We will have jewelry, fiber [...]
Ruth Anne sent this and I’m happy to post it and spread the word. If you have time please consider helping out some of your neighbors. ElderFriends, a service of Family Lifeline, is a friendly visiting program for isolated elders. Volunteers agree to visit once a week for an hour per week for at least [...]
This post is brought out about as the result of two things. First, a post I saw on the Woodland Heights Yahoo Group; Today (Thursday) about 10 a.m. I was driving west on Riverside Dr and was about to take a left onto 30th. Right at that point, at the top of the hill where Riverside curves [...]
All the geeks are excited, and rightfully so with the news that Tumblr has opened an office in Manchester. Tumblr has made it incredibly easy for anyone that wants to share their thoughts, ramblings, and photos with the world. Three hundred people showed up at Legend last night to meet the founder of Tumblr and [...]
Richmond More at Belle Isle; This Saturday 1-15-11 (starting at 9 a.m.) we will once again be working over on Belle Isle. We have some bench cutting and other trail work to do on the trail that takes you from the service road near the hydro plant back around to the lost garden. Nathan and [...]
From the Patrick Henry website; PHSSA will be reopening first grade for mid-year transfers for approximately 6 new spots. Interested families can download an application here. Families will need to complete the application and mail it or drop it off at the school during the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The school is temporarily located [...]
In October 2009 hateful anti-semitic graffiti appeared in both Forest Hill Park and Bryan Park. Yesterday justice was served and Andrew Bryant Souser, 23, will serve three months in jail, pay $7,579 in restitution and serve 150 hours of community service with a “graffiti cleanup team.” His motivation was that he “found amusement in upsetting [...]
Photo submitted by Paul Hammond of Carver Jackson News fame.
I received this email on Wednesday but through confusion on my end neglected to put it up until now. I found 2 dogs on forest hill and Leicester today. Pit mix and collie, they are both very sweet. I have 3 dogs already and cannot keep too long. My husband will divorce me I do not find [...]
Last year Andy Thompson had a story about Eagle Racing on Riverside Drive. This year we are hearing from Rex Springston and the RTD about a pair of eagles that are setting up house. Many Richmonders got excited when a pair of bald eagles built a nest last year in the James River near the [...]
The good folks at Friends of James River Parks are so close to reaching the needed goal of 350 people signing up for the special license plate. The problem is the looming deadline. At last night’s Forest Hill neighborhood meeting the number I heard was 29. Only 29 people need to go online and send [...]
Leeanne Meadows Ladin co-author of the best-selling book Secretariat’s Meadow – The Land, The Family, The Legend, will be the guest speaker at the Westover Hills Library on Wednesday, January 19, at 7 p.m., sponsored by the Westover Hills Library Advisory Group. Leeanne group in BonAir and now lives near Forest Hill Park. [via WHNA] [...]
Press Release; Richmond, VA – At his monthly meeting with Richmond City Council, Mayor Dwight C. Jones announced his administration’s desire to implement a tax amnesty program for Richmond city tax payers. The Jones Administration sought and won the authority to offer the amnesty program during the 2010 General Assembly and would like the relief [...]
The leaves are becoming sentient and mobile. When I went out to my car this morning this pile of leaves was waiting for me. It wasn’t there last night. You can see the trail it left behind as it shambled towards my house. The only logical assumption I can make is that my posts about [...]
