For those of you who also have train-obsessed small children (or have grown up to be railfans): National Train Day is a free event, first held in 2008, in various large cities across the country (including Washington, DC). This year’s celebration marks 140 years since the “golden spike” was driven, joining the eastern and western [...]
From the story on WTVR’s site: It happened around 2 a.m. outside The Forest Restaurant in the 5000 block of Forest Hill Avenue. Someone inside the restaurant heard gunshots and called police. Officers arrived and found a man suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to VCU Medical Center where he later died. No [...]
A reminder that property tax assessment appeals for this year are due in tomorrow. If you miss this deadline you can still appeal, but the procedure gets more involved. Info on the process can be found here, and the relevant forms here. Note the inclusion of a sales search function on the assessor’s page (in [...]
An email forwarded from Shannon Taylor, Neighborhood Watch coordinator: A neighbor has reported that there is a pit bull mix wandering loose in the vicinity of Forest Hill Park. The animal is a male, with butterscotch colored fur and has a red collar which lacks tags. The animal appears to be friendly but please exercise [...]
This appeared, evidently overnight, in the 4800 block of Forest Hill. Anyone missing a bumper?
John reports in CHPN that the assessments up his way are running flat to depreciating. A check of one block in southside showed the aforementioned flat-to-depreciated values with a couple of small increases and one $71K jump, which amounts to a 38% increase for that lucky homeowner, who will be calling the city on Monday. [...]
The Times-Dispatch is reporting a stabbing in the apartments on Westover Hills last night. The victim told police he was on his way to work about 8 p.m. when he was approached outside his apartment complex in the 600 block of Westover Hills Boulevard and robbed by five men.
There was a house fire just after midnight in the 6600 block of Glyndon Lane. There were no injuries to the home’s residents. [via] Update: NBC12 reports that two women and three cats were pulled from the fire by RFD crews.
