Missing since Friday, Feb 3, from 3101 Stonewall Ave. Obit is a small (7 lb) black and white female cat with a faint, squeaky voice. She is quite friendly, but not very traffic savvy. If you see her, please call 804-233-1642 or 804-212-6090.
I’ve heard that one of the new crosswalks on Forest Hill Ave doesn’t work. Well luckily we received an update from Kathy Graziano’s office last week and I forgot to post it. Currently the City is waiting on the parts to be shipped for installation to correct the problem. As of Friday, Jan 20th 43rd St [...]
Eric Fulks has been a carpenter, RVA parks worker and now wants to become a local sustainable house builder using material that most of us would toss. Eric is building a model home somewhere in the area but unfortunately the Style Weekly article references Forest Hill in the photo and Westover Hills in the body [...]
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 [...]
There is not much new for any resident that has lived here a bit doesn’t already know in the Richmond.com coverage of Forest Hill. Richmond.com gave Westover Hills the same treatment back in October. Today, the neighborhood is home to a diverse population. “We still have the World War II generation, and at the other [...]
At approximately 10:20 this morning (11/23) a car heading south on Forrest Hill Ave. swerved to miss a car taking a left on 43rd Street and wiped out one the brand new solar powered crosswalks. The car doing the damage to the crosswalk, stopped, checked the damage, jumped back in her car and fled the [...]
There was a garage break in the 3100 block alley between Forest Hill and Porter. The garage break in occurred 4:30 a.m. on Thursday. Fortunately the homeowner had a webcam in the garage. The intruder fled without taking anything. As an extra special bonus they were able to help a neighbor recover her stolen scooter. Apparently the [...]
The FHNA meets again next Thursday, October 13th, 7pm at the Stone House in Forest Hill Park. Nominations will be accepted for 2012 Officers and Board Members, and there’s room for your name on the ballot! To date, the following nominations have been submitted for openings on the 2012 roster:
Anybody that travels Westover Hills Blvd knows that October is here when the pumpkins arrive at the Westover Hills United Methodist Church.
Some more details can be found on Historic Forest Hill Neighborhood and you can sign the online petition to show your support.
Historic Forest Hill Neighborhood is a group of Forest Hill residents that have been doing extensive research into the history of Forest Hill. They have now gathered all their findings and sent in their application for the Forest Hill Historic District to the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) on Friday June 3rd. I have checked out [...]
Larger version of the map with street addresses.Also a bit of shameless self promotion. The Hayes house and several other Westover Hills homes are having sales this Saturday 8-12 as well; 5208 Devonshire, 5105 & 5201 King William, 4915 New Kent, 5210 Sylvan. As a random question, why doesn’t Westover Hills and Forest Hill throw [...]
Since the official Westover Hills Neighborhood Yard Sale was nearly rained out, some neighbors are joining together to stage a second sale to coincide with the Forest Hill Neighborhood Yard Sale on June 4, 8a.m. – to 12p.m.. We encourage all neighbors to join in! If you’re interested in participating, drop me an email at [...]
Saw this on the Woodland Heights Yahoo Group and I know there is someone out there that could help out. We’re sorry to be writing to you so late. But our planned pick-up spot for Forest Hill has fallen through and so we’re writing to see if any of you are interested in hosting the [...]
From the Forest Hill Neighborhood watch; We’ve had some criminal activity in the neighborhood. Please be on the lookout for suspicious people during the day and evening and call police at 646-5100 for non-emergency or 911 for emergency situations.
From Captain Gary K. Ladin of the Richmond Police Department Training Academy; Recruits from the Richmond Police Department will be running through our neighborhoods and Forest Hill Park Tuesday, May 10th beginning at 4:30pm. We will start at the shelter off of W.42nd St. run about 3 miles and come back into the park at [...]
I’ve gotten word that the Forest Hill Regatta planned for May 14th has been cancelled. The reason for the cancellation is a lack of entries and volunteers. The Forest Hill Neighborhood Association determined that rather than proceed with an event with low turnout in attendance and competitors it would be better to cancel. The are [...]
Luke McCall one of our city’s arborist and VP of the Forest Hill Neighborhood association was recently on the PBS program ‘Virginia Home Grown’ talking about the city’s Tree Steward program. Phil who sent this into me referred to Luke as “unofficial mayor of W. 45th St., also know as “The Lorax” because he speaks [...]
From Facebook; Kenneth Yate’s Moped was stolen late on the night of Saturday April 23rd or really early in the morning on Sunday April 24th, from a backyard near 49th and Forest Hill. It is two tone blue buddy 150 with a windshield and chrome crash bars. Stickers on the front.
Both the Westover Hills & Forest Hill Neighborhood Associations meet tonight at 7:00. Westover Hills meets at the Westover Hills United Methodist Church and Forest Hill meets in the Old Stone House in Forest Hill Park. Agenda items for both after the break.
Chris sent this in this evening; My Jeep Cherokee was broken into last night and the thief stole some electronics/video games that were in the backseat. The inside was trashed, however the thief only took the games. All of my work materials, tools, cds, and other goods were left. When I left for work I [...]
About 190 folks showed up to run in the 2nd Annual I Heart 5k on Saturday. Of that 190, 40 of those were walk ups the day of the event. The weather was perfect and the event went off without a hitch. Congrats to all the runners, below are the fastest unofficial times. Fastest male: [...]
The Forest Hill Neighborhood Association will hold it’s February meeting at the Stone House on Thursday, February 17th at 7:00 p.m. The meeting will hold formal nominations and voting for those Board members whose terms are up. The Nominations for 2011 Officers: All positions are open (term is one year) President – Richard Day Vice President – [...]
