The Westover Baptist Church and their Bhutanese-Nepali refugee neighbors are going to be coming out on Saturday in teams of 4 to offer raking leaves for $25. They have the support of the the church and a couple of friends from FBC Richmond will accompany them to show them how to do yard work. These [...]
Westover Hills Tot Lot Yard Sale Saturday, November 19, from 8 a.m. to noon By MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) of Westover Hills United Methodist Church All proceeds will benefit the Westover Hills Tot Lot Renovation Fund The church is counting on support from Westover Hills neighbors to help raise the $45,000 needed to replace the [...]
In classic rumor fashion, I heard it from a guy who heard it from a guy, I have this bit of news. The unique triangle building where Forest Hill and Semmes merge is slated to become a bike shop. The time line for opening is not definite due to renovations that are needed but it [...]
An interesting story about a local house. Jay at RealRVA sells houses but does much more than simply hand the keys over. There is work being done on the house to bring it into the current century. What makes this not just a simple transfer of money is that it is having an affect on [...]
The Better Housing Coalition has announced the nominees for the 2011 Golden Hammer Awards and our area is well represented. The winners will be announced Thursday, November 3, at the Hippodrome in Jackson Ward. Check out all the nominees at Church Hill People News and continue on to check out our local building all-stars. Thanks to John Murden and [...]
Next time you go to Crossroads and can’t get a beer due to the crowd, you can blame Stephen Robertson (aka Blanchard’s Guy), Richmond.com, and this article. The cat or in this case the tasty micro-brew is out of the bag. Our little community gem has now been unveiled to the masses, or at least [...]
It was quiet and relatively clean when I stopped by Carter Jones/Fonticello Park this morning. The is not always the case and nearby neighbors are growing weary of the problem.
The Manor at Woodland Heights located at 310 West 31st Street was recently emptied of residents and marked condemned by the city. The problem is that when the owners left the building they didn’t bother to secure the building. For the second time someone entered the building late on Sunday and set off the fire [...]
Fonticello Park Issues is a thread that is currently coursing through the Woodland Heights Yahoo Group. Apparently drug dealers are carrying out their business in public and many residents of the area are feeling like the issue is not getting the proper attention from the RPD.
Lt. Michael J. Bender, Jr. of Sector 211, 2nd Precinct wanted to get word out about some robberies that have recently occurred. If anyone has any information about these events and can assist us with identifying them please contact Lt. Bender at 646-8146. With this sudden increase in robberies you will see more officers in [...]
No injuries were reported in the early morning fire in the old brick building directly across from Patrick Henry School. Traffic was a mess including a small fender bender pictured in the slideshow. The building looks to be heavily damaged. Some local news coverage after the break.
Woodland Heights Civic Association meets tomorrow at 7pm at Woodland Heights Baptist Church, 31st and Springhill in the lunch room. If anyone that attends wants to share some of the big topics that would be great. Thanks.
The Woodland Heights Yahoo Group has this reminder to all of us to be alert and keep an eye out on behalf of our neighbors; A neighbor on W 26th St. had a UPS package taken from their front porch on Monday. A few days later, another neighbor called the police (to the residence next [...]
In the togo cup… is a new local blogger (I think he or she is Southbank) who spends a fair amount of time at coffee shops and is now writing about his/her experience. Categories that are used to describe each place include but are not limited to; parking – parking lot or “fan” like?, coffee- [...]
From the Woodland Heights Yahoo Group; Woodland Heights Civic Association meeting is Tuesday, Nov 30 at 7pm at Woodland Heights Baptist Church. We will be electing a vice president and a treasurer. Also, Councilman Jewell is supposed to be there to discuss the change in trash pick up as well as zoning concerns.
Woodland Heights neighbor Marlene Paul and Art 180 were selected as an Arts Innovator by the 13th Annual Theresa Pollak Prizes for Excellence in the Arts. Marlene works with Art 180 to help at risk youth turn their lives around through art. You have probably seen their art around the city. The first work was [...]
Woodland Heights Baptist Church will hold their annual Fall Festival and Picnic this Sunday, October 10, from 3 until 6 p.m. in the church parking lot in the 600 block of 31st Street. The entire community is invited for the festivities, which will include music, hayrides around Woodland Heights, scarecrow creation, face painting, apple bobbing, [...]
Email received this afternoon; We found a female dog without tags, but has a collar around 11:00am today (10/3/2010), and we’ve been walking her around the area looking for the owner but nobody recognized the dog. She’s a mix with some interesting markings, and two collars, one flea collar and another large collar. If anyone [...]
Bagpipe Fever (great blog name) captured this house fire last night. I cropped the picture a little bit to fit better on H&H. Head to the BF blog for another picture and a few more details. Thanks for sharing the photo Bagpipe Fever.
Woodland Heights Civic Association meets tonight at 7 pm at the Berryman Center at 400 West 32nd St. Traffic calming for the neighborhood will be discussed.
House Lust, a real estate column on Richmond.com has a post up about finding a good neighborhood for kids. House Hunter lists 9 and among them is Westover Hills. Westover Hills Area 60 Pros: Beautiful homes built during the 20′s and 40′s on large lots. Sidewalks, restaurants, O’Toole’s, great neighborhood vibe. Huge trails and playground [...]
Once again from the daily police report. Call 911 if you see suspicious behavior. The Richmond Police Non-Emergency Number is (804)646-5100. 3rd Precinct -BURGLARY 9/3/10 — 9/7/10, 8:13 p.m. – 12:01 a.m. 1209 W. 29th St . An unknown person(s) broke into the shed and stole power tools. 3rd Precinct – BURGLARY 9/4/10 — 9/7/10, [...]
Below is the text of an email I received today about a very threatening incident last night. Please be aware of what is going on and watch out for your neighbors; I live in Woodland Heights on 22nd Street and last weekend (8/14) someone came into my yard and tried to steal my grill. For [...]
From the Woodland Heights Yahoo Group; The committee planning this year’s Woodland Heights Holiday House tour for December 5, met last night and decided if we do not get at least 5 more neighbors to be on the tour, we will have to cancel it this year. This is the only fund raising activity the [...]
On Sunday a red female pitbull was spotted on Stonewall. Today she was seen in the woods near Chesterfield and 30th. The dog has no collar, appears to have recently had a litter and is very skittish. All the information above was gathered from the Woodland Heights Yahoo Group.
