From the Richmond Dispatch, December 18th, 1900: Charlie Pettus, a son of Capitol-Policeman Pettus, took an involuntary cold bath Sunday afternoon. He fell into the canal at the foot of Oregon Hill. The youth caught hold of a post and sustained his head above water until Mr. Charles Hartman jumped in and landed him on [...]
I heard people calling out her name last night while searching and I still see the flyers up around the neighborhood, so my guess is that this cat, named ‘Nobody’, is still missing and needs to be found.
From the Preservation Nation blog: Window Wednesday by National Trust for Historic Preservation on December 16th, 2009 Original windows matter. From dramatic Gothic masterpieces to the colorful details of stained glass, these gems are instrumental in telling the special stories of our older and historic homes and buildings. For this reason (and so many more), [...]
From announcement: Come to the Byrd House Renegade Market – Tuesdays from 3 to 6 pm This week our gang of 5-7 wild bunch vendors will feature such things as Stewing Chickens, Holidays Wreaths & Greens, Chicken Eggs, Egg Noodles, Honey, home-baked Breads, Jams, Pickles, Leafy Greens, Turkey and Turkey Eggs, Sweet Potatoes, Rabbit, Really [...]
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE JAMES RIVER AT RICHMOND WESTHAM * UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING…OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 09:30 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.5 FEET * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET * FORECAST…THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 13.7 [...]
From a neighbor: Help raise money for OPEN HIGH SCHOOL by EATING PIZZA!! That’s right! Here’s what you do: Come to CiCi’s 7516 West Broad Street on THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, from 5-8 p.m. and mention your school at the register.(Tell your friends and family to do the same) Enjoy all the pizza you can eat! [...]
From a neighbor…. tonite about 10:30PM RPD in what seems to be pursuit of a small truck going south (wrong way) on S Cherry street. Truck loses control and hits tree in 200 block S Cherry and driver gets out and runs. Police swarm all over the place with many cruisers, briefly closing 200 block [...]
From the Times Dispatch (this follows coverage for his arrest in October): Richmond City Councilman E. Martin Jewell pleaded no contest yesterday to driving under the influence in October and apologized to his constituents and the community. “I made a mistake. I should not have driven after drinking,” the 5th District council member said outside [...]
From announcement: SynerGeo would like to invite you to our children’s art show on Thursday, Dec. 10, 5:30-7pm. We will have some refreshments and we hope you can make it out to see the great works they have created during our studies of Chinese art. We are located on the corner of Laurel and Albermarle [...]
Recently the Sierra Club Falls of the James Group blog ran a cursory review of area colleges and universities. It basically cruised through school media to glean more information on environmental initiatives. Of course the biggest, Virginia Commonwealth University, Oregon Hill’s neighbor to the north, received the treatment: Checking On VCU… I did not get [...]
