Digging Out on Laurel Street
Another large winter storm…
Archive for January 2010
Who was Mr. McCann?
From the Richmond Dispatch, July 31, 1886: Mr. McCann, one of the oldest and best-known residents of Oregon Hill, died suddenly Friday of heart-disease. He was over sixty years of age.
Will Open High’s Budget Be Cut?
Local political blogger Jonathan Mallard has both the City’s proposed Richmond Public Schools budget link and some commentary. Former elected school board rep Carol Wolf has even more commentary on her blog, Save Our Schools. From the proposal, it looks like Open High will have less field trips and staffing development.
Main Library HVAC Work
Franklin Street in downtown should be back open soon. It was closed this weekend while new HVAC equipment was replaced in the Main branch of the Richmond Public Library. Main is Oregon Hill’s local public library branch, not to be confused with other libraries.
Oregon Hill Resident Runs For School Board/ Lots of meetings next week
Oregon Hill resident Maurice Henderson is planning to run for the Richmond School Board. There is an upcoming meeting to introduce him on 2nd Baptist Church, 1401 Idlewood Avenue on Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 2:30 P.M. This is an opportunity to meet and ask him questions regarding his candidacy for this position vacated by [...]
Volleys in Hollywood for Pickett This Saturday
Hollywood Cemetery management wants to let neighbors know that there will be a ceremony at the Pickett gravesite in Hollywood on Saturday, January 23 from 11 a.m. until noon. There will be volleys fired at this ceremony. Thank you for your assistance in getting this information out to the neighborhood.
Flying Brick Library Meeting
Paraphrasing a recent announcement from the Flying Brick Library: The Flying Brick Library would like to announce that the first volunteer interest meeting will be at 5pm on Friday Jan. 22nd! @ 506 South Pine Street (The Flying Brick!) This meeting will be more of a discussion and presentation about the library and its history. [...]
Byrd House Market Tomorrow + Upcoming Vendor Meeting
From Ana Edwards, the Byrd House Market Manager: Part 1) I hear it’s going to be a balmy 60 degrees Fahrenheit this week. So you know where you need to be on Tuesday! (BHM at 3-5:30 pm, right? Right!) Follow the thoughtfulness of the observance of the birth and life of Dr. Martin Luther King, [...]
The Work of Wrong Doers, 1896
From the Richmond Dispatch, January 18, 1896: The youths on Oregon Hill have recently started quite a money making scheme at the expense of the city. It seems that a certain junk-dealer has offered to buy bricks at four for one cent. Little by little the sidewalks on Oregon Hill have dwindled away, until now [...]
