From Craigslist ad: About 18 inches (I’m moving and already packed up my ruler haha) Cable Hook up Location: Oregon Hill / Green Alley This person was good enough to post an ad. Unfortunately, there still has been a lot of illegal dumping as of late. VCU officials have said that they are working on [...]
From email: Saturday’s Byrd House Farmlet work day happened with the assistance of Patty, Kerry & the Boy Scouts from Fifth Baptist Church, Marlene & Two Grown Men and they really made a dent in the remaining compost, watered copiously and planted along the bamboo trellis/barrier – then they ate pizza and slid home. Check [...]
Members of the American Legion, 11th District will honor men and women of the U.S. military who died while serving in our country in a 10 am ceremony at the Virginia War Memorial. Please click here for more information.
From press release: Councilman Marty Jewell will hold a meeting in the Central 5th District which will include information on goals and accomplishments; a topical agenda; and, special guests. The meeting is free and all Central 5th District citizens are invited and encouraged to attend. Light refreshments will be served. The Agenda for this meeting [...]
Byrd House Market happens every Tuesday from 3:30 pm to 7 pm May thru October. Greetings all, Byrd House Market expects much better weather and continued good spirits at this week’s market. St. Andrew’s School will take up their traditional residence in our Byrd House Market information booth; Nandi Shabazz will do face painting (HURRAY!) [...]
Hello everyone Just a reminder that the monthly OHNA meeting is Tuesday, May 25th, at 7 PM at the WBCH. We are expecting two guests: a representative from the Richmond City Police department and Chief Venuti of the VCU Police Department. Thanks Jennifer Hancock President (Interim), OHNA
From The Daily Times, May 22, 1888 A Desirable Improvement Completed It is expected that there will be held a meeting this week of the City Finance Committee to consider appropriation of $3,500 for the purchase of, and beautifying, the proposed new park on Oregon Hill. This land begins at Hollywood on the Canal bank, [...]
I went by later in the evening and it looks like the pole is still leaning, but chopped down by a half
Got a tip/rumor about possible school news: Are you guys up on the merger of Clark Springs and Maymont? My spouse attended a meeting whereby the the Richmond Public Schools official discussed plans to convert Maymont into a PreK center. Just wondering if you guys were on top of it. I’d like to discuss… share… [...]
From this week’s Style magazine (go to link to see a nice picture of new 821 Cafe’s (825 Cary) interior) : A slew of new chow is heading to town, but before that comes a flurry of fix-ups. Armed with paintbrushes, jackhammers and checkbooks, several risk-taking restaurateurs are reconfiguring the failures, hoping to override the [...]
