Neighbor Stephenie Harrington is hosting a meet and greet for Oregon Hill residents with Jon Baliles, candidate for Mayor, on the evening of Friday, Nov. 4 at her S. Pine Street home.
Neighbors are asked to RSVP with her before 10/28.
Rescheduled from a previous date, there is a meeting this Wednesday for residents of central Richmond neighborhoods who are experiencing coyotes.
It takes place at the Patrick Henry School on Semmes Ave., starting at 6:30 pm. Dept Game & Inland Fisheries is hosting.
From FaceBook event page:
Join a community conversation on coyotes living in the City of Richmond. Wildlife experts will have lots of information on coyote ecology and behavior, wildlife regulations, and how to best deal with wildlife in our back yards.
Please share, with neighborhood groups, associations, and neighbors along the river and near the James River Park System. We want your questions and feedback!
From announcement:
VCU L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs: Gulak Lecture Featuring Sara Zewede, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 7:00p.m., VCU University Student Commons
The countdown has begun! The fourth annual Gulak Lecture is only weeks away. This year, we are excited to welcome our guest speaker, Sara Zewede, a leading expert in landscape architecture and design. She will discuss “Design in the Southern City Now: Negotiating Cultural Memory in the Age of the Urban Renaissance.” She writes and lectures on the discourses of landscape architecture and urbanism and its interface with culture and history. The event is free and open to the public. Registration is strongly encouraged.
Richmond police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found late yesterday afternoon on CSX railroad tracks near Tredegar Street under the Lee Bridge.
CSX Transportation employees notified Richmond police at 4:51 p.m. of a body on the tracks in the 100 block of Tredegar Street, said Richmond police spokesman James Mercante.
No foul play is suspected but the investigation is continuing.
The man’s body, that of a white male, was taken to the state Medical Examiner’s Office for identification and determination of cause of death.
St. Andrew’s Church is taking part in Oregon Hill Halloween festivities.
From the FaceBook event page:
Earth Folk Collecitve will be hosting a fundraiser
TUESDAY OCTOBER 25th 5pm-10pm
All proceeds will go to buying materials and paying for studio space to make the puppets for this year’s Halloween Parade!
All are welcome!
Family Friendly
Donation based
Also, do not forget about the St. Andrew’s/OregonHill.net Jack O’ Lantern Contest! $50!