Today the crew uncovered one of the old trolley tracks on the 300 block of S. Cherry Street. (To learn more about the trollies, you may want to check out the documentary-in-progress, Richmond Had Rails.) Tomorrow morning they will be cutting it to make room for manhole which rises from directly underneath it.
From press release:
Virginia’s Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs John C. Harvey will be the keynote speaker at the 74th Commonwealth’s Pearl Harbor Day Remembrance Ceremony, Monday, December 7, 2015 at 11 a.m. at the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond.
Co-hosted by the Richmond Council, Navy League of the United States, the annual ceremony will be held in the Shrine of Memory on the grounds of the War Memorial at 621 South Belvidere Street. The event is free and the public is encouraged to attend.
From RAIDSonline.com:
INDECENT EXPOSURE
B8XX W MAIN ST
Dec 3, 2015 at 5:44 pm
Data provided by Virginia Commonwealth University Police DepartmentDRUG/NARCOTIC VIOLATION
7XX W MAIN
Dec 3, 2015 at 6:30 pm
Data provided by Virginia Commonwealth University Police DepartmentDUI, ALCOHOL
BXX S HARRISON
Dec 3, 2015 at 11:30 pm
Data provided by Richmond Police DepartmentHIT AND RUN
5XX S LAUREL ST
Dec 4, 2015 at 10:28 am
Data provided by Richmond Police DepartmentSIMPLE ASSAULT
1XX S LINDEN ST
Dec 4, 2015 at 6:00 pm
Data provided by Virginia Commonwealth University Police Department
From email announcement:
St. Andrew’s Church is hosting it’s Annual Santa Breakfast this Saturday (December 5) in Baldwin Hall of St. Andrew’s School. Breakfast is served from 9:00-11:00am. The cost is $3.50/per person, $10.00 maximum for a family. Have your picture with Santa taken by Mrs. Claus, fill your belly with pancakes, and shop till you drop!
This photo is from yesterday morning when Open High School kids were helping unload boxes of navel oranges from truck on Pine Street.
By the way, the December 8th meeting of the Open High PTSA is cancelled, however they will meet in January.
This photo is before the historic John Miller house went under extensive renovation. Holly Street Playground is in the background. Photo published with permission from Richard Lee Bland.
