From announcement:
Fourth Precinct
The Community Assisted Public Safety (CAPS) meeting will be held:
Date: Thursday, June 17, 2010
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Place: Linwood Holton Elementary School
1600 W Laburnum Avenue
We look forward to seeing you there.
Thank you
Jacki Page
Sr. Customer Services Representative
804-646-4150
This coming Saturday night, the Flying Brick is inviting folks over at 8 pm for a free showing of the documentary video, “Meet Me In The Bottom”, which is about the controversy with Virginia Commonwealth University over slave history and the burial ground in Shockoe Bottom. Of course, Oregon Hill has had past controversy in the same vein.
Here’s a short blurb about the documentary:
The Burial Ground for Negroes (ca. 1750-1816) is located north of Broad Street, between 15th and 16th Streets. It is the oldest municipal cemetery for enslaved and free Blacks known to exist in the Richmond area. An 1810 map shows the Negro Burial Ground near Broad Street and Shockoe Creek. Today the Burial Ground for Negroes sits adjacent to a parking lot owned by Virginia Commonwealth University. In fact, there are questions as to whether the Burial Ground lies beneath the parking lot. Activist and other groups have protested what is seen by many as a desecration of sacred ground. This documentary tells the story of the community’s efforts to reclaim the Burial Ground as the final resting place of their ancestors.
Long-time resident, much loved husband, stepfather, and father, Barry Canter, passed away Saturday afternoon, June 5th. He was a true renaissance man, scientist, artist, humanist. He will be celebrated this Saturday, June 12th at on Open House-Musical Jam at his wife’s home noon-til.
Photo courtesy of Silver Persinger.
A memorial service for Jefferson Davis is scheduled in Hollywood Cemetery for this Saturday at 10:00 a.m. A cannon salute will be part of the ceremony.
From The Times, June 3, 1902:
Mr. Murray Browden, of Oregon Hill
Has Left His Wife, and Probably City.
Mrs. Murray Browden, residing on Oregon Hill, is very anxious about her husband, he havlng left home last Saturday and not returned.
She has notlfied the police of the disappearance of her husband.
Mr. Browden was last employed at the Richmond’ Locomotive Works. For
some time, it seems, he has been unable to obtain any work, and this it is thought
is the cause of his leaving the city without notice to his wife
From announcement:
AmericaSpeaks: Our Budget, Our Economy
Federal Budget Town Hall Meeting in Richmond
On June 26, Richmond will be one of 20 cities that will host simultaneous web-connected town hall meetings as part of a national discussion to find common ground on tough choices about our federal budget. Americans from across the country will come together to weigh in on strategies to ensure a sustainable fiscal future and a strong economic recovery. This is an opportunity to make your voice a part of an important national discussion. The event is free and lunch is served, but space is limited and registration is required. Register at http://bit.ly/RichmondAmericaSpeaks . The Richmond discussion is hosted by the Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis and the City of Richmond and will be at the Virginia State Capitol from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, go to www.usabudgetdiscussion.org or call 804-643-2474 x111.
Around 8:45 pm, this Friday, in Pleasants Park, refreshments served…the movie..
Alice in Wonderland
From Craigslist ad:
About 18 inches (I’m moving and already packed up my ruler haha)
Cable Hook upLocation: 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 coordinating a collection effort or rummage sale for the end of the school semester, similar to the one that the University of Richmond holds with the Sierra Club.