From email announcement:
Hello all
OHNA (Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association) will be holding its monthly meeting at the St. Andrew’s Parish House at 7 pm on the 200 block of S. Laurel St.
Hope to see you there
Jennifer
Actually, the home and business watch program is active year-round. Sgt. Carol Adams, head of the Community Care Unit at the department, said once a home or business is added to the department’s list, a patrol officer will stop by the location daily to ensure it is secure.
“Every night when there is roll call, (police) will read out the addresses saying that family is away on vacation and no one should be there,” Adams said.
This is a timely reminder to use these services to help keep crime out of the neighborhood.
Look for Cherry Street neighbor Michael “Howie” Hall in upcoming 2017 episodes of the fourth and final season of AMC’s ‘Turn’ television series, which is about spies in the Revolutionary War. He’s acted in small parts in quite a few previous seasons of the show and says he has enjoyed it immensely.
From FaceBook event page:
Each year a special ceremony is held in Hollywood Cemetery to honor the many children who have passed away. The ceremony is held at the Angel of Hope statue in the Idlewood section.
Inspired by Richard Paul Evans’ best-selling novel by the same the name, the Angel of Hope is a bronzed angel that sits in numerous cemeteries across the country to memorialize lost children and create a place for collective healing.
Join us on Tuesday, December 6, 2016 at 6:00pm for this year’s candlelight ceremony. The event is free and all are welcome.
From email announcement:
All are invited to the St. Andrew’s Annual Santa Breakfast in Baldwin Hall (of the school building) from 9-11 am on Saturday, December 3, 2016. Christmas Shop, Pancake and Sausage Breakfast, photos with Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus. Breakfast is $3.50 per person or $10 for families.
What are you missing out on by not registering now for Richmond’s most epic polar plunge? How about the chance to win an overnight stay at the Hilton in downtown Richmond on either Friday or Saturday of Shiver weekend (January 28, 2017), a $50 gift card at Hilton’s new 1885 Cafe & Market, and a $50 gift card to Penny Lane Pub. Pretty sweet swag, I’d say.
In other news, KVB’s Mike Baum tells me the 5K that precedes the Shiver will incorporate the T. Tyler Potterfield Memorial Bridge (a.k.a. the T-Pot Bridge), which Brown’s Island and Manchester. The exact route hasn’t been mapped yet, he said, but it should be the first race in Richmond to include the gleaming new pedestrian bridge (which opens this Friday night at 6 p.m.).
Click here for more on Shiver in the River and to sneak in under the wire for early bird registration.
John Murden at Church Hill People’s News has a post on this–
Clara Cline at The Wild Wander has these fantastic Boy Gangs of Richmond patches available. Pick’em up at this weekend’s Richmond Craft Mafia Handmade Holiday event.
The names are taken from Charles Wallace’s The Boy Gangs of Richmond in the Dear Old Days: A Page of the City’s Lesser History, an out-of-print history of the city’s rapscallion youth by Charles M. Wallace from 1938.
Cherry Street neighbor Jimmy Blackford and I worked on dislodging leaves and dirt from sidewalks and gutters in preparation for City’s upcoming leaf collection and street cleaning. It would be great if other neighbors could do the same. It is supposed to rain Tuesday and Wednesday, so hopefully it will get done before then. Don’t forget to move those cars!
From FaceBook event page:
our tradition continues! Bring dark and light shirts. THIS IS A FRIENDLY GAME. ALL EXPERIENCE LEVELS ARE WELCOME!
980 Idlewood Avenue, 9:30 – noon TODAY