Here’s a view of the neighborhood, looking up from the North Bank Trail beneath Hollywood Cemetery.
View From The North Bank
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Fire On 200 Block Of S. Cherry Last Night
There was a small fire in a row house on the 200 block of S. Cherry Street a little bit about 11 pm last night. Engine 6 arrived on scene at 226 S Cherry St. with smoke present inside the home. Crews were able to locate the fire and extinguish it. The fire was quickly marked under control, with no injuries or fatalities to report.
Ultimate Special For Super Bowl Sunday
OregonHill.net is happy to have Peddler On Pine on board as an advertiser for the new year. Please click on the side ad on the front page to get to their menu with online ordering. One good bet is their “Ultimate Special” – large 1 topping Pizza and 10 Buffalo Wings for $16 !!!
If you don’t know already, they are right here in the neighborhood, just behind the Fine Foods store on Idlewood, making it easy for carry-out.
Snowy Albemarle Street
Mojo’s Super Bowl Wing Special
Mojo’s is running an order-in-advance wing special for this Sunday’s Super Bowl.
RVA Environmental Film Festival Approaches (And It’s FREE!)
The RVA Environmental Film Festival (RVA EFF) raises awareness of environmental issues relative to all residents of our planet and central Virginians in particular. Beginning February 4th and running through February 16th, the Ninth Annual RVA EFF is a 10-day event that celebrates a commitment to independent, Virginia filmmaking. Film screenings are FREE but some of the events require advance tickets.
For details, please visit www.rvaeff.org.
Hits & Runs
From CommunityCrimeMap.com:
HIT AND RUN
7XX SPRING ST
Jan 27, 2019 at 5:30 pm
Data provided by Richmond Police DepartmentHIT AND RUN
7XX S PINE ST
Jan 26, 2019 at 2:00 am
Data provided by Richmond Police Department
Lost Dog: Jake’s Still Missing
Jake has been missing since Saturday. He lives at Laurel and China. If anyone sees him or has any info, please get in touch so we can let his owner Brandon know.
Trash/Recycling Pickup Tomorrow
This Wednesday is a “Red Wednesday”, which means trash and recycling pickup. Ideally, rolling recycling containers are stored and deployed in the back alleys along with trash cans. Please make sure you pick up containers after pickup tomorrow night.
If you have not done so already, don’t forget to sign up for your Recycling Perks.
In order to take your recycling to the next level, read this: 10 ways to improve your recycling.
There are a couple of things in recycling news to be aware of, including the recent anniversary of the beer can (something that is noteworthy for Richmond), but overall things are not good: Recycling is BS Update: Even aluminum recycling is a mess. Hopefully, citizens can hold corporations more accountable. But hey, recycle those old bras!
Street Cleaning This Week – Move Those Cars!
It looks like the City is doing street cleaning in the neighborhood this week. According to the signs, they will be starting with the west side of S. Laurel Street tomorrow. Don’t forget to move cars the night before.
Cherry Street neighbor Jimmy Blackford is organizing some sidewalk cleaning to go along with the street cleaning.
Oregon Hill Street Cleaning/Leaf Collection Finally Happens Next Week. (Mon. 1/28-Thurs 1/31). Who can join me on Mon. and/or Tues. Morning to get our pretty brick sidewalks extra free of leaves? I’ll start the raking at 10am on Monday morning. (Maybe earlier depending on how much sleep I get the night before). I’ll concentrate on the intersections and heavily leaf-strewn areas of the sidewalks. Pushbrooms, especially extra wide ones, are a huge help. I only have 2 rakes, so…