Outdoor cat on S. Pine Street
Sigmund Stands Guard
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Oregon Hill: What A Wonderful World
Pine Street Baptist Church’s Reverend Turner celebrates:
Cannon Ball Found At Tredegar
Richmond police say a cannon ball was spotted near Historic Tredegar on Thursday evening.
Crews examined the cannon ball and called the army in to perform an in-place detonation.
Alley Piano
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.
For more City help with recycling, plan ahead and mark your calendars.
In recycling news, documents, books and similar items soaked and muddied in the potentially sewage-laden flood waters produced by recent hurricanes may be salvageable with the use of electronic beam technology.
Clean Up Events Scheduled For Next Week
Pine Street neighbor and Dominion employee Stephenie Harrington has secured a small grant from Dominion Energy to support Oregon Hill neighborhood clean-up events and ongoing efforts to keep the sidewalks and alleys improved. Two dates have been planned so far, September 21 (Dominion volunteers are coming) and September 23 (VCU volunteers are coming). Neighborhood volunteers are encouraged to contact Stephenie at S.Harrington@dominionenergy.com. Please click below for flyer.
Clean Up Oregon Hill Facebook flyer
Also, here are before/after photos from last year’ volunteer sidewalk work:
New Fence
Neighbor Makes This Year’s Folk Festival Poster
From the Times Dispatch article:
Oregon Hill artist Chris Milk Hulburt walks to the Richmond Folk Festival ever year to enjoy the music.
Last year, the beat-boxing showcase brought him to tears.
“Music has been first and foremost in my life,” he said from Quirk Hotel while installing a new one-man show. “If I hadn’t been an artist, I would have preferred to be a musician.”
Hulburt looks like an artist: wearing red suspenders, red Crocs and brown pants rolled at the bottom with the words “True Love,” embroidered by his sweetheart, stitched into the cuffs.
A graduate from Open High School, Hulburt has been making his living as an artist for the past 20 years. This year, he was selected to create the poster for the Richmond Folk Festival, which is Oct. 13-15.
Sunday Scratcher
Shooting At VCU Party- 100 Block of S. Cherry Street
From WTVR’s developing story:
VCU Police said a fight broke out at a party at home “that culminated in gunfire” just after 12:30 a.m.
Richmond police said officers found a man suffering from a gunshot wound.
The victim was taken to an area hospital with injures that were described as not life-threatening.
Police are searching for a suspect described as a black male about 5 feet 11 inches tall with dreadlocks. He was last seen wearing a black t-shirt and blue jeans.
As a result of the incident, officials said Richmond and VCU Police are stepping up patrols.
If you have information that could help detectives, call Crime Stoppers at 804-780-1000 or http://www.7801000.com. You can also submit tips to GUN250 about persons illegally possessing guns by texting Crime Stoppers at 274637, then using keyword “GUN250” followed by your tip. Rewards up to $250. Both Crime Stoppers methods are anonymous.