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BOB BROWN: Aging Poetically, Part III

Being elderly is a full-time job. It could be the best job you ever had, but it will never be the easiest. Even Billy Graham, the preeminent spiritual leader...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Is Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) Running For President in 2028? – Part I

I strongly suspect that the self-assured and arrogant Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is going to be a presidential or...

FRED FIRST: But Is It Art?

I have mentioned before that I have recently found pleasure and pleasant distraction in the...

BECKY MAUPIN: A New Season, New Expectations

Motherhood, I'm learning, is a series of seasons. None of them are truly easy; they're...

BOB BROWN: Aging Poetically, Part II

Jan called today. “Ed died Thursday… he is in a better place.” Ed, a retired...

SCOTT DREYER: 7-7: Most Chinese Know This Date – Do You?

July 14, 2020

The numbers 7-11 are universally recognizable, but do you know 7-7? Many of the world’s 1.4 billion Chinese do. In 1989 I went to Taiwan, planning...

JOY SYLVESTER-JOHNSON: Trump and God and Me

July 13, 2020

I have concluded I must be a masochist (one who enjoys an activity that appears to be painful or tedious) since I continue to...

DENNIS GARVIN: Dogs, Cats . . . And God

July 13, 2020

Let's consider dogs and cats. They are the two commonest animal groups that are domesticated and possessed as pets. I want to ignore the...

HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: Life on The Median Strip

July 11, 2020

We’re all going through the same frustrations of confinement with Covid-19 and one way I have found to relieve my sense of isolation and...

BARBARA LEACH: Scouting Finds In The Garden

July 10, 2020

Plagues and pestilence! What a year. The blessing has been all the rain. I have been so happy to not have to water something...

SCOTT DREYER: A Tale of Two Cities

July 6, 2020

A wise woman builds her home, but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands. --Proverbs 14:1 (New Living Translation) It was the best...

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Roanoke City Public Schools Receives $450K State Grant to Build First Solar-Powered Microgrid at any K-12 School in Virginia

The Roanoke Star - February 24, 2026

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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Is Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) Running For President in 2028? – Part I

FRED FIRST: But Is It Art?

BECKY MAUPIN: A New Season, New Expectations

BOB BROWN: Aging Poetically, Part II

Carilion Clinic Foundation Establishes Children’s Miracle Network Endowed Chair in Pediatric Medicine

Roanoke College Poll: Virginians Oppose Democrats’ Gerrymander Scheme 52% vs. 44%.

DEVOTIONAL: The “Begger” Who Didn’t Ask For Money

BOB BROWN: Aging Poetically, Part III

CAREY KINSOLVING: KIDS TALK ABOUT GOD

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