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Govenor’s “Children’s Cabinet” Gets Eye-opener at Fallon Park
Members of Governor Terry McAuliffe’s appointed “Children’s Cabinet” were in town recently to tour Fallon Park Elementary School. The southeast Roanoke City public school has its challenges, as outlined...
Old Macdonald Had A Farm—And A Tourist Destination, And A Side Business
A report released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture this fall provides a detailed...
Virginia State Parks To Celebrate The New Year With “First Day Hikes “
Virginia State Parks, managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation, will offer special...
Regency Room Restoration Coming
Roanoke’s longest standing fine-dining establishment gets a facelift
To mark the 75th anniversary of the...
GE Partners With Virginia Tech To Improve Wind Energy Efficiency
A new method of manufacturing wind turbine blades, used in the capturing of energy that...
Council Gets Lesson In Stormwater Management
by Valerie GarnerRoanoke City faces new stormwater quality mandates from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. “It is their number one enforcement priority,” said Phil...
Bicentennial Locomotive “1776” to Shine Again at VMT
The Virginia Museum of Transportation has announced a campaign to restore a unique symbol of this nation’s fight for its freedom. In the mid-1970s,...
Roanoke Railhouse Brewery Fresh Option For Beer Aficionados
by Melvin E. Matthews, Jr.Some time ago Steve Davidson, a realtor with Remax Allpoints, worked with a gentleman in Roanoke who dreamed of starting...
Griffith and Company Take On Budget Issues
by Gene MarranoMorgan Griffith picked an interesting time to be a freshman in Congress. With the debt ceiling argument a major political topic these...
“The Lover” Is Newest Offering From GAMUT Theater Ensemble
by Gene MarranoMiriam Frazier, artistic director for the GAMUT amateur theater troupe, calls Harold Pinter’s “The Lover,” a one-act work that she will direct...
Crowned in Roanoke
by Gene MarranoThe fifth – and final – time in the contest turned out to be the charm for Miss Arlington, Elizabeth Crot, as...