Thursday, September 9, 2010
Thanks to a neighbor for scouring the Internet to find the City of Newport News fiscal year 2011 budget. City officials in Newport News have kept their vision for its citizens and tourists. They successfully run Newport News Golf Club at Deer Run. The fund breaks even as best as I can read this. CLICK on the images twice to enlarge.Filed Under: Technology 3 Comments
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Thanks to a neighbor for scouring the Internet to find the City of Newport News fiscal year 2011 budget. City officials in Newport News have kept their vision for its citizens and tourists. They successfully run Newport News Golf Club at Deer Run. The fund breaks even as best as I can read this. CLICK [...]
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
There is still time to register for the Virginia Statewide Neighborhood Conference at the Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center September 23 through the 25. The last planning session was held Tuesday evening at Jerusalem Baptist Church. Bev Fitzpatrick, Executive Director of the Virginia Museum of Transportation is corralling the buses to take participants from all [...]
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Neighbors want to call it “Victory” golf course – reminiscent of the Victory Stadium saga that consumed council elections for ten years. “It sure feels like another deterioration scheme,” said Susan Hall who lives on one of the fairways. The three-hour open house Tuesday at William Fleming High School was a chance for neighbors to [...]
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Have you ever received those solicitations that tell you to prepare for your retirement, financial planning, advice on wills and power of attorney, long-term care and offers of prepaid burial plans. They have pictures of “happy smiling seniors” being coddled by gentle caregivers and beautiful flowered views of a cemetary. <laughing so hard I can barely [...]
Monday, August 30, 2010
A quick chronological recap of the Countryside Golf Course debacle that actually began as early as 2002 with a study conducted by The Lawrence Group. In October 2002 then city manager Darlene Burcham corresponds with Ed hall who advises her to make sure that the 40-year lease of the airport authority is not renewed (fairways [...]
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Jeff Artis outspoken civil rights activist has a “beef” with the Roanoke branch of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and for that matter with the NAACP too. Artis has served in various capacities with the SCLC. Artis was President of the SCLC briefly in 2008 and up until now served on the board of [...]
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Moving three precincts as the result of a fire station sale and Reserve Avenue building demolition became a hour-long civil rights discussion at Monday’s 2:00 p.m. council meeting. The Jefferson #2 precinct will move from the school maintenance building to Crystal Spring Baptist Church, the Williamson Road #3 precinct will move to the Public Works [...]
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Roanoke Police Officer N.D. Comas was awarded for intervening in a suicide attempt on April 24, 2010. Officer Comas was presented with an Lifesaving Award from the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police (VACP). The presentation was made by Roanoke Mayor David A. Bowers at the State of City address held earlier today at the [...]
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
National Night Out is an event designed to heighten crime and drug prevention awareness while strengthening neighborhoods and fostering police-community partnerships. Neighborhoods all over Roanoke City hosted events Tuesday night by turning on their porch lights and dishing out full-blown all-you-can-eat buffets. Gruff the crime dog made his rounds followed by police and Fire/EMS crews [...]
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Friday, July 30, 2010
The pool served the children of the county before annexation brought them into the city in the early 70s. The parents and children of northwest city would gather at the pool on hot days in their usual neighborly communal fashion through the 80s and 90s. All that changed when the pool closed in 2003 and [...]
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Many of the area neighbors including myself have attended all the meetings with Planning Department Staff over the last several weeks. Tuesday night at 6:30 p.m. at William Fleming is the last community input meeting. What to do with Countryside Golf Course is the topic. Monday evening’s meeting at the Miller Court neighborhood (Dan Hale [...]
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Members of the Association of Colored Trainmen and Locomotive Firemen, Inc. and the Ladies Auxiliary Association of Colored Trainmen, in front of the Gainsboro Library, Roanoke, VA circa 1937. Photo courtesy of the Harrison Museum of African American Culture, Roanoke, VA. CLICK HERE: 11th Annual African-American N&W Heritage Celebration Special Heritage Celebration Program, July 10, [...]
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010
This subject is suspected of stealing an 89 year old ladies purse from Kroger’s in Roanoke. He later forged multiple checks in our area as well from the victims account. If you happen to know his identity or whereabouts, please call Detective Mike Vineyard at (540) 853 – 5616. Thank you for your assistance. June [...]
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010
UPDATE: Letter Southeast Action Forum (SEAF) gave to city council and city administration. There were no qualms with the sale of the historic 1850 Buena Vista home in Southeast Roanoke Monday evening. Council’s vote was unanimous. There were some questions about the three acres that go with it. Access to the rest of the 12.7-acre [...]
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