Friday, May 17, 2013
Dignitaries and volunteers were among the 75 or so guests at the ribbon cutting Thursday for the 7000 square foot Harrison Museum of African American Culture now relocated to the Center in the Square. The Square will have its grand opening on Saturday May 18. With scissors in hand Mayor David Bowers said “We have [...]
Thursday, May 16, 2013
On Thursday, City of Roanoke held a press conference in Jackson Park to launch Parks and Arts, a new program developed to complement its Neighborhood Arts Initiative which fosters community interaction with innovative arts programming. The Parks and Arts Program emphasizes the city’s Arts and Cultural Plan goal to bring performing and visual arts directly to neighborhoods. The program is [...]
Friday, May 10, 2013
It’s possible Roanoke City will know in June whether the state will pay half of the cost for replacing the culvert to support the weight of the passenger train, said Senator John Edwards. When the Commonwealth Transportation Board meets in June they will make the decision to help Roanoke City by paying $3 million dollars [...]
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Over 200 people filled the Holiday Inn at Tanglewood Friday night to honor area citizens who have contributed more than what was expected of them by helping others. “Believe-Achieve-Succeed,” was the theme of this year’s program. Guest Speaker Judge Laura Blackburne, a retired New York State Supreme Court Justice said the “Believing is not as [...]
Monday, April 15, 2013
All you have to do is look at the Roanoke River Greenway on a weekend: more and more people seem to be getting outside these days. It is also shown in the number of people that have signed up in the first two years of the Roanoke 100-Miler program – people that pledged to walk, [...]
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Sunday, April 14, 2013
The Elm Avenue interchange on I-581 – famous for its long traffic backups as motorists attempt to leave the highway southbound, headed for downtown or towards Vinton – will get some relief over the next two years with the help of a $20.4 million improvement project. The remodeling, which was rolled out at a recent [...]
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Nine months after the Derecho and other severe storms brought 80 mile-per-hours winds to Roanoke, a new Environment Virginia Research & Policy Center report finds that weather-related disasters are already affecting hundreds of millions of Americans, and documents how global warming could lead to certain extreme weather events becoming even more common or more severe [...]
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Monday, April 1, 2013
Created six years ago to celebrate art and artists around the fringes, the Marginal Arts Festival held on the last long weekend in March didn’t disappoint. There were downtown tours of art galleries defunct and still standing, poetry readings where the words to one piece was simply the word “rice” over and over again, a [...]
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Dark for several years because of a much-needed $27 million renovation, Center in the Square springs back to life in May when it reopens to the public. More room for tenants, a more spacious atrium featuring large fish tanks and a rooftop café are all in the mix. The Church Avenue building also owned and [...]
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Thursday, March 7, 2013
Master Trooper Walker was shot this afternoon while on duty on Interstate 85. AG Ken Cuccinelli: “Today, I was shocked and deeply saddened to learn that Master Trooper Junius Walker was shot and killed in the line of duty. Our heroic law enforcement professionals put their lives on the line on a daily basis in [...]
Friday, March 1, 2013
Roanoke County Board of Supervisor’s chairman Mike Altizer said before the summit began that he hoped “by the end of the night the localities could agree to allow their staffs to come together and develop a plan on how we could all come together as a single entity to do something to purchase property.” Altizer [...]
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Saturday, February 9, 2013
If you’re looking for a Irish/Celtic tradition at the St. Patrick’s Day celebration you may have to look really hard for the usual fair of Irish/Celtic music. It looks like Ronald McDonald is teaming up with Downtown Roanoke Inc.’s first stab at putting together the St. Patrick’s Day parade and “Shamrock Festival” on March 16. [...]
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