Hot Stuff
What’s new and hot in and around Appomattox.
By Staff Reports on 3 March 2010
“Why don’t we invest in solutions to human misery instead of donating money?”
Posted in Business, Financial, Hot Stuff, School News | Tagged Darden School of Business, University of Virginia
By Staff Reports on 12 February 2010
House Committee clears hurdle for broadband stimulus project.
Posted in Business, Hot Stuff, Regional | Tagged Alleghany Highlands, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, broadband, NTELOS
By Staff Reports on 11 February 2010
For Cox Digital Cable & all Cox High-Speed Internet Customers.
Posted in Business, Hot Stuff | Tagged Cox Digital Cable, Music Choice, SWRV TV
By Linda Goin on 4 November 2009
With a voting bloc of 1700 students, Falwell may own the town.
Posted in Rumor Mill | Tagged Jerry Falwell Jr., Liberty University, Scott Garrett, Shannon Valentine
By Staff Reports on 25 September 2009
The award recognizes the innovative use of technology to promote efficiency in government.
Posted in Hot Stuff, Regional, Video | Tagged VIPER, Virginia Interoperability Picture for Emergency Response
By Linda Goin on 22 September 2009
According to John Hastings in a phone interview today, Appomattox News asked the ‘wrong question’ regarding Thomasville Furniture for our rumor mill column last week.
Posted in Rumor Mill | Tagged short shift, Thomasville furniture, WARN
By Staff Reports on 21 September 2009
What brings together a group of semi-clad senior gentlemen, a city mayor, and Neptune – God of the Sea?
Posted in Hot Stuff, Regional | Tagged Neptune Festival, Rescue Squad, Virginia Beach
By Linda Goin on 18 September 2009
This is the first in a series of articles that will attempt to address rumors that are floating in and around the Appomattox area. The hope is to either substantiate the rumor or dispel worries about whether a rumor is true or not. In this instance, sources tell us that many folks are worried about their jobs at Thomasville Furniture in Appomattox.
Posted in Hot Stuff, Rumor Mill | Tagged Thomasville furniture
By Staff Reports on 27 August 2009
Governor Timothy M. Kaine today announced that The Greater Lynchburg Transit Company (GLTC) has received the 2009 Outstanding Transit System Achievement Award from the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). This marks the second consecutive year that the APTA has recognized the quality of Virginia’s transit service at the national level with an Outstanding Transit System Achievement Award for a Virginia operator.
Posted in Hot Stuff, Travel | Tagged APTA, GLTC
By Staff Reports on 21 August 2009
Winter sport enthusiasts have patiently polished up their skis and snowboards, awaiting the debut of Liberty University’s year-round ski slope. After nearly a year of anticipation, the wait is over. On Aug. 29, LU will hold a grand opening ceremony for the Liberty Mountain Snowflex Centre.
Posted in Hot Stuff, Lynchburg News, Sports | Tagged skiing, sport
By Ronnie D. Lankford on 19 August 2009
In August of 2009, the Town of Appomattox can take two things for granted. One, that Appomattox Courthouse Theatre is preparing for a new season of great plays including its current production, Neglected Husbands’ Sewing Club. And two, that the local community can enjoy these performances within the historic setting of the old Appomattox Courthouse.
Posted in Arts, Columns, Hot Stuff, Plays, Steam-Powered Arts Review | Tagged Neglected Husband's Sewing Club, Paul Freed's Death By Chocolate, The Hounds of the Baskervilles
By Katharine G. Bloodworth on 28 July 2009
Bennie Massey, pictured at left, turned 100 on Wednesday, July 22, 2009, and to help celebrate his centennial birthday the staff of the J. Robert Jamerson Memorial Library had a small surprise party for him including balloons and cake. Bennie drives himself to the library every Wednesday to pick out several paperback books and to “kill up an hour or two,” as he puts it.
Posted in Hot Stuff | Tagged J. Robert Jamerson Memorial Library, Pamplin Depot Lbirary
