By Staff Reports on 27 August 2009
On the night of 11 September 2009, Downtown Lynchburg will come alive like never before. As a way to say “Welcome Back” and “Welcome To” Lynchburg to students attending the area’s 6 Colleges/Universities, this event is something that is planned to become an annual event.
Posted in Advisories, Arts, Music, Travel | Tagged Entertainment, festival, Lynchburg
By Staff Reports on 10 July 2009
An oversized tractor trailer carrying forging press equipment is scheduled to make three trips between Newport News and Martinsville (approximately 300 miles in each direction) starting Monday. The operators will travel along the designated routes between 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. and, if necessary, move to pre-determined stops along the route. Each trip is expected to take two to three days depending on weather and other unexpected conditions. Motorists traveling near the transport may experience delays.
Posted in Advisories, Travel | Tagged Lynchburg, Martinsville, Newport News
By Staff Reports on 30 June 2009
As of July 1, 2009, the Alliance for Families and Children will become “The Family Alliance.” The name change is the result of a combined effort by the Board of Directors and staff members, as a part of 100th Anniversary celebrations for this non-profit, human service agency.
Posted in Health, Regional | Tagged Family Alliance, family health and welfare, Lynchburg
By Staff Reports on 5 May 2009
A “Blog-Off”” competition will be held on May 22nd at The Muse Coffee in Wyndhurst at 9:00 a.m. Local business networking group, Friday 2.0, has put together a panel of four judges to evaluate the main criteria that makes an effective blog. Submission deadline is May 15th.
Posted in Hot Stuff | Tagged blogs, Lynchburg, Muse Coffee, Social media
By Ronnie D. Lankford on 19 April 2009
I’ve met lots of people with dreams that one day – God willing, the creeks don’t rise, and a winning lottery ticket – they’ll pursue. And a lot of those folks were amateur photographers like myself, honing their skills in classes at Central Virginia Community College until they could set up their own studio.
Posted in Arts, Columns, Steam-Powered Arts Review | Tagged Lynchburg, National Geographic, Photography, Robert Miller
By Staff Reports on 26 March 2009
Thanks to the efforts of the student-led Alliance for Energy Awareness, Lynchburg College is a Flagship Campus for Earth Hour, a worldwide effort to turn off the lights at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, March 28.
Posted in Environment | Tagged Earth Hour, Lynchburg, World Wildlife Fund
By Linda Goin on 6 February 2009
Do you have talent? If so, a venue for you and your voice, your tap-dancing shoes or your fire-eating baton show is waiting for you just down the road in Lynchburg. Are you seeking talent? You need to go to the same place. VAtalent.com is a blog-style Web site that caters to Virginia talent, with an abundance of featured underground artists.
Posted in Hot Stuff | Tagged Facebook, Hip hop, James River, Lynchburg, MySpace
By Staff Reports on 19 January 2009
More than 500 Virginia National Guard Soldiers will be on duty supporting the 56th Presidential Inauguration on Jan. 20 by assisting federal, state and local agencies with security, communications, traffic control and other general support requirements.
Posted in News, Political News | Tagged Inauguration, Inauguration Day, Lynchburg, Virginia National Guard
By Staff Reports on 14 January 2009
E. C. Pace Company, Inc. of Roanoke, VA was awarded a $363,041.00 contract for the replacement and rehabilitation of pipe at 21 locations in the Lynchburg District of the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT).
Posted in Travel | Tagged Lynchburg, VDOT
By Suzanne Ramsey on 22 December 2008
Sweet Briar College’s Book Shop Cafe will undergo a renovation during the winter break, emerging when students return to campus in mid-January as Daisy’s Cafe, an upscale coffee shop named for the daughter of College founder Indiana Fletcher Williams.
Posted in Lynchburg News, News, School News | Tagged coffee, Lynchburg, Lynchburg Virginia, Sweet Briar College
By Linda Goin on 12 December 2008
In 2001, VDOT studied and developed four potential options for connecting the Route 29 Bypass with the Route 460 limited access facility west of this corridor. Each option had considerable impact to the surrounding community and each was too costly (ranging from approx. $50-70 million in 2001 dollars for each alternative) to build.
Posted in Lynchburg News, News | Tagged 460/29, Lynchburg, VDOT
By Linda Goin on 11 December 2008
Motorists have faced heavy precipitation and some pooling of water on roads throughout the Lynchburg District of the Virginia Department of Transportation today.
Posted in News | Tagged Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Lynchburg, Pittsylvania, Snow
By Linda Goin on 11 December 2008
Citizens will have an opportunity to informally review, discuss and provide input on a proposal to convert a portion of Route 460/29 to a limited access facility during a meeting on Thursday, December 11, 2008, between 3:30 and 7:00 p.m. at the auditorium of the Virginia Department of Transportation’s Lynchburg Office on Route 501 (Campbell Avenue) in Lynchburg.
Posted in Lynchburg News, News | Tagged Lynchburg, VDOT
