Danville debates future of private mass transit subsidy
City council members clash over continuing Danville Traction and Power Co subsidies as they weigh a July decision. Proponents cite cost, senior needs, and economy. opponents urge free enterprise and explore alternatives such as reduced cab rates, school buses, or municipal operation to avert transport disruption for workers and seniors.
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Danville
Virginia
Carter
Clarke
Womack
Harris
Danyule
Brooks
State Board of Education
Winstead
Council
Danville Traction and Power Co
Anderson
Sinfonia to Perform for Danville Third and Fourth Graders
The Richmond Sinfonia, Virginia’s first fully professional full time orchestra, will perform for Danville public schools third and fourth graders Friday at 10 15 am in the George.
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Richmond Sinfonia
Virginia
Danville
George
Cooks Seek Added Petitioners in Pittsylvania Annexation Case
Eugene Cook and Theresa J. Cook seek to join the petition against Pittsylvania County by Phillip and Frances Daly in an annexation fight for 43,228 acres in Stokesland to the City of Danville. The Dalys filed in Pittsylvania Circuit Court seeking the land for a residential subdivision, while the county argues the Cooks and the Dalys may lack qualified-voter status, and a state moratorium requires 52 percent approval for annexations through July 1.
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Chatham ~ Auto
Eugene Cook
Theresa J. Cook
Pittsylvania County
Phillip
Frances Daly
Cooks
Danville
Dalys
Stokesland
Pittsylvania
County
Building Permit Issued for State Farm Remodel Danville
The City of Danville granted a building permit Monday to State Farm Insurance at 2018 Riverside Drive to remodel three offices and install plumbing at an estimated cost of 800 dollars.
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Danville
State Farm Insurance
Riverside Drive
County Budget Debates and Jail Upgrade Proposals
Pittsylvania supervisors clash over teacher salaries tax exemptions and jail improvements. A 4 to 3 table vote blocks farm machinery and livestock tax relief. a 6 to 1 vote orders a fire marshal process for jail upgrades with two costed options. The county recently won $50,000 for a jail study due by September.
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Pittsylvania County Farm Bureau
Board of
Keatts
Harry Lea Reynolds
Callands-Gretna
Howard Vaughan
Staunton River District
Elliott McCorick
Bureau
Bruning
Shields
State Corporation Commission
Pittsylvania
Division of Justice and Crime Prevention
Mrs Brubaker Named Danville Tourism Director
Christine Brubaker, member of Danville's Commission of Architectural Review and a Danville Historical Society board member, is hired as director of preservation and tourism by City Manager James W. Lord. She will coordinate preservation and tourism groups from 133 Sutherlin Avenue at a $9,000 annual salary funded by federal CETA funds, starting Tuesday in the engineering and inspections department. Lord calls the position long overdue and notes the tourism funds are highly profitable for the city.
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Christine Brubaker
Danville
Commission of Architectural Review
CETA
Lard
Deaths And Funerals Nathalie James Edward Anderson 71
Nathalie James Edward Anderson 71 of Nathalie Route 1 died Monday in a South Boston hospital. He was a retired farmer and a member of Children Baptist Church. Survived by wife Hazel Duntt Anderson and children Ted Anderson and Mrs McDaniel Nester. Funeral Wednesday at 2 p.m. Powell Funeral Home Chapel. Burial in Children Baptist Church cemetery. Family visiting Tuesday 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
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Nathalie
James Edward Anderson
Nathalie Rt
Boston
Halifax County
James H
Ola Williams Anderson
Children Baptist Church
Hazel Duntt Anderson
Ted Anderson
McDaniel Nester
Hurt
Claudie Anderson
Louis Dejarnette
Carrie Dye
Stafford
Powell Funeral Home
Court Refuses To Hear Pig Case In Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach court system declines to hear Drewry Little's appeal of an eviction order against his 40 pound pet pig Sweet Lips kept at his combined home restaurant and marina. Little vows to pursue further action possibly to the governor or Supreme Court.
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Virginia Beach
Virginia Supreme Court
Drewry Little
Little
Little’s
Sweet Lips
U. S
Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Sweet
George Black Funeral Arrangements Revealed
The funeral for George Washington Black of Nathalie RL 3 is set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Second Buffalo Baptist Church in Halifax County with Rev. E F Harvey officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The body rests at Miller's Funeral Home in Gretna and will be taken to the church Tuesday night. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 7 30 to 8 30 p.m.
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George Washington Black
Nathalie RL
Second Buffalo Baptist Church
Halifax County
E.F. Harvey
Miller
Gretna
Willard Gray Dies At Age 69
Willard Abner Gray 69 of 180 Fall Creek Drive died Monday at 7 10 p m in The Memorial Hospital of Danville Born in Bedford County he was a son of Matthew Gray and Mollie Waldron Gray He was a member of Bedford Baptist Church and a retired employee of Kingaffs Jewelers Surviving are his wife Gertie Atkins Gray two sisters Mary Clealia Cook Blue Ridge and Lucille Broyles Abilene Tex four brothers Fred and Carlton H Gray both of Vinton Alexander and Thurman K Gray both of Goodview The funeral will be at Lotz Funeral Chapel in Vinton with time and date to be announced Burial will be in the Shady Grove Church cemetery in Bedford County.
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Willard Abner Gray
Fall Creek Drive
Memorial Hospital
Danville
Bedford County
Matthew Gray
Mollie Waldron Gray
Bedford Baptist Church
Kingaff's Jewelers
Gertie Atkins Gray
Mary Clealia Cook
Blue Ridge
Lucille Broyles
Abilene
Tex
Fred
Carlton H. Gray
Vinton
Alexander
Thurman K. Gray
Goodview
Lotz Funeral Chapel
Shady Grove Church
Botetot County Commonwealth's Atty Dies by Gunshot
Botetourt County Commonwealth's Attorney Rebecca Hanssen died at her Daleville home from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. State Medical Examiner David Oxley ruled the death a personal safety related gunshot wound to the head. Sheriff Norman Sprinkle said Hanssen appeared to shoot herself about 8 p.m. Sunday, dying shortly before midnight.
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Fincastle
Botetourt
Commonwealth
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Harry Land
Department of Social Services
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Chatham
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Calland
Danville Cablevision
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Nelson Cassell
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Beavers Funeral Home
Martinsville
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Colbert-Moran Funeral
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Danville Memorial Gardens
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Little Lips
Litte
George Black
Willard Gray
Waddell
FTD Florist
Mamie Gunnell
Roman Eagle Nursing Home
James D. Andrews
Icu
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