
Colder weather doesn’t chill interest in farmers markets
Until a few years ago, the Christmas holiday usually meant the end of the season for farmers markets across the state. They often wouldn’t reopen until mid-May.

Until a few years ago, the Christmas holiday usually meant the end of the season for farmers markets across the state. They often wouldn’t reopen until mid-May.

On a recent WWBT TV 12 news segment, Virginia Farm Bureau Federation representatives explained that genetically modified crops are no different from conventional crops.

As Americans prepare for New Year’s celebrations, AAA Mid-Atlantic is reminding drivers and passengers alike of the dangers on the roads this New Year’s Day, which consistently ranks among the year’s deadliest days for alcohol-related traffic fatalities.

So the story isn’t that former U.S. Sen. Jim Webb overpaid family members for questionable services using PAC funds. It’s that the media isn’t telling the whole story.

Earlier this month, The Paramount Theater opened its doors to forty-two local nonprofits for the third annual Alternative Gift Fair and with the generous support of the local community raised over $13,550.

Highway work in the Lynchburg VDOT District for the week Jan. 4-10 requiring road/lane./structure closures is scheduled, weather permitting.

UVA basketball player Justin Anderson talks with reporters after the third-ranked Cavs topped Davidson, 83-72, on Tuesday. Anderson had 14 points on 5-of-8 shooting from the field, and hit a pair of three-pointers that ignited an 8-0 Virginia run that gave the ‘Hoos the lead for good.

Last week’s 76-27 evisceration of a good Harvard squad got the nation’s attention on third-ranked UVA. The 83-72 Virginia win on Tuesday over a game Davidson squad won’t get nearly as much attention, but it was more impressive.

Davidson led by as many as 12 points in the first half. Then third-ranked UVA went big. Anthony Gill scored a season-high 25 points, 19 in the second half on 8-of-9 shooting from the field, and the Cavs improved to 12-0 with an 83-72 win over the Wildcats before a sellout crowd at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Va., on Tuesday.

Twenty-four Bath Senior Center Members attended a Christmas Luncheon hosted by Virginia Chapel United Methodist Church on December 8.
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