By Meg Hibbert
NEW CASTLE – A music and arts festival in May at Country Campground in Craig County is one of the items the board of supervisors is scheduled to consider at Thursday’s meeting.
The Feb. 2 meeting will begin at 5 p.m. in the Craig County Courthouse. A public hearing on the proposed festival is scheduled...
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By Meg Hibbert
GLENVAR – Someday soon, people traveling on West Main Street will be going through Glenvar Village. And unlike today when much of the area is a hodgepodge of industries and vacant buildings, they will be able to tell they are in it.
There are plans for signs saying “Welcome to the Village of Glenvar” –...
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By Staff Writer
SALEM – Quite a few Salem residents’ feathers were ruffled when word began spreading around Salem that the much anticipated Chick-fil-A restaurant won’t be going in as soon as anticipated.
During City Council’s meeting Monday night a letter that brought forth on behalf of Stan Seymour, owner of Bojangles’ on West Main Street, brought forth an appeal...
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By Meg Hibbert
SALEM – Tattoo parlors, financial institutions and day care – to name a few uses – won’t be automatically allowed to locate in certain residential areas, after Salem City Council action Monday night.
Council took a step forward to reassure residents nervous about business uses encroaching into their neighborhoods.
Council voted 4-0, with Council Member Jane...
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By Meg Hibbert
SALEM – After listening to passionate pleas from residents in a historic, largely black neighborhood, Salem City Council members unanimously turned down a request Feb. 22 to rezone adjacent property for light manufacturing – even though it could mean jobs.
Council voted 5-0 to deny a request by Valley Properties and L&M Properties to rezone...
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By Meg Hibbert
SALEM – After listening to passionate pleas from residents in a historic, largely black neighborhood, Salem City Council members unanimously turned down a request Feb. 22 to rezone adjacent property for light manufacturing – even though it could mean jobs.
Council voted 5-0 to deny a request by Valley Properties and L&M Properties to rezone...
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By Meg Hibbert
SALEM – After legal advice from the city attorney, the City of Salem has decided not to fight a local church’s request to locate on commercial-zoned property.
The decision was announced the afternoon of Feb. 4, after Salem City Council members met the day before with City Attorney Steve Yost in a closed session to...
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By Meg Hibbert
GLENVAR – For years, the Glenvar area has been the dumping ground for uses other parts of Roanoke County don’t want, residents say.
Now citizens from that area have an opportunity to determine what the 31,000 acres in the Glenvar community looks like in the future, county planners promise.
Monday night, local residents had their first...
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By Meg Hibbert
SALEM – A zoning request by CommUNITY Church scheduled for tonight’s Jan. 11 meeting of Salem City Council will likely be delayed until February.
City Manager Kevin Boggess said today the potential delay of the request to rezone acreage zoned business-commerce to residential, which allows churches, was related to a letter sent last week by...
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