What common thread links Sissy Spacek and David Huddleston? Well, among other things … John-Boy Walton.
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Proposals to fix the state’s broken tax system appear as often as the suggestion that Richmond make the James River a focal point.
I applaud the courage of the three members of the Board of Supervisor who voted against raising property taxes in Amherst County.
Letters to the editor
I recently submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to Amherst County requesting information regarding the county’s involvement with Region 2000.
Nearly four years ago, petitions were set out at a few area businesses serving the U.S. 60 West area.
After more than 15 years of planning, raising money and construction, the Virginia Blue Ridge Railway Trail Project is nearly complete. It runs along the Piney River in Amherst and Nelson counties.
With respect to the old Amherst Baptist Church building, I will agree it is "old." But it was deemed usable with new wiring, heating and other upgrades, so it is not "beyond repair."
I read in the Jan. 12 edition of the Amherst New Era-Progress a letter to the editor that included a suggestion concerning the old building that, at one time, housed the Amherst Baptist Church.
In the vast ocean of unfunded, nonsensical state mandates that wash over Virginia localities, one that forbids public schools from opening before Labor Day may seem like small potatoes.
Are the department "heads" who work for Amherst County salaried or paid by the hour?
The rules, set by the Virginia General Assembly, to gain access to a state party’s presidential primary are pretty straightforward: A candidate must file petitions with at least 10,000 signatures of Virginia voters, included 400 from each of the state’s 11 congressional districts.
When the group of community members that became the ArtMeter volunteers first met, the success of our idea was only a dream.
Autumn's chill is not the only thing in the air. So is a transportation idea that turns the blood of local leaders to ice: devolution.
It seems as though every time the James River takes one step forward in efforts to return to health, things then take two steps back.
We were happy to see the picture of the soldiers in the Amherst New Era-Progress. I would like to give you some background on this project.
The writers have the last word on local elections.
Trust. If you don’t have it — or inspire it — you don’t have squat.
I am truly saddened to see someone as deserving as Evelyn Martin being maligned as treasurer, for matters over which she appears to have little or no control.
What in the world is going on in the treasurer’s office in Amherst County? Is our treasurer capable of the job to which she was elected?
On behalf of the Episcopal Thrift Shop Committee and the two churches (Ascension of Amherst and St. Mark’s of Clifford) that sponsor the shop, I write to thank all people in this great community who have come to help since the fire.
In just about three months, the 2012 session of the General Assembly will convene in Richmond, and Gov. Bob McDonnell will present his first biennial budget.
We’ve heard all the old adages from our parents and, as kids, blown them off as ramblings of the ’rents in their dotages.
The proposed U.S. 29 bypass of Charlottesville is back in the news again, with questions that state officials need to address, and quickly.
When I discovered the doors were closing to selling farmers products at the South Main Street location of Mays Farmers Service Co. in Amherst, my mind went back to my beginnings in Amherst.
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