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Halifax, VA By Deelynn Leigh Throughout life, I have met unique individuals. I recently had the privilege of sitting down and conversing with a unique, zealous, ambitious, and community-driven individual in South Boston. Viny Sarnataro, simply known as “Viny,” owns his namesake restaurant. He enthusiastically joined the community at the age of 16 when he moved here from Naples, Italy ...

Story by Peter Berry with Phyliss Boatwright Photos provided by Tunnel Creek Vineyards Breathtaking, peaceful, relaxing, entertaining, and tasty are just a few of the adjectives I use to describe my visits to Tunnel Creek Vineyards, located in North Central North Carolina and Southside Virginia.  The manicured grounds, exquisite facilities, and hand-trimmed vines magnify the grandeur. Tunnel Creek offers live ...

Story and photos by Paul Liggitt Union Street bridge aerial view from Southside looking northward.Image by Paul Liggitt Photography Everyone needs water to survive, and for a city to grow and prosper it needs access to water. In fact, 14 of the largest cities in the world are only a few dozen miles from an ocean, and rivers are just ...

Story by John Theo Jr. Photos provided by Abbott’s Farm, Garden, and Gun Junior Johnson, Richard Petty, Jeff Burton, Ward Burton, and Elliott Sadler are a few of the drivers to take the turns on the asphalt at South Boston Speedway.Photo courtesy of Joe Chandler/South Boston Speedway. Just off Route 360 in South Boston sits one of the landmarks that ...

By Carol Nelson - VCE Southside Master Gardener Spring 2022 The mornings are still a little cool to see many flying insects in our gardens – but in a couple weeks the butterflies and moths will be out in force, as well as the peskier sorts like mosquitoes, midges, and winged termites. Soon we will also notice acrobatic predators swooping ...

Story by Brian Carlton Photos provided by Danville Otterbots Spring 2022 The manager was disappointed when he saw Sparky Adams. At a half inch under 5 feet 5, Adams was by far the smallest player who showed up for Danville’s spring training on that March day in 1920. “He asked if I’d brought my nursing bottle,” Adams told The Sporting ...

The Jones House – Milton, NC By Hosanna Blanchard Spring 2022 Jake and Nancy Keeler - Owners of the Jones House in historic Milton, NC Generally speaking, buying and restoring a forlorn 170-year-old house is a daunting proposition. Participants can count on exhausting, dirty work, unwelcome construction problems, numerous frustrating roadblocks – all resulting in painfully slow progress. This might ...

By Deelynn Leigh Spring 2022 Winter season of no snow, Bare limbs and surviving willowed leaves, Brisk air in opening doors, Burning sun through frosted glass, Smoking chimneys swirl above, A red robin perched nearby, Scanning the earth for its next home, Picking up debris after windy nights. From the frosted window we see, Stopping to praise God for His ...

Danville, Virginia Story by Susan Moss Photos by Landon Moss Spring 2022 We like to refer to ourselves as ”Apparel with Purpose”! Starting a retail business in the middle of a pandemic would seem a bit odd and risky to most. However, for us this venture has more meaning and power than the eye can see. My husband and I ...

Story by Phyliss Boatwright Photos provided by Semora Volunteer Fire Department Fire Apparatus 2021 The Semora Volunteer Fire Department (SVFD) will mark its 50th anniversary on April 23 and, according to members, there is much to celebrate, commemorate, and look back upon with pride. For one thing, members of the SVFD told me, from its beginnings in the early 1970s, ...