Heritage scholarship was the overarching theme of this year’s Kegley Preservation Awards, presented by the Roanoke Valley Preservation Foundation in an evening ceremony at the Gainsboro Branch Library.
Saturday night, a mysterious bronze figure appeared outside the Roanoke Natural Foods Co-op on Grandin Road, seated on a curbside bench. It’s a life-size rendition of the late James Tarpley, self-appointed handyman/watchdog of the Grandin Village business district.
Pfc. Edward Hewitt Pete Benson was laid to rest Saturday in his family’s plot at Evergreen Burial Park, 77 years after he died during a Japanese airstrike on a U.S.
Pfc. Edward Hewitt Pete Benson was laid to rest Saturday in his family’s plot at Evergreen Burial Park, 77 years after he died during a Japanese airstrike on a U.S.