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“Construction of new developments will ease the burden on first time buyers and attract young talent.” | Letters to the editor

The search is on for nominations for this year’s FLAG Award for Teaching Excellence. The award is a chance to celebrate local public school teachers.

A steady stream of voters headed to the polls in the Lynchburg area Tuesday to cast their ballots for races including Lynchburg City Council, Amherst Town Council, a special Bedford

Today is Election Day.

Each of the three Amherst Town Council seats up for grabs in the Nov. 8 election are contested races, with four incumbents and three newcomers on the ballot.

The field for three seats on Amherst Town Council and the town’s mayor position is set for the Nov. 8 election with seven candidates, including three newcomers, on the ballot.

Getty Images Landra Fair, a high school science teacher at Unified School District No. 232 in Kansas, was thrilled for the chance to participate in Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine trial this past summer, eager to further scientific research in this area. It’s not the first time a member of her family has done so: Her mother was part of a landmark study on estrogen and breast cancer starting in the mid-1980s. “I am pretty familiar with the science of vaccines,” said Fair, 49, who teaches bi...