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Friday | Franklin News-Post

Uptown Revitalization

The apparent low construction bid for the long-delayed uptown revitalization project in Rocky Mount is almost $2 million by a South Boston company.

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Tue Jun 30, 2009

Roanoke Times

Former Rocky Mount deacon sentenced to 225 years - roanoke.com

Several character witnesses testified Monday on Dean Harold Stone's behalf during his trial on molestation charges, including two ministers who have counseled him.

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Sun Jun 28, 2009

Roanoke Times

DecembeRadio stands apart from crowd

Coming up with the right band name is hard. For a good example, look no further than Blacksburg's own DecembeRadio.

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Fri Jun 26, 2009

Franklin News-Post

Area residents are getting ready to 'boogie,' shop and eat BBQ

The stage is set for an unusual event, "Bargains, Boogie and Barbecue," to be held along Franklin Street in Rocky Mount from early morning until late night Saturday.

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Thu Jun 25, 2009

WXIA-TV Atlanta

Plane Makes Emergency Landing In Field

A single-engine plane with two people on board was forced to make an emergency landing in a Newton County field on Wednesday afternoon.

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Tue Jun 23, 2009

Franklin News-Post

Antique Farm Days event keeps growing

As the engines chugged, tractors pulled and appetites grew, visitors flocked to the sixth annual Southwest Virginia Antique Farm Days over the weekend.

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Sun Jun 21, 2009

Franklin News-Post

Board to consider plan to eliminate 'hydraulic' at Pigg River dam

Staff Photo by Charles Boothe: The Franklin County Board of Supervisors will hear a plan to eliminate the dangerous hydraulic in front of the Pigg River dam beside the veterans memorial park in Rocky Mount.

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Fri Jun 19, 2009

WSLS

Free child ID kits in Rocky Mount Friday, Saturday, Sunday

The Rocky Mount Masonic Lodge will provide free child identification kits at the Southwest Virginia Antique Farms Days Festival, according to a news release from the lodge.

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Thu Jun 18, 2009

Roanoke Times

Thursday's column: Is something rotten in Rocky Mount's budget?

The town of Rocky Mount is getting pinched like many other Virginia localities these days.

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Wed Jun 17, 2009

New River Valley Current

Franklin Co. board mulls dam options

Phillip Swicegood fishes from a concrete area above the Pigg River low-head dam at Veterans' Memorial Park in Rocky Mount.

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Mon Jun 15, 2009

Roanoke Times

Mentoring makes a difference - roanoke.com

"I am a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down." -- Abraham Lincoln Like Lincoln, there are countless youth and adults in the Smith Mountain Lake community who could use a friend who believes in them as they strive to overcome difficulty and exceed expectations.

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Sat Jun 13, 2009

Roanoke Times

SML Rotary Club gets an overview of Franklin County parks - roanoke.com

Bobby Pruitt, Franklin County Parks System manager, spoke to 25 members of the Rotary Club of Smith Mountain Lake on May 28.

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Thu Jun 11, 2009

Roanoke Times

Picking prodigy - roanoke.com

A1 2, but Johnathan Dillon's tempo as a bluegrass musician hasn't skipped a beat.

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Mon Jun 08, 2009

Franklin News-Post

Rains swelled streams, uprooted trees

Staff Photo by Morris Stephenson: The Pigg River was rolling over the old Rocky Mount power dam on Power Dam Road at mid-morning Friday.

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Sun Jun 07, 2009

WSET-TV Lynchburg

ABC 13 - Area Man Drowns

Conservation police are confirming the drowning of a Franklin County man just north of Rocky Mount.

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Sat Jun 06, 2009

New River Valley Current

Franklin County man drowns Saturday in Blackwater River

A man drowned in the Blackwater River just north of Rocky Mount on Saturday afternoon after the canoe in which he was riding capsized, police said.

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WDBJ7

Drowning at Rocky Mount Water Treatment Plant

June 6, 2009 Drowning at Rocky Mount Water Treatment Plant One person is dead after an accident at the Rocky Mount Water Treatment Plant in Franklin County.

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Thu Jun 04, 2009

Franklin News-Post

Officials: No tornado in county, but minor flooding, wind damage

Staff Photo by Morris Stephenson A 2000 Volvo, replica of a 1950 Porsche and a 1987 Volvo were heavily damaged Thursday afternoon when a large cherry tree fell across the vehicles at the home of John Speidel at 580 South Main Street in Rocky Mount.

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Wed Jun 03, 2009

Franklin News-Post

Rocky Mount will not use reserve fund or raise taxes

Despite the tough economic times, Rocky Mount will not dip into its reserve fund of $10.5 million to ease the financial crunch in the town's fiscal 2010 budget.

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Mon Jun 01, 2009

Hampton Roads Daily Press

Separated Va siblings reunite after 50-plus years

In the letter she left at the orphanage, Katherine Morris pleaded with social workers to treat her baby boy right.

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