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More Apartments Planned Here

Petersburg developer Dave McCormack appeared Monday night (Nov. 16th) before Blackstone Town Council to propose buying the Town’s lot on Second Street, on the west side of College Avenue, where the Town’s million-gallon concrete water basin is...

YES 773, NO 669

The Town of Blackstone has owned the 1936 National Guard armory building at High & Tavern Streets since 1988. What to do with the landmark has been the focus of considerable, often-intense debate over the past two decades. Voters in last Tuesday...

Early Birds

Kristin Gallagher (left) and Sarah Dunn, both of Blackstone, were among those voting early last week in the Nov. 3rd elections. The number of residents voting ‘in-person absentee’ has increased dramatically this year due to COVID-19 concerns and new...

LOCAL RESIDENT VICTIM OF SCAM

FRAUD USES FAMILIAR NAME TO TRICK RECIPIENTS A Blackstone woman is sharing her story of being scammed out of $500 in hopes that others in this area will be more cautious. Daphne Cole -- a community volunteer, birdwatcher, and environmental advocate...

‘SINGLED-OUT’

WOMAN APPEALS, FACES DEADLINE A Blackstone property owner has been given until December 3rd to comply with the Town’s weed ordinance, or the Town says it will take corrective action and place a lien on her property. But Karen Waldrope of Mannboro,...

News

‘BOOST’ FOR VUMAC

Once one of Blackstone’s biggest community assets, the former Virginia United Methodist Assembly Center has sat idle since 2016.

Need for hotel here called ‘critical’

In an effort to make a planned hotel at VUMAC a reality, Blackstone officials have agreed to hire a bond attorney and use the Town’s Industrial Development Authority (IDA) to help developers secure

THEY RECOVERED FROM COVID

In the true spirit of gratitude and giving, members of a Blackstone family who recently recovered from COVID-19 each spent more than two hours Friday donating their plasma to potentially help other

Sports

BLACKSTONE OFFICIAL HAS ‘CHANGE OF HEART’

Blackstone’s outdoor basketball courts will remain open until further notice after Councilman Nathaniel Miller was whistled for political double dribbling last week by one of his colleagues.

BOSTON COLLEGE ‘BANKS’ ON NOTTOWAY COUGAR QB

Tyler Banks of Blackstone barely has his driver’s license, hasn’t even started his junior year at Nottoway High School, and already has a full scholarship offer to play NCAA Division I football.

NUTCRACKER AUDITIONS

Dance It Out, located at 124 South Main Street in La Crosse, will hold auditions for a December production of The Nutcracker in South Hill. Many roles are available.

Columns & Opinions

WHAT’S IN A NAME?

Not one but two Blackstone residents were featured last week in a national tribute to veterans published by USA Today.

Featured Nationally

Former Fort Pickett Commander, Col. Tom Wilkinson of Blackstone, is shown above in last week’s USA Today publication with former Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Richard Myers (left).

Just Hanging On

While reading news accounts in this newspaper of Blackstone Town Council and Nottoway Board of Supervisors meetings, the thought came to me that at least some of those elected to public office aren

By Doug Coleburn