If you think your December light bills were high, wait until the bills for January that we’ll get in March. Our heat pump ran non-stop for the past nine days. I had the thermostat set on 65°, and the temperature in our 1962 home would climb no higher than 63°. So I finally cranked it down to 60°, but that […]
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Courier-Record Readers Express Their OpinionsWell done, Blackstone Dear Sir: The Town of Blackstone deserves praise for its performance under extreme winter conditions. The police helped stranded motorists. Town crews efficiently cleaned streets, parking lots and sidewalks. Fire and Emergency crews were prepped and ready to answer calls. Stores and businesses were open and working hard to provide for all of us. The patience of […]
Hard To Beet
It was January 1986 — 40 years ago — when Gerard Wilson of Rt. 1, Blackstone, displayed a pair of six-pound beats that were raised in the family garden.
Fewer ‘Outhouses’ In Blackstone
It was January 1986, and Blackstone was completing its first major grant project with the Virginia Dept. of Housing & Community Development (DHCD). About $167,000 of the $700,000 grant provided 21 bathrooms at residences on Falls, Luke, Sullivan, Taylor, and Carver Streets and North West Avenue. Richard Lee, who served as Town Manager from 1977-1992, is shown here beside one […]
More New Apartments In Blackstone
This Jan. 1986 “Year In Review” photo — looking back at 1985 — shows Nottoway Manor Apartments, which opened that year. Construction price was listed at $756,000, making it the largest construction project in Nottoway County in 1985.
FROM THE RECORD:
From our July 12, 1973 editionXmas In July Man Gets Refund On Power Bill Blackstone Town Council has decided to refund a total of $386.98 to a local resident whose electric meters had been connected wrong by an electrician. Since 1969 Graham Jones of 106 Fifth Street has been paying about double for his power because his hot water meter was connected so that the […]
FROM THE RECORD:
August 14th, 1969 editionVictoria Ends Use of Radar; Officers Quit Victoria town council voted 3 to 1 Tuesday night to stop police from using radar to check on speeders. The action came after councilmen said they were getting too many complaints. The town’s two policemen took off their badges and guns and placed them on the town manager’s desk and left while council […]
AROUND TOWN
Observations & OpinionI’m writing this column on Sunday morning as sleet falls outside and freezing rain is said to be on the way — possibly a repeat of Feb. 2021 or Dec. 1998. Hopefully you’re reading this week’s edition on time and you and your family escaped property damage and injury. The freezing rain forecast was pretty ominous, so we didn’t want […]
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Courier-Record Readers Express Their OpinionsRough road ahead in Virginia Dear Sir: On Day One of Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s tenure, about a dozen executive orders were signed. One most notably involves ICE (U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement). It recinds former Governor Youngkin’s order that allows law enforcement to assist in arrest of illegal aliens. It was to be expected, sadly. It’s the classic playbook: […]
Just Like Mike
Power forward Will Watkins, doing his best “Michael Jordan,” gets ready to go airborne for two points in January 2001 for the Kenston Forest Kavaliers.
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