A look inside our July/August 2013 Issue
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Online Exclusives:
- Win a Year of Free Meals!
What’s better than a free meal? How about 12 of them! Cast your votes for Roanoke’s finest eateries today to enter for your chance to win!
- Around Town: The 15th Annual Lebanese Festival
Couldn’t make it to this year’s Lebanese Festival? Here's a slideshow by summer intern Laura Weeks and notes from Associate Editor Jessica Wright’s first sampling of the to-go menu!
- More Photos of the Torre Home
Click here for more of David Hungate’s beautiful photos of the Torre Home, featured in our July/August issue.
- Introducing “Salem Sox Insider!”
Baseball season is in full swing, so we sent summer intern (and huge baseball fan) Dane Ferguson over to LewisGale Field to report in on all things Red Sox.
- Meatloaf, Jalapeno Popper Chicken & the Easiest Pasta Salad You’ll Ever make!
Our editors and bloggers have been cooking up a storm lately! Check out recipes for each of these delicious dishes - and more!
Places You Never Go:
- Greene Memorial Organ
By photographer Sam Dean.
Cover Story
- Top Docs 2013
The best in 44 specialties, as picked by area nurses. Plus get to know a few physicians. Compiled by Jessica Wright
Special Sections:
- Medical Professionals Portfolio
Special messages from area professionals and practices.
- Education Connection
Excellence in the Valley from grade K through Grad.
- Vinton Pride
Your Guide to the Best Little Town. Stories by Jessica Wright.
More Features:
- Beer! Microbrews hit the Roanoke Valley
The offerings have doubled over the past year or two. by Annie Tobey
- The Dream Home that Nearly Wasn’t
Two weeks after moving into their South Roanoke home, Glenn and Vicki Torres were ready to flee the building. by Sandra Brown Kelly
- Roanoke County Today: A Profile
Yes, education is a hallmark, as is good housing. Where does the county not measure up quite as tall? by Randolph Walker
- Big Pizza, Big Changes at age 75
Benny Marconi’s slices are larger than life; Hotel Roanoke’s Regency Room ties the old to the new in its renovated dining room. by Jes Gearing
Departments:
- Letters
- At Leisure
- With the Family
- Gossipman
- Notes & Comment
- Helping Hands
- Calendar of Events
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