Behind the Page

The Smith Mountain Lake Regional Chamber awards outstanding area businesses and community advocates.

James River High School receives a major donation from an award-winning musician and alumnus.

Mill Mountain Garden Club will celebrate a restoration campaign contributing to the reopening of the Wildflower Garden with a ribbon cutting ceremony.

The City of Roanoke, along with the libraries and Parks and Rec department, hosts Story Walk, inviting citizens to bring their families for a walk in city parks while reading books together.

Blue Ridge Literacy is replacing their annual Scrabble tournament with an online Boggle tournament in order to raise money for their organization.

Stormwater Utility, along with Clean Valley Council, Arts Commission and others, launched a campaign to find locally written jingles to fight cigarette butts in the waste system downtown. The five best jingles will win $100.

The Science Center campaign at Roanoke College continues to attract large donations, with three alumni of the college and their spouses donating $5.3 million.

Local author Mitchell James Kaplan released his third novel, Rhapsody, on March 2.

Hollins University students held a virtual discussion on the school's lasting effects of slavery thanks to an exhibit featuring related university archives.

Sisters of Change will hold its third annual CROWN Conference, to be entirely virtual and feature teachers (and attendees) from all over the world.