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Verses Celebrates the Good

The new arts hub seeks to spark creativity and celebrate all things positive.

Southern Spoonful: Rainbow Salads

Create spring salads that are “over the rainbow” with bright colors and delectable flavors.

Wicks & Wreaths

A mother-daughter team work together on snarky candles and wreaths crafted from their own property.

The Unlikely Elevator Inspector

Jennifer Noell makes a name for herself in a male-dominated industry while carrying on work done by her very own grandfather.

Liberty Trust: Resplendent Again

A new hotel gives life to one of Roanoke’s signature early buildings.

A Romantic Dream Come True

SuSu Janney moved to France, became ‘Gabrielle,’ met a European Baron and has lived happily ever since on their estate.

Roanoke’s Secret Library

In the 1940s the Gainsboro librarian was directed to rid the library of materials deemed subversive by white politicians. They thought she had, but they failed to look in the basement!

Do You Know… Tim Lewis?

Tim Lewis spends his days chasing sunrises and sunsets–literally.

The Home Front: A Sporting Chance

Is it a pipe dream to believe we can set a new youth sports culture?

Then and Now: Big Lick Hotel

They put up a parking lot where a former hotel once stood.

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Verses Listening Lounge & Collaborative Center hosts a paint night.

Verses Celebrates the Good

The new arts hub seeks to spark creativity and celebrate all things positive.
Rainbow melon salad

Southern Spoonful: Rainbow Salads

Create spring salads that are “over the rainbow” with bright colors and delectable flavors.
Emma-Kate and Elizabeth Francis

Wicks & Wreaths

A mother-daughter team work together on snarky candles and wreaths crafted from their own property.
Jennifer Noell

The Unlikely Elevator Inspector

Jennifer Noell makes a name for herself in a male-dominated industry while carrying on work done by her very own grandfather.
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Liberty Trust: Resplendent Again

A new hotel gives life to one of Roanoke’s signature early buildings.
Guy and SuSu

A Romantic Dream Come True

SuSu Janney moved to France, became ‘Gabrielle,’ met a European Baron and has lived happily ever since on their estate.
This 1950s image shows the interior of the library with Virginia Lee behind the main desk.

Roanoke’s Secret Library

In the 1940s the Gainsboro librarian was directed to rid the library of materials deemed subversive by white politicians. They thought she had, but they failed to look in the basement!
Tim Lewis

Do You Know… Tim Lewis?

Tim Lewis spends his days chasing sunrises and sunsets–literally.
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The Home Front: A Sporting Chance

Is it a pipe dream to believe we can set a new youth sports culture?
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Then and Now: Big Lick Hotel

They put up a parking lot where a former hotel once stood.
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