Love is always a central theme in weddings, but for Brogan Dinger and Nathan Shifflette, it went beyond the love they had for each other to include their families, their community and its economy and the environment. Nearly every decision was braced by the questions: Who will this help? [and] What won’t be hurt? It started by deciding to have the wedding on the family farm, continuing a family tradition and allowing Brogan to be photographed with her horses. Nathan, …
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The year was 1892. The place was a stony bean field (or was it wheat?) at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, a swath of land that would become the Drillfield. The people …
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Pearl is the item associated with a 30th anniversary, and that is exactly what the Interfaith Food Pantry is to Blacksburg with its three decades of quiet service. “For 30 years the …
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