From The Archies’ #1 song “Sugar, Sugar” and the hit movie “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” to Woodstock, “Easy Rider” and the Apollo 11 moon landing, the year 1969 presented contrasts in evolving pop culture and technology, plus a fairly stable housing market. The housing industry was strongly driven by the Baby Boomers, and some 65% of Americans owned their homes. The average age of buying a house was 23, and the median home price was $25,600. While Madison and …
With a full-time job that paid $360 per month, Donnie Martin could afford to buy a car he liked more than his 1963 Buick Riviera. What caught his eye, and his heart …
Nature’s first green is gold, her hardest hue to hold. Unless, of course, you are Thomas and Caroline Dahlquist, a husband-and-wife duo who have figured out how to make the magic last.You …
As the YMCA at Virginia Tech celebrated 150 years of service, the Y Center on N. Main St. turned to local artists to help transform an ordinary hallway into a vibrant community …
There may not be many places in the Town of Blacksburg where one can drive this summer without seeing a tower crane slicing the skyline. There’s a real shock and awe vibe, …
Slick and orange creatures dot the New River Valley landscape after a replenishing spring rain, bringing with them the cautionary tales of their toxicity and the debatable terms of their vocabulary (are …
Move over, pickleball. Before you hit the scene with your clever part tennis, part ping-pong, part badminton, part trendy curiosity fame, there was another reigning mash-up sport in town, no court renovations …
Height matters in many realms. Tall people tend to occupy more CEO slots in Fortune 500 companies than their shorter counterparts, though it may not translate to increased intelligence. Tall horses and …
The first post-World War II year of 1946 was noteworthy on many fronts, like the birth of three U.S. presidents (Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Donald J. Trump), the first Tupperware sales …
Back in 2011, Matt Damon bought a zoo. Not a real one, of course, but one for entertainment purposes, courtesy of Hollywood. And in 2003, Sarah and Cedric Shannon bought a farm. …