Text by Joanne M. Anderson Photos by Amodeo Photography The construction crew for the beautiful Free Classic Queen Anne home built for Alexander Black in Blacksburg in 1879 did not have to concern themselves much with wiring for illumination. That was the same year in which Thomas Edison tested the first electric light bulb and demonstrated incandescent lighting. It would be a few decades yet until fixtures with light bulbs hit the market. Alexander Black was the great-great-nephew of …
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Text by Jennifer Poff Cooper Photos by Always and Forever Photography “The first thing to know about a Virginia Tech football game,” says Floyd Merryman III, “is that it is an …
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Photo by Josh Armstrong ? “Enter Sandman”, written and recorded by the heavy metal band Metallica, is the song which has been used during the team entrance since 2000. During the incredibly …
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By Joanne M. Anderson There comes a time in many a life when a homeowner finds he or she simply has too much house ~ too big, too expensive, too much …
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Text by Karl H. Kazaks Photos by Tom Wallace [realpixs.com] With his sinewy build, trim mustache, clear blue eyes and collected manner, Tony Royal comes off as a man of action. …
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Text by Jennifer Poff Cooper Photos by Always and Forever Photography “I’ve never known why or how ideas pop into my head. They just show up,” says stained glass artist Nikki …
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Text by Joanne M. Anderson Photos by Always and Forever Photography Riner was once a thriving village with a sawmill, lumber yard, tobacco factory, tannery, hotel, shoe factory and well company. Originally …
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Text by Karl H. Kazaks Photos by Nathan Cooke Reginald Davis knows what it’s like to feel a calling. He’s been a devoted religious man since 1977, when, as he says, “I …
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Text by Jennifer Poff Cooper Photos courtesy of Blacksburg Chinese School When Chinese school started in Blacksburg, some of its current younger teachers were not even born. The school recently celebrated its …
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Ross Perot hit the proverbial nail on the head with this observation: “Most new jobs won’t come from our biggest employers. They will come from our smallest. We’ve got to do everything …