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The Roanoke Police Department is moving forward with plans to install up to nine red-light cameras at high-traffic intersections around the city. Supporters of the technology say the cameras reduce wrecks and improve overall safety. Opponents believe the technology can be faulty as well as a violation...
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[quote user="Luanne Traud"] Should Roanoke build an amphitheater? [/quote] I applaud Roanoke City Council's decision opposing the $14.2 million amphitheater project. There will be stronger economic times ahead with opportunities for the project to be reconsidered. Next time around, a clearer...
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What's your take on the Elmwood Park amphitheater project, now that Roanoke City Council has removed it from its scheduled capital projects ? Update (Aug. 3, 2009): Roanoke City Council has voted to revisit the amphitheater issue. What's your take?
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Our youngest daughter asked us yesterday, "How many box tops do I need to save so they won't close my school?" With tears in her eyes she sees her teachers crying as they are boxing up materials and her friends being transferred to a variety of different schools. The real question she should...
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Under a plea agreement approved by Judge Robert “Pat” Doherty, Former Roanoke City Council member Alfred Dowe pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor counts of obtaining money by false pretenses as part of a double-billing scandal that forced him to resign from the council last February. Dowe...
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What's your take on the trolleys that shuttle between Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital and downtown Roanoke? Have you used them? How often? What was the experience like?
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In 2008, the Roanoke City School Board decided that student-athletes must maintain a 2.0 grade-point average to play on school teams. A year later, how has the policy fared? What's your take?
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Friction appears to be growing over Mayor Bowers' role, perks and expectations among the members of the Roanoke City Council. From today's story : In July, Roanoke Mayor David Bowers and a newly seated city council pledged to work together and avoid the polarized politics that had characterized...