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North Main Street in Chatham with storefronts, traffic, and the white-columned Pittsylvania County Courthouse on the right. — Image: Mojo Hand / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 · CC BY-SA 4.0: attribute creator, link source and license, indicate modifications; adaptations must use the same or a compatible license.

Past · Community

How the U.S. 29 100 Mile Yard Sale became a spring-and-fall tradition

Local reporting dates the sale to 2015 and documents its two-season rhythm by 2023. Its history is also a story of neighbors meeting, small sellers returning and a highway connecting communities.

4 min read · Published Sep 8, 2026

Interior of the Everyman Cinema, Muswell Hill, October 2023 03 — Image: No Swan So Fine / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Present · Events

A family theater night starts with choosing the right show

The Academy’s event details and box office can answer questions a poster cannot.

2 min read · Published Sep 8, 2026

The Academy of Music building in Lynchburg, photographed before its later restoration. — Image: Pubdog; watermark removal by Tamba52 / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Past · Events

Lynchburg’s Academy Theatre shows how an event space can return to public life

The building’s openings, fire and long closure belong to its story alongside the performances.

2 min read · Published Sep 8, 2026

Students from a NASA Goddard summer engineering boot camp test two prototypes of GROVER — Image: NASA/Michael Comberiate / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Present · Events

Turn a rainy afternoon into a small engineering session

Amazement Square’s own video resources bring a Lynchburg learning experience home.

2 min read · Published Sep 8, 2026

LynchburgJune2021 — Image: SebastianJFromTheBurg / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Present · Life

Make Amazement Square fit the child, not the other way around

A Lynchburg museum visit can begin with a quieter route and a realistic first stop.

2 min read · Published Sep 8, 2026

The National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia. — Image: RebelAt / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Past · Life

Bedford’s D-Day memorial connects a world event to a small-town homefront

The names and the work of remembrance deserve as much attention as the monument’s scale.

2 min read · Published Sep 8, 2026

Danville, VA aerial — Image: Designism / Wikimedia Commons · CC0

Present · Civic life

Danville and Pittsylvania are neighbors—not the same statistical place

Understanding Virginia’s city, county, and town boundaries prevents misleading local comparisons.

2 min read · Published Sep 8, 2026

Pittsylvania County Clerk's Office — Image: Nyttend / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Present · Civic life

The work between election-night returns and a certified result

A reporting screen and an official result mark different stages of Virginia’s vote-counting process.

2 min read · Published Sep 8, 2026

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Roanoke, Independent Cities, Virginia, 1907, Plate 0044 — Image: Photographer not identified / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Present · Civic life

A fire-insurance map can reveal a building’s earlier working life

Historic maps help Southside readers ask better questions about a street, provided their original purpose stays visible.

2 min read · Published Sep 8, 2026

9th and Main, Lynchburg, VA — Image: Northern-Virginia-Photographer / Wikimedia Commons · CC0

Future · Civic life

Lynchburg’s next chapter should be measured in connections

Its planning documents raise practical questions about getting between downtown, neighborhoods, and regional travel.

2 min read · Published Sep 8, 2026

Lynchburg, VA at night, from Point of Honor — Image: Northern-Virginia-Photographer / Wikimedia Commons · CC0

Future · Life

Plan a Lynchburg weekend with one museum day and one river day

This suggested itinerary leaves room for children’s energy and changing conditions.

2 min read · Published Sep 8, 2026

Bank of the James Building, Lynchburg, VA — Image: Northern-Virginia-Photographer / Wikimedia Commons · CC0

Past · Business

Lynchburg’s Twelfth Street records more than one kind of enterprise

Tobacco factories, laundries and community institutions share an industrial corridor.

2 min read · Published Sep 8, 2026