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These Photos Show How Roanoke Caught a Glimpse of the Solar Eclipse
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These Photos Show How Roanoke Caught a Glimpse of the Solar Eclipse

Though the solar eclipse was often thwarted by cloud cover, residents saw a phenomenon that won't happen again in these parts for two decades.

  • Roanoke Rambler
Roanoke Rambler Apr 9, 2024 • 2 min read
My Stories Revealed Roanoke’s Urban Renewal History. In Plans for Evans Spring, I Hear Echoes.
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My Stories Revealed Roanoke’s Urban Renewal History. In Plans for Evans Spring, I Hear Echoes.

What happened long ago has new relevance for the future of Evans Spring, home to African Americans and others who fear a new version of urban renewal.

  • Mary Bishop
Mary Bishop Feb 13, 2024 • 12 min read
Vivid Tales of War and Miracles
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Vivid Tales of War and Miracles

One day, I was taken from the village by the blue-eyed soldiers. They had set up camp in the nearby woods.

  • Roanoke Rambler
Roanoke Rambler Dec 29, 2021 • 9 min read
The Tail of the Snake
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The Tail of the Snake

The attachment of unhappiness to happiness, like the head of the snake to its tail, did seem to be the moral of the story, however, when I acquired my dream car.

  • Roanoke Rambler
Roanoke Rambler Dec 29, 2021 • 5 min read
The Goat Field
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The Goat Field

My Baby-Boom neighborhood of modest dwellings on small lots, a few blocks off Williamson Road, encircled a ten-acre, Southern Gothic amusement park.

  • Roanoke Rambler
Roanoke Rambler Sep 22, 2021 • 7 min read
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