Moneta News

For Ferrum College, helping to expand wireless communications in the county has meant far more than finding strategic locations for microwave towers.

Bedford County has awarded a contract to Roanoke-based Wingate Appraisal Service to conduct the upcoming reassessment of county real estate.

Some of the most popular collectibles can easily be held with one hand, none weighing much more than a pound: coins, stamps, sports trading cards, comic books and dolls.

"I am a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down." -- Abraham Lincoln Like Lincoln, there are countless youth and adults in the Smith Mountain Lake community who could use a friend who believes in them as they strive to overcome difficulty and exceed expectations.

Bobby Pruitt, Franklin County Parks System manager, spoke to 25 members of the Rotary Club of Smith Mountain Lake on May 28.

Downtown Moneta is sponsoring Downtown Celebrations, twice-monthly events designed to showcase its businesses and restaurants and raise money for the Moneta YMCA.

Members and employees of the Moneta YMCA gathered for its relocation celebration on June 4. The Y, which previously took up about 1,800 square feet on Rucker Road, moved to a 3,000-square-foot unused portion of the Centra Stroobants Heart Center in Mayberry Hills in March.

Bedford County Registrar Barbara J. Gunter said this morning that the only people who have filed to seek election are those who already are in office.

Every summer, Arnie and Dee Kropf make the trip from Moneta to Maine. "We rent a little place right on the ocean," said Arnie.

Russ Baskett, president of Smith Mountain Lake Good Neighbors, Inc., spoke at the May meeting of the Smith Mountain Lake Democrats.

Pickers harvest strawberries at Scott's Strawberry Farm in Bedford County on Saturday against a background of carnival rides and games.

Four years ago, Raymond Bell took his faith, friendliness and fancy for the West and formed a church.

May 29, 2009 Bedford County man charged for threatening deputies A Bedford County man's been charged with attempted capital murder.

Summertime school-related maintenance will be a focus tonight at a Bedford County School Board meeting.

Trouble continues to mount for Smith Mountain Lake Partners, developers of Sunset Cay, a sinking mixed-use project in Moneta.

The new regional jail to serve Amherst, Appomattox and a portion of Bedford counties took what could be its final step toward construction last week.

An Internet Crimes Against Children task force investigation resulted in the arrest of a University of Virginia student, who faces 10 felony charges.

Two recent events hosted by Bethlehem United Methodist Church helped raise money for several local organizations and charities.

There were no injuries from a weekend fire that left a campsite burned to the ground or from a boat that overturned with three children aboard.

It's official. After almost 10 months, the Westlake Kroger expansion and renovations are complete, said Manager Jim Townsend.