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Happy Trails, Pigs in the Park!

3½ months until Danville’s 36th annual “Festival In The Park”, but a big fan favorite is not coming back.

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So, what happened at that Sierra Club meeting?

You know, the one we talked about yesterday? Let’s talk about it in the dreaded famous Random Thoughts format.

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Sanity prevails by a 4-3 margin

The Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors defeated the proposed 20-mile uranium mining ban on Tuesday night. Hooray!

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Sierra Club’s Community Meeting for Clean Energy Jobs – Thursday (1/21)

The Sierra Club’s “Clean Energy Jobs Campaign” is going to have a meeting at Danville’s Public Library on Thursday night from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM. SouthsideCentral plans to be there LIVE! and we’ll have photos from the event.

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Happy Retirement, Ruby Archie!

Although I predicted this would happen in this SC article, I asked Ruby Archie to make SouthsideCentral a liar by running for re-election. Of course, I was kidding… but I hope Ruby Archie has a terrific retirement.

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Danville City Council Race – Update #1

Four Danville City Council seats will be up for grabs on May 4th. Since the Register & Bee has started the ball rolling with an article about the race, let’s start drilling down into some scenarios and play with some speculation.

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McPadden steps out of the clown car and into contention

Mike McPadden (Republican candidate for the 5th District nomination) was in Danville on Friday night. Gotta admit, I was pleasantly surprised at his professionalism and knowledge.

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Mike McPadden visits Danville on Friday night

Mike McPadden, one of the candidates for the Republican 5th District nomination, will be in Danville on Friday night. SouthsideCentral hopes to be there LIVE!

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Danville’s making a move for LabCorp?

Here’s a story that’s made no news in the Southside VA area… yet.

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PhotoCentral: Joe the Plumber visits Danville

Our thanks to the awesome Gracie Gunnell for getting these photos!

Laurence Verga, a candidate for the 5th District Republican nomination, hired out the guy known as “Joe the Plumber” to come campaign for him. They made an appearance at Danville’s Mary’s Diner at 9 AM today. Here are some photos from the event.

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R&B editorial takes a questionable shot at outgoing Jim Dooley.

They’ve been called out on it by another reader, so let’s take a look at it.

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Some thoughts about the Danville police shooting.

By now, you’ve heard that a Danville police officer shot & killed a suspect who pointed a gun at him. Let’s talk about it.

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(Temporary) Happy Trails, Danville’s Museum!

If you want to go see Danville’s Museum of Fine Arts & History, forget it (until March 2nd)!

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Danville-Pittsylvania County Chamber awards education grants

This is one of the best examples in how money that’s raised in the community can go back to the community for great causes.

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Dan River Church ready to move to their new home

It’s time to say Happy Trails! to the Dan River Church meeting in the GWHS auditorium.

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Danville police report early-morning abduction

This is one big list of criminal charges.

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Here’s another shot at the Danville teapartiers.

This Register & Bee editorial says exactly what we’ve been thinking…

Danville Police’s dog shooting case back in the news…

And in his letter, former chief Neal Morris takes some shots of his own at Danville Police Chief Philip Broadfoot. Hoo boy.

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Thumbs! (12/16 edition)

It’s time to debut a new occasional feature at SouthsideCentral…. “Thumbs!” We’ll look at things that have happened recently and give a “Thumbs UP!” or a “Thumbs DOWN!“. Let’s get started with today’s edition of “Thumbs!”

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UPDATED: Tim Kaine to visit Danville on Monday (12/12)

This could be Tim Kaine’s last visit to the Southside VA area as Governor.

UPDATE: Or not.

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A Tale of Two Radio Stations

Danville’s getting a brand-spankin’-(semi-)new radio station complete with fancy website! ‘Tis a shame that Lakes Media doesn’t pay attention to all of their stations that way.

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High-speed chase goes from Halifax County to Danville

You’re not going to outrun the law, folks.

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More about the Modeling & Simulation Center of Mystery…

Thanks to the Gazette-Virginian & the News & Record, we’ve got some more information on what’s going on… or do we?

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Danville’s Harris Teeter not closing.

This is the grocery store that will not die.

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Danville City Council Meeting – LIVE!

Well, only one big development at Danville’s City Council meeting tonight. Click below to read a very sparse Cover it Live recap.

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