Gene Marrano
Black Dog Salvage Mike Whiteside Robert Kulp – Tamra Bolton photo
They’ve helped put Roanoke on the map with a TV show about rescuing vintage items from soon-to-be demolished structures – and then re-purposing them. Tomorrow Black Dog Salvage observes its 20th anniversary with a party – and you are invited as WFIR’s Gene Marrano reports:
from Salem 2008 appearance (City of Salem photo)
Its the only stop the team will make in Virginia next year – the USA Olympic Softball team is coming to the newly-renamed Billy Sample Field at Kiwanis Park in Salem next June 25. Team USA will play the “Salem All Stars,” a squad of players from local college and universities. That game is less than a month before Team USA heads to Tokyo for the Olympics, which has now restored softball to the competition. Tickets go on sale tomorrow. Team USA last played in Salem in 2008.
Cameron Johnson from Magic City Ford Lincoln (at right)
Roanoke City Public high school students at the Roanoke Technical Education Center now have a more recent, updated vehicle to work on after Magic City Ford-Lincoln donated a 2013 Ford Fiesta to the program today. That Ford Fiesta has around 60,000 miles on the odometer. Magic City Auto Group Chairman and CEO Cameron Johnson was on hand for the presentation. Johnson also dabbles as an internet investor when he’s not selling cars.
Dan Bremner – Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs photo
The Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs are off to a rough start – just 1-and-4 on the season heading into Friday night’s home game against Fayetteville. One reason says head coach Dan Bremner – too many penalties. The Rail Yard Dawgs have also made a number of roster moves this week, looking to shake things up. Hear much more from head coach Dan Bremner below:
The former Villa Heights Recreation Center in northwest Roanoke sat vacant and dilapidated for more than a decade before Restoration Housing bought it from Roanoke City several years ago and then invested around $800,000 dollars to bring it back to life as a community center, with several non-profit tenants. LEAP for Local Foods and The Humble Hustle are two of the tenants leasing office space from Kingdom Life Ministries International,the anchor tenant in a building that dates back to the early 1800’s. Isabel Thornton is president of Restoration Housing; she spoke at this morning’s ribbon cutting: