Gardening came naturally for brothers Terence and Jesse Carter, who created a pastoral oasis in an urban neighborhood overlooking downtown Lynchburg.

Three local bands are taking the stage in Appomattox this weekend to raise money for resident Mary Gunter’s treatment for Follicular Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.

On most Wednesday nights, you’ll find the Academy of Fine Arts alive with the sounds of bagpipes, fiddles, flutes and drums.

All of the films in Randolph College’s upcoming weekend festival focus on how individuals can create change.

Name: Ed Ott (Retired Major League Baseball player)

Fad diets. Conflicting nutrition studies. Health claims on foods that don’t seem all that healthy.

Rodney Atkins is a man of few words.

As I write this, the first week of March is drawing to a close and a breath of spring is definitely in the air. After the cold and snowy winter we’ve all experienced, it is nice to walk outside without a jacket. The hardy little crocus is making a brave yellow splash across the side yard and a bluebird is perched hopefully atop the nest box.

March is the month for boxwood pruning. Here are some guidelines to consider as you prepare to work on American, English, Japanese and other kinds of boxwoods.

The wood taketh away Fred Reburn from the railroad and the wood giveth him back to it.

Getting the blues is a universal experience. Playing the blues is not.

FACination Chorus’ “Let’s Fall in Love,” a program of love songs, has been rescheduled for 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the Academy of Fine Arts’ Warehouse Theatre.

Rivermont Studio owner John Morgan hopes his latest show will educate the public about print-making.

Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra Executive Director Rick Piester says he’s been looking forward to Cherish the Ladies’ next Lynchburg show since the last one, two years ago.

Over the past 10 days or so, I’ve received numerous questions about “sea gulls” in the area. Most people are surprised because they associate these birds with coastal regions. Although we certainly do find gulls when we visit the beach, we can also expect to see them right here in Lynchburg.

The life of J.D. Salinger was an obsession for many, but not, apparently, for the FBI.

Dr. John Bower, a Bedford native, has traveled the high seas in a U.S. Navy destroyer and was a leader in kidney disease research during his four-decade long career in medicine.

BRISTOL, Va. – “Zip it,“ the head ghost hunter snapped. “We can’t hear her scream if we’re talking.“

Face flushed and sweat suit drenched, Liberty University senior Frankie Gayeski grapples with a teammate in the balmy wrestling room, then cranks out a few miles on the stationary bike.

Arts groups are fighting back against a proposal by the House Appropriations Committee to eliminate state funding for the Virginia Commission for the Arts.

The Friends of the Lynchburg College Choral Union are sponsoring a dinner, “A Night in the Big Apple,” to benefit the group, an ensemble made up of faculty, staff, students and alumni, as well as community singers.

The play “I Know the Secret” opens with Oprah-esque talk show host Mildred Tappe interviewing a man who, after winning the lottery, wants to leave his wife.

During a rehearsal for Heritage High School’s upcoming production of “Peter Pan,” Sarah Lewis crouches behind what will eventually be the Darling children’s bedroom window.

Over the past few weeks, I’ve received a number of questions about “snowbirds,” and the callers often wanted to know why they couldn’t seem to find this species listed in any of the field guides.

In her 88 years, Florence Siegel has learned how to relax: A glass of red wine. A crisp copy of The New York Times, if she can wrest it from her husband. Some classical music, preferably Bach. And every night like clockwork, she lifts a pipe to her lips and smokes marijuana.

If a house had a personality, the one called Caryswood would be gregarious.

So you want to get “Lost” before the popular ABC series ends its run later this year, but don’t know where to start?

Amherst’s ArtMeter project, which had local artist painting defunct marking meters that are on display on Main Street, will continue this year with a new theme: “Glimpses of Amherst: The First 100 Years.”

The night before he became the first and only American president to resign, Richard Nixon met with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger at the White House.

William H. Clarke’s e-mail says it all: .