Judi Crespo lived most of her life in Manhattan, where the nights brought a steady din of horns, sirens and street chatter. After almost two years in Lynchburg, she’s still not used to the quiet.

Moving to Forest was a homecoming, of sorts, for John and Barbara Papit, though it meant different things for both of them.

For avid bicyclist and hiker Gary Nero, choosing Lynchburg for his retirement was an easy decision.

To many retirees, Virginia, North Carolina and other mid-South states are the new Florida.

After they both retired, Warren Tillapaugh and his wife, Rochelle, moved to Lynchburg from Fairfax County in March of 2008, after purchasing a house in Bedford County.

Bobby Taylor’s family, and family business, got through the Great Depression through hard work and old-fashioned thrift.

Just a couple of kids during the time of the Great Depression, Ray and Bea Hudson look back on their respective childhoods and see not just hardships but learning experiences.

Before becoming a soldier, David Mends was used to battling other kids while growing up in Philadelphia during the Great Depression.

John Turner remembers when money was so scarce that he scrounged up jobs from his paper route to cutting greens.

At a time when the hit parade was awash with crooners and jazz songbirds, a young Robert White found himself bopping along, not to the modern tones of Bing Crosby or Peggy Lee, but to the strains of Bach’s famed Brandenburg concertos – circa 1721.

When Dennis Johnson hits the stage, he turns into a different person. “I transform,” says the lead singer and harmonica player for the Deanie Blues Band. “I go from Dennis to Deanie. Don’t blame me, blame Deanie.”

Dan Raessler figures that most people have a like for music. He can’t say whether his feeling is any stronger, but he can say that “music really does move me very profoundly.”

Larry Scott’s busy schedule gives new meaning to the term “drumming up business.”

Steve Wilson remembers the exact night he decided to become a musician.