Ward I Lynchburg City Council candidate Tom Shahady made his official campaign announcement from the shores of College Lake this morning. Shahady, an environmental science professor at Lynchburg College, pointed to the lake’s receding waters as an example of the city’s overall ecological strife.

The League of Women Voters of Lynchburg has to reassess plans after learning its customary election forum won’t be aired on public television this year.

Ward I City Councilman Mike Gillette outlined a re-election platform of smart growth, fiscal responsibility and transparency in government Tuesday, highlighting his own initiatives to further those causes while in office.