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Google News: Restaurateur Sweeney was colorful character
[Roanoke Times] - By Kevin Kittredge A couple of weeks ago, I asked for readers' help in answering Jim Glazebrook's question about the former restaurant atop Catawba Mountain known as "Bunk Sweeney's Mountaintop Inn." I knew nothing about Bunk or his restaurant
Google News: How much license is allowed on plates?
[Roanoke Times] - By Kevin Kittredge Q: The other day I was driving in downtown Roanoke on Third Street and I saw a license plate that read "UVA SUX." What are the criteria for messages on license plates? Also, when did they start allowing religious messages on license
Google News: The British never were coming to this Roanoke
[Roanoke Times] - By Kevin Kittredge A few weeks ago -- OK, it was more than a few -- I promised to answer reader Loretta Manning's question about British troops in Southwest Virginia during the Revolutionary War. Loretta had encountered an apparently misinformed New
Google News: President coins to be minted for collectors
[Roanoke Times] - By Kevin Kittredge Q: I am looking to find out where the gold president dollar coins come from. I have been collecting the coins for five years. Up until about a month ago, SunTrust Bank distributed them. About a month ago when I inquired about them
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