ROAD CONSTRUCTION

PORTION OF VA. 629 TO CLOSE NEXT WEEK

A 0.1-MILE STRETCH OF VIRGINIA 629 (BRADSHAW ROAD) WILL BE CLOSED TO THROUGH-TRAFFIC FOR A WEEK BEGINNING MONDAY, ACCORDING TO THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

THE SECTION, NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH VIRGINIA 622 (FLATWOODS ROAD), WILL BE CLOSED FROM 8 A.M. MONDAY THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON OF AUG. 14.

-- THE ROANOKE TIMES

PARKING

DOWNTOWN SPOTS NEEDED FOR STEPPIN' OUT' FESTIVAL

IN ADVANCE OF THIS WEEKEND'S STEPPIN' OUT ACTIVITIES, BLACKSBURG OFFICIALS ARE ASKING RESIDENTS TO NOT PARK ON LEE STREET (BETWEEN CABO FISH TACO AND DRAPER ROAD), DRAPER ROAD (BETWEEN COLLEGE AVENUE AND ROANOKE STREET), JACKSON STREET OR COLLEGE AVENUE AFTER 2 A.M. TODAY and Friday.

For more information, call the Downtown Merchants of Blacksburg at 951-0454.

-- The Roanoke Times