IP*Works! Version 8.0 RSS Component http://backend.userland.com/rss2 The Roanoke Times: Editorials News from the Roanoke Times http://www.roanoke.com/editorials Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT roanoke.com/The Roanoke Times http://www.roanoke.com/wrapper/images/bottom_logo.gif http://www.roanoke.com The Old Blacksburg Middle School - roanoke.com Town and county remain stalled on the future of the site.<br><p>The Montgomery County School Board wisely chose to bow out of the tangled thicket that is the Old Blacksburg Middle School. That leaves the county board of supervisors and Blacksburg Town Council to duke it out over what will become of the property.</p> http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/wb/227214 Find the facts, lay them out - roanoke.com Hamilton's resignation should not be the end of lawmakers' quest to find what happened -- and what they might need to do.<br><p>Newport News Republican Phil Hamilton resigned from the House of Delegates, apparently cutting short a state ethics investigation into his financial dealings as one of the legislature's senior budget negotiators.</p> http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/wb/227093 The ball is in Roanoke's court - roanoke.com A tennis group wants to use Countryside's indoor courts to teach youth. Can the city afford it?<br><p>A request by the Blue Ridge Junior Tennis League, on the surface, sounds reasonable: The group would lease indoor courts at Countryside Golf Course, rent court time to players and use the funds to teach the game to youngsters.</p><a href="http://oas.roanoke.com/RealMedia/ads/click_nx.cgi/www.roanoke.com/rss/1786539@Position4"><img src="http://oas.roanoke.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.roanoke.com/rss/1786539@Position4" alt="Advertisement"></img></a> http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/wb/227075