-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on January 7, 2021. Jeri Rogers has worked as a model, a James Madison junior high social studies teacher, a daytime TV host and a researcher with the Committee of Foreign Affairs on Capitol Hill. Rogers – a Texas native who lived in New York City and […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on January 7, 2021. It was dubbed as a New Year’s Eve Pre-Party. Following Covid state restrictions, the live music New Year show at Dogtown went from 6 to 10 and was live-streamed for those staying home. Seating was limited and tables were spread out. Masks were […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on December 31, 2020. Gumdrops, lollipops, icing and candy canes were some of the building details used on the Great Gingerbread House Contest entries, currently displayed at The Floyd Country Store and The Soda Fountain. Of course, gingerbread also figured in as a staple ingredient. Hosted annually […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on December 24, 2020. The spirit of giving was alive and well at the Perfect Gift Shop, where local children received gift certificates to shop for holiday gifts for their family. Conceived of by Jean Woods four years ago, the seasonal shop was located this year at […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on December 17, 2020. It’s Winterfest time at the Floyd Center for the Arts (FCA), but, because of the Covid-19 pandemic, for the first time in 26 years, it almost didn’t happen. “We didn’t know how to best handle it. We considered trying just a virtual option, […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on December 10, 2020. Jessie Benson had already accomplished a lot when she set out on a new path, freeing herself of achieving goals for the wrong reasons. In 2014, after years of being intensely focused on medical school, getting straight A grades and then working as […]
-Some of the following photos first appeared in The Floyd Press on December 3, 2020. Santa was in town greeting children at The Sacred Star and Stone on Saturday. The young ones had to decide whether to give Santa the benefit of the doubt or not. The warm weather brought out shoppers and visitors. Some […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on November 25, 2020. Floyd Tourism director Pat Sharkey didn’t want to see the corner of Locust and Main Street be dark for the holiday season. With the recent closing of Farmers Supply store, known for the festive Christmas window displays created by the store’s longtime manager […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on November 19, 2020. “Colder by the moment. It’s a blizzard! I can’t see anything!” were some of the lines at the Floyd Community Theatre Guild’s Sunday performance of Frozen Jr. The play’s theme and urgency to save a fantasy kingdom from a magical deep freeze seemed […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on November 12, 2020. Blue Ridge Alchemy, Floyd’s new glass studio gallery, opened to the public in June. Owned and operated by glass blower artists Kenan Tiemeyer of Tiemeyer Glass and Caleb Dickman of Liquid Fire Glass, the shop represents an eclectic selection of local artists and […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on November 5, 2020 The Town of Floyd’s first drive-through trick-or-treat was a success, judging by the smiling faces of costumed children and their families. Due to the pandemic and the Center for Disease Control’s recommendation that door-to-door- trick-or-treating be avoided, Oxford Street was closed to public […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on October 29, 2020. “We love it!” answered a Tour de Dirt bicyclist wearing a pink tutu over his clothes when he was asked about the rain. Spirits were up in spite of the morning’s poor weather at Sunday’s 14th annual Tour de Floyd, a “Dirt Roads […]
