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RottenHeadlineWriting: “Santa gives cancer to a child. Surprise!”

After a discussion on our last Danville Register & Bee headline writing disaster, we learned that all the headlines are written in the Lynchburg office and not on Monument Street. Well, the headline writers in Lynchburg really blew it this time…


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Danville Veterans Day Parade – Part #10

On Christmas Day, we’ll bring you some more photos from the Danville Veterans Day Parade. No, that doesn’t make any sense to us either. I’m sensing that we may actually get to Christmas Parade photos before next October. Maybe. Heh. Anyway, on we go with Part #10!


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RandomThoughts! (12/23/15)

My Thoughts are Random. Well, not all the time. Step into my mind…


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PhotoCentral: Paschal’s Christmas Lights

Leon & Ann Paschal’s Christmas Light display is back in Casville, NC. We’ve got a quick PhotoCentral tour for you, thanks to Travis Hackworth’s photos. Let’s take a walk through the amazing display…


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Happy Trails, Jeremy Stratton!

After a review of the sources quoted in this article, SouthsideCentral is ethically uncomfortable with allowing this article and the comments to remain as originally published. For more details on this decision, please go to “Today’s Statement from Jeremy Stratton”.

 

RottenReporting: The Scanner in The Manger

This isn’t really RottenReporting because the reporting was the usual excellent John Crane writing, but RottenHeadlineWriting takes up too much space and sounds stupid.


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Review: Danville’s Golden Skillet

Danville’s Golden Skillet has one of the best chicken breast fillet sandwiches in the region. They’ve been in business for well over 20 years in the same location on Piney Forest Road, so let’s stop by for a SouthsideCentral review.


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Danville School Board – LIVE! (12/17/15)

SouthsideCentral was LIVE! at the Danville Public Schools central office for Thursday’s Danville School Board meeting. We had some technical difficulties but we’ve got everything fixed now. Enjoy the complete recap.

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Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors – LIVE! (12/15/15)

Hey hey! It’s something different here at SouthsideCentral! We were LIVE! at Tuesday’s Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors meeting in Chatham. This article is now complete, so enjoy the recap and photos. We’ve outdone ourselves on this one.


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RIFA – (12/14/15)

The Regional Industrial Facilities Authority met at the Danville Regional Airport on Monday, and SouthsideCentral was there to cover the meeting. Let’s go over what happened.


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LightningRound! (12/13/15)

We’ve got a lot of Christmas related happenings coming up, so there’s lightning on the horizon.

Hands on your buzzers, players. It’s time for the LightningRound!


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The Dead Pennrose Mall – Part #7 (The End)

Sadly, this is the end of the line for our journey through Reidsville’s (I’m out of unique ways to say dead) Pennrose Mall. We’ve just got a few more things to look at before we head through the exit doors. Let’s wrap this PhotoCentral series up with Part #7.


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The Dead Pennrose Mall – Part #6

After our failure of getting any answers from the management office in Part #5 of this PhotoCentral series about Reidsville’s sad Pennrose Mall, we’re going to continue our surreal death march. But hey, we’re laughing about it!


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The Dead Pennrose Mall – Part #5

We’ve reached a critical point in our PhotoCentral journey through Reidsville’s deceased Pennrose Mall. When we left you in Part #4, we had finally had enough of the decaying mall and were heading to the mall office to get some answers.

Let’s see what happened. Hee Hee.


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The Dead Pennrose Mall – Part #4

In Part #3 of our PhotoCentral series on Reidsville’s mostly-deceased Pennrose Mall, we had signs of life with Roses & Bob Adams Florist. Let’s return to our journey of doom & gloom in Part #4.


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The Dead Pennrose Mall – Part #3

The numbers show that our readers are enjoying the PhotoCentral series on Reidsville’s decrepit Pennrose Mall, so let’s keep going with Part #3 in the series. We’ve already published Part #1 & Part #2, so let’s keep wandering around and laughing (and/or crying).


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The Dead Pennrose Mall – Part #2

The adventure through Reidsville’s Pennrose Mall is continuing here in Part #2 of our PhotoCentral series. We tried to get inside the mall in Part #1 but the first entrance we tried was locked. We’ll make it inside in this article.

Cover me, I’m going in.


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The Dead Pennrose Mall – Part #1

Reidsville’s Pennrose Mall was the first enclosed shopping mall in the region and was popular when it opened. Now, it’s simply bizarre to see the shape that it’s in. In this PhotoCentral series, we’re going to take a detailed look at what the Pennrose Mall looks like now.

It’s not going to be pretty.


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Schoolfield High School Christmas Banquet – Part #2

Here’s Part #2 of the photos from Tuesday night’s annual Schoolfield High School alumni Christmas banquet. We’ve got the first set of photos published in Part #1. Enjoy!


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Schoolfield High School Christmas Banquet – Part #1

The annual Schoolfield High School alumni Christmas banquet was held on Tuesday night, and SouthsideCentral was glad to take some photos of the event for the attendees. We’re publishing two PhotoCentral articles so that everybody can take a look at the dinner. Here’s Part #1 for you to enjoy.


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BreakDown: Chasing Natty Greene’s

Landing a brewpub in Danville isn’t easy. Landing a big business brewpub in Danville isn’t easy, and it isn’t cheap. Let’s do a BreakDown and tell you what’s going on.


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Coming Soon… Danville’s Newest Hotel (Again!)

Danville’s newest Hampton Inn won’t be going on Piedmont Drive after all. However, you’ll be able to see the old Hampton Inn from the new Hampton Inn.


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“Elf – The Musical Jr.” – Show Photos

If you missed this weekend performances of “Elf – The Musical Jr.” from the North Star Theatre Project, you’ve still got the upcoming weekend to catch the show. SouthsideCentral was able to catch the play on Sunday evening. Here’s some photos that we took at the show!


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“Elf – The Musical Jr.” – Part #2

Today (Saturday, December 5th at 2:30 PM) and tomorrow (Sunday, December 6th at 6:30 PM), the North Star Theatre Project is putting on “Elf Jr. – The Musical” with very talented child actors & actresses. The show will be at Danville’s Historic North Theatre and you can get your tickets now at their website or at the box office at showtime. They will also perform the play next Friday, Saturday & Sunday. We’ve already published some photos from rehearsals in Part #1 of this series. Let’s keep it going with some more photos!


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Dr. Stan Jones’ Statement About GW Discipline Issues

SouthsideCentral is glad to publish the full text of Danville Public Schools Superintendent Stan Jones’s statement that he issued today about progress being made on discipline issues at George Washington High School.


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