Some exciting news for Smith Mountain Lake residents; as of February 12, 2008 the new YMCA is finally open. Those who have stopped in to give it a try have been pretty talkative about all it has to offer. This is a good opportunity for all of you who have desired to start the year with [...]

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On March 23rd it will be Easter and folks at Smith Mountain Lake are gearing up for spring break, visits from relatives and inspirational church activities. Wait a minute, March 23rd? Isn’t Easter usually in April? And with that question follows another interesting and unusual holiday tidbit.
As you may know, Easter is always the first Sunday after the 1st [...]

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If you are an experienced fisher-person at Smith Mountain Lake, you may be able to readily identify any critter you pull out of the water. However there are those of us who need “fishing for dummies” type help. We might not know if we have snagged a snapping turtle or a trout.
There are many species of fish [...]

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If you live at Smith Mountain Lake, Bedford or surrounding counties, you may want to pass the word about a program the Bedford Memorial Hospital is offering in conjunction with the American Cancer Society.
On the first Monday of each month a wonderful FREE act of service is being provided by the American Cancer Society. They call it the ‘Look [...]

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On March 17th if you forget to wear green to your school or place of work at Smith Mountain Lake, someone is likely to give you a hard time about it, because that is St. Patrick’s Day. Over the years, the origins of many of our modern traditions often get lost. While I am sure that many people [...]

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Having my own piece of real estate on a body of water as beautiful as Smith Mountain Lake has always been a fantasy of mine. Some of our readers feel the same way and yet have never quite crossed the line in taking the steps to make it happen. Perhaps Smith Mountain Homes, a real estate company [...]

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More fun for the folks at Smith Mountain Lake is at hand. 
March 8-9 and 15-16 - 50th Annual Highland Maple Festival - Take a step back in time to Highland County, “Virginia’s Switzerland.” Travel back roads and mountain byways to the annual Highland Maple Festival. Held on the 2nd and 3rd weekends of March, the [...]

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One of the founding fathers of Tuskegee Institute and University in Tuskegee, Alabama was Smith Mountain Lake’s own Booker T. Washington. It’s first 30 students began their classes in 1881 in a dilapidated church. But that did not inhibit the spirit and passion of their teacher and principal, a one time slave turned world changer, Booker T. [...]

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A gorgeous home in Wirtz, Va. on Smith Mountain Lake is now for sale. It’s enough to make your mouth water if you love the idea of living on a lake as much as I do. It’s a huge, marvelous place that would make a wonderful place to raise a family, or just to spend the [...]

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All of us need to hear stories of hope, whether we live at Smith Mountain Lake or in China. The Bible says that hope is one of God’s greatest gifts to us as we walk in this sometimes crazy world.
Apparently this particular story has been circulating the internet for about 10 years. It caught my heart [...]

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