50 Years Ago
March 31, 1976
The Lions Den restaurant was set to open in the basement of the Lexington Motel. -A Washington and Lee University theater department production of the musical “1776” drew enthusiastic crowds with at many as 1,350 people attending the five performances.
- Water came spurting out onto West Nelson Street after Lexington city crews found a rusted water pipe. Rusted and worn-out water lines were being replaced as part of Lexington’s street improvement program.
20 Years Ago
April 5, 2006
An apartment complex marketed to married Southern Virginia University students was proposed for a vacant spot below the campus at the intersection of Magnolia and Park avenues.
- Nelson Fox, coach of Parry McCluer High School’s boys basketball team, was one of eight finalists for the National High School Coaches Association’s Coach of the
Year award.
- Lexington residents had good news about their public water systems. The haloacetic acids that had once been a concern were well within standards established by the Virginia Department of Health.
