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From City of Martinsville Email news (May 4, 2007):

Martinsville has announced that Scott Coleman has completed promotional television advertisements for Martinsville Mustangs season ticket sales, and the initial commercial in a series of “Take Pride, Martinsville” campaigns.

The Martinsville Mustangs season starts May 30, with the first home game Thursday, May 31. Season ticket sales have been solid, and advertising sales have been brisk. The first new advertising signs went up at Hooker Field Thursday before rain started. A total of 15 new and replacement signs will go up over the next two weeks in preparation for the season.

Pocket schedules have been taken to Collinsville Printing, and will be distributed the week of May 11 in retail outlets around the city and county.

From the City of Martinsville Email newsletter - May 4, 2007:

PUBLIC WORKS
Public Works held a pre-construction meeting with representatives of Joyce Engineering and Shamrock Environmental regarding the landfill closure construction project. Engineering personnel are continuing
to work with VDOT, Schwartz & Associates, and Norfolk Southern regarding the Starling Avenue bridge project.

The Municipal Building security project is scheduled for completion by June 1, and Leon Towarnicki is working on a building parking plan as part of the security project.

Public Works finished up installation of new lights, painting, and floor cleaning in the former Leisure Services area in the basement of the Municipal Building, paving the way for the Commonwealth’s
Attorney to expand office space.

Work continues to assist with renovations at Druid Hills School for the relocated Leisure Services office. Stairs have been installed at the end of Pine Street to access the Rails to Trails project. Public Works has coordinated efforts with the EDC regarding new City entrance signs. Over the next few weeks, Public Works and Communications will work to replace the current light fixtures in Council Chambers with new, high-efficiency lights that help render better color for television broadcast applications.

(editors note: You may subscribe to receive this email newsletter directly via the City of Martinsville website)

Understanding the difference between our "News" feature and "User Posted News.
User Posted news is intended to be an organized community "blog" which enables all registered users to submit and self approve for posting news and announcements on a variety of topics relevant to daily life in Martinsville. That feature is unmoderated, thus registered users have the flexible ability to post news and announcements relative to the topic. Submission to that category will be "pruned" after a reasonable period of time.

The "news" feature is a more moderated news area, where all articles are approved by the website moderator or a vetted contributing writer. We welcome providing serious writers the opportunity to publish articles and stories of the history and heritage of Martinsville. WE also are open to local writers who wish to write regular columns on a variety of topics (we are open to suggestions) relevant to local readers.

We have launched our MartinsvilleFAQ - a feature designed to enable users to ask and answer questions, to share their knowledge of Martinsville, Virginia, and to create a knowledge base of frequently asked questions about Martinsville, Virginia. Visitors and residents are welcome and encouraged to submit questions. If you know the answer to a posted questions, please feel free to share your knowledge and submit an answer. If you beleive a posted answer is wrong, or could be improved, please post a comment.
The MartinsvilleFAQ feature may be accessed from the user menu in the left column of each page.