Episodes
00:00 Intro
02:20 Welcome to Amherst Ink Tattoo Artist L.C. Freeman
31:10 Commercial Break
32:29 Return
41:14 What’s Going on This Week in the Town of Amherst
48:40 I Corinthians 13:1-13
Published 11/25/24
00:00 Intro
02:04 Election Recap With Town Council Member Mike Driskill
14:24 Town Council Meeting Recap
16:10 CVPDC Traffic Safety Brief
23:16 Lead Water Service Lines
25:17 Town Speed Limits
28:53 Commercial Break
30:23 Return
32:07 New Noise Ordinance Coming
42:08 Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer
43:59 What’s Going on This Week in the Town of Amherst
48:01 Ephesians 4:26-32,6:11,6:17-19
Published 11/19/24
00:00 Intro
02:25 Welcome to Tim Ware
03:40 Election Day
09:20 Amherst Mountain Biking Club
38:00 Commercial Break
38:58 Return
41:30 Planning Commission Meeting Recap
47:50 What’s Going on This Week in the Town of Amherst
51:37 2 Corinthians 13:7-13
Published 11/08/24
00:00 Intro
10:01 Ghost Walk
16:29 Seven Oaks Summit Update
19:38 Town Council Race
33:41 Christmas Decorations
39:35 What’s Going On in the Town of Amherst
46:39 Commercial Break
47:54 Psalm 43:1-5
Published 11/01/24
00:00 Intro
05:50 12 Days Until Election Day
11:48 Seminole Park Playground
13:30 Call From Gloria Witt
28:58 Commercial Break
30:02 Return
35:56 Amherst Life Saving Crew Building
40:21 Good News Exchange Magazine Lynchburg Edition
44:46 What’s Going On in the Town of Amherst
52:29 Psalm 40:1-8
Published 10/25/24
00:00 Intro
00:38 Live From The Amherst County Fair
09:39 Angela from Hangout on Main
18:02 Mike from Leaf Filter
22:44 Wine and Garlic Festival
25:38 Commercial Break
26:53 Return
28:49 Town Council Member Mike Driskill / Apple Harvest Festival
36:32 Amherst County Republican Committee Vice Chair Bill Wegert
44:14 Wayne from Piedmont Baptist Association
45:10 Nathan The Blind Conservative
47:40 John 8:3-11
Published 10/19/24
00:00 Intro
05:00 Infinite Number of Amazing Things Going On In Town
06:48 Town Talk Available on Additional Podcasting Platforms
11:33 Call from Nathan on Voter Registration
30:32 Town Council Meeting
30:50 VDOT Pedestrian Improvements
39:03 Surfacing Standards Vote
44:12 Wireless Water Meters
46:03 Matthew 5:8-14
Published 10/11/24
00:00 Intro
04:00 Early Voting
11:25 Buy Local
19:05 Amherst Mountain Biking Club
22:27 Clifford Sorghum Festival
31:30 Commercial Break
33:03 Return
37:13 What’s Happening This Week in the Town of Amherst
47:08 Romans 12
Published 10/04/24
00:00 Intro
01:33 Welcome to Town Council Candidate Jared Martin
04:12 Firefighting Since 15 Years Old
08:13 What Made You Decide to Run For Town Council?
10:50 The Importance of Local Businesses
14:35 Childhood in Amherst 20 Years Ago
17:07 Revisiting the Rules
21:16 Listening to Town Residents
26:37 A Different Perspective
29:28 Commercial Break
30:59 Return
34:15 Amherst Life Saving Crew
41:04 Schools Closed Friday
42:15 Amherst County Public Library
47:49 What’s Happening in...
Published 09/28/24
00:00 Intro
03:34 The Amherst Night Sky
08:59 Town Sign Ordinance Updates
17:54 The Giant A
19:14 World Atlas Darling Small Towns In Virginia
21:10 Deep Impact
23:44 Commercial Break
25:18 Return
27:10 The Foods of the Town of Amherst
27:52 Vito’s
28:06 Dogwood Cafe
28:45 Number One Wok
29:09 Subway
31:05 Baine’s Books & Coffee
31:42 McDonald’s
33:44 Quickie
34:42 Filling Station
36:03 CVS
37:07 Bonfire
38:00 Dollar General
38:19 El Mariachi
39:09 Briar Patch
40:36...
Published 09/25/24
00:00 Intro
04:30 Town Council Meeting
07:28 Speed Limits
16:33 Town Hall Farmer’s Market
18:33 Sewage Treatment
19:16 Town Christmas Parade
22:39 Fred Loving
25:21 September 11th Anniversary
27:29 Commercial Break
28:38 Return
29:42 Main Street Improvement
30:43 Jeanine Casey appointed to Economic Development Authority (EDA) board
31:15 Lead water service lines
37:06 Virginia Breeze
38:34 Amtrak
39:21 What’s happening in the Town of Amherst, courtesy of...
Published 09/14/24
00:00 Intro
01:29 Welcome to Town Council candidate Jason Eagle
03:37 Jason’s background
05:18 Why did you decide to run?
08:52 Growth is necessary
12:35 Making the zoning code make sense
17:12 You have to have a mix of businesses
20:24 Missing the Amherst Milling Company
22:45 The “G” word
25:45 Commercial break
26:47 Return
30:13 The park vote
35:30 We’ll find out on November 5th
39:44 Thank you to current Town Council members
41:11 What’s happening in the Town of Amherst,...
Published 09/06/24
00:00 Intro
03:57 Sonny’s background
07:11 Prank caller
10:11 Town Council candidate Jason Eagle coming onto the show next week
13:18 Citizen comment for hire
15:16 What’s going on in Amherst this week, courtesy of townofamherstva.com
27:33 Commercial break
28:31 Return
29:53 Macadam Road / town speed limits
44:48 Main Street improvement proposals
52:20 Psalm 1:1-6
Published 08/30/24
00:00 Intro
04:29 Seven Oaks Summit informational session
11:34 Zoning Map vs Comprehensive Plan
16:01 Food Lion Man and the farmer’s market
18:21 Caller
21:18 Copy and paste homes
24:50 Close Encounters of the Third Kind
26:00 People come her because of what we are
28:41 Swimming in the local creek
30:36 Commercial Break
31:36 Return
34:48 Everybody in town is not the same
37:33 Working class people being burdened
42:26 People moving here from New York
45:13 Dulwich Manor split...
Published 08/23/24
00:00 Intro
02:01 Town Talk moving to 5pm
03:56 Limited routes through town
05:13 Facebook blowing up over Main Street one-way proposal
10:54 Update on town council candidates coming on the show
11:33 Recent VIP visits to town
12:44 Friends don’t let friends cross the James
15:38 Lt Gov Winsome Sears spent all afternoon in town
17:02 Great things going on in town
20:52 In a small town, we’re stuck with each other
24:37 Amherst Corner Alpha-Gal friendly options
25:59 Buffalo...
Published 08/19/24
00:00 Intro
05:05 Two very upper-level Virginia statespeople coming to Amherst
09:44 Amherst has the best workers
12:05 Best small town in Virginia
15:45 Commercial break
17:47 Return
19:25 Townofamherstva.com
23:58 Town council meetings
29:35 Whatever’s inside of you is what’s gonna come out
Published 08/18/24
00:00 - Disclaimer
00:19 - Show intro
00:57 - Introduction to Town Council member Mike Driskill
05:09 - Amherst Pool
09:15 - Air Force KC-135s
10:10 - Upcoming Town Council election
11:25 - Town Park
20:18 - Attendance is up at Town Council meetings
21:22 - Town growth brings more opportunities for all of us
24:26 - Encouraging and protecting locally owned business
27:21 - Skateboarding
30:30 - Airbnb
33:06 - Amherst Lawn and Garden (advertisement)
34:26 - Trivia Night at Loose...
Published 08/02/24
00:00 - Show intro
03:28 - They want us to be fighting
06:15 - Politics attracts certain personality types
08:39 - Our system is a compromise
12:16 - All seven Amherst Town Council candidates invited to come on the show
14:04 - Whitewashed tombs
19:03 - Legislating beauty
22:06 - Zoning has come full circle
26:16 - Town businesses serve a need for the surrounding county
31:54 - The Waltons
33:28 - Town mowing ordinance
39:45 - Murals on Warehouse Antiques
44:31 - Aesthetic...
Published 07/29/24
00:00 - Show intro
01:15 - Air conditioning invented by Town of Amherst company
02:10 - Glad Manufacturing Company
04:30 - Town mountain biking trails
05:19 - Virginia Blue Ridge Railway
10:25 - Show archives up on Spotify
11:00 - Invasive species
13:39 - Insufficient discussion when the Town Council passes laws
14:44 - Seven candidates running for three open Town Council seats
29:36 - Brockman Park
38:40 - Every day was a farmer's market in the 1960's
44:55 - Town businesses serve...
Published 07/22/24
00:00 - Show intro
02:10 - Town Council pulls sign ordinance changes
25:16 - Town restrictions on "free speech" signs
30:04 - New town police chief named
30:55 - Town criminalizes stealing water from hydrants
33:53 - Town spending priorities
37:35 - Multinational corporations vs locally-owned businesses
42:16 - What Amherst was like 80 years ago
43:41 - The town exists to serve the wider community
45:44 - Political tents at the Town First Responders Celebration
51:48 - Amherst New...
Published 07/21/24
00:00 - Show intro
02:12 - At the crossroads of US 29 (Baltimore to Pensacola) and US 60 (Virginia Beach to Los Angeles)
06:32 - Lack of media that discusses town issues
08:49 - What newcomers contribute to town
13:26 - Upcoming town First Responders Celebration
20:00 - National politics vs local politics
24:50 - Taking care of the people in our community
32:56 - Amherst Poor House Farm
44:09 - Knowing your neighbors
49:12 - A dollar spent in town goes around seven times
Published 07/21/24
00:00 - Show intro
03:20 - National politics vs local issues
06:50 - We need people to be involved
09:40 - Home Owners of Amherst (HOA)
12:45 - Host background information
21:30 - Wendy (caller)
29:50 - Indoor Sign Ban
41:35 - Town Park
Published 07/18/24