Amherst Town Talk

Amherst Town Talk

Covering everything in the Town of Amherst, Virginia. Live every Thursday from 5-6pm on WAMV 103.1 FM/1420 AM and on the web at https://wamv103.com/ WAMV Studio Line: (434) 946-2201. E-mail: towntalkamherst@gmail.com Recordings posted weekly following the live show.

Episodes

July 16, 2026 60 mins

00:00 Intro

05:58 Mike Driskill Day

18:27 Commercial Break

19:49 Second Street Repaving

32:57 Drought Conditions in VA

37:10 Name the Park

47:06 Town Park Survey Results

57:10 Town Events Calendar

59:19 Daniel 10:18-19a

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00:00 Intro

05:25 Joint EDA-Town Council Meeting

07:11 Old Virginia Brick

09:35 Brockman Park

19:15 Commercial Break

19:49 Return

34:05 Town Council Meeting

34:23 Town Park Names

37:15 Inoperable Vehicles

43:31 Town Council Election

45:24 Amherst County Day at the Park

47:26 Business Friendliness

52:08 Water Withdrawal Permit Compliance

53:03 Town Events Calendar

56:10 Romans 12:17-21

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00:00 Intro

03:18 Special Guest Jeromey Cowart

22:48 Commercial Break

23:55 Return

50:38 Commercial Break

51:45 Return

52:12 Second Stage Willow Oak

55:59 Town Events Calendar

01:01:52 Joshua 1:9

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00:00 Intro

01:44 Remembering Skippy Brown

13:43 Commercial Break

15:05 Return

20:59 Town Council Meeting

21:50 Chincoteague

26:46 Town Park Idea Survey

32:51 Name the Park Update

36:45 Commercial Break

37:47 Flags at the Park

39:35 Bulk Trash Pickup

40:49 ACHS Band Concert

42:31 Second Stage Storytelling

45:49 Town Events Calendar

48:53 Romans 8:28-30

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00:00 Intro

01:48 National Day of Prayer

03:22 Special Guest Fred Loving

05:28 Amherst Fire Department Museum Presentation

19:38 Bobby Motley

34:52 Welby Bailey

39:51 Bill Gannaway

51:45 Commercial Break

52:42 Town Events Calendar

58:02 I Corinthians 13:11-13

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00:00 Intro

04:36 Special Guest Octavia Starbuck

32:49 Commercial Break

34:04 Return

37:35 New Screening at Old Mill Park

40:13 Last Water Meter Installed

40:56 Hermle Clocks

46:02 Commercial Break

47:22 Town Events Calendar

48:40 Psalm 55:22-23

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00:00 Intro

02:40 National Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day

05:18 Caller

06:01 Fresh Ground Peanut Butter at Hangout on Main

15:40 Commercial Break

16:50 Return

18:37 New $3 Menu at McDonald’s

28:04 Name the Park Video

42:57 Places to Run, Jump, and Stroll

50:44 Commercial Break

51:45 Town Events Calendar

01:01:08 Romans 12:17-21

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00:00 Intro

11:49 Traffic Circle or Roundabout?

22:12 Commercial Break

23:40 Return

37:54 Town Council Meeting

38:22 Central Virginia Safety Action Plan

43:43 Pedestrian Improvement Resolution

44:29 Name the Park

47:09 Water e-Billing

48:46 Town Events Calendar

54:36 Commercial Break

55:31 James 4:14-17

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00:00 Intro

08:05 Town Council Meeting

11:08 Pedestrian Improvement Survey

16:31 Commercial Break

17:46 Return

29:17 Apple Harvest Festival

30:12 Town Budget for FY2027

32:13 Bulk Trash Pickup

35:34 Capital Improvement Program

35:55 Rezoning for New Ice Cream Shop

38:21 Special Use Permit for Jobbing Business

39:45 Front Setback Reduction

47:04 Commercial Break

47:57 Town Events Calendar

50:37 Jeremiah 7:5-7

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00:00 Intro

01:40 Special Guests Nina Garret and Scott McFarland

06:42 Garden Fest 2026

17:22 Commercial Break

18:27 Return

36:48 Opera on the James at Second Stage

44:10 New Town Park

46:34 Town Events Calendar

53:16 Numbers 6:24-26

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00:00 Intro

04:57 New Town Park

10:30 Board of Supervisors Meeting

14:55 Commercial Break

16:02 Return

22:32 New Town Voting Precinct

29:04 New Generator for Amherst Fire Department

34:31 Shrader House Boxwoods

48:21 Commercial Break

49:29 Return

49:57 Traffic Circle Too Busy?

54:29 Town Events Calendar

57:49 Job 38:1-3

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00:00 Intro

07:23 Groundhog Day

14:03 Commercial Break

15:14 Return

15:33 Town Council Meeting

15:58 Town Pedestrian Improvements

28:23 Town Engineer Herb White

28:56 Snow Removal Policy Update

31:15 Reserve Police Officers

33:06 Rutledge Hills Revitalization Area Designation

40:06 Commercial Break

41:14 Town Council Rules of Procedure

46:51 Town Council Code of Ethics

48:14 Town Events Calendar

51:52 II John 1:5-6

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00:00 Intro

02:50 Town Snow Removal Plan

06:45 Special Guest Aaron Ferro

15:15 Commercial Break

16:20 Return

48:57 Commercial Break

50:10 Town Events Calendar

55:24 Micah 6:8

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00:00 Intro

02:58 Special Guest Suny Monk

18:47 Commercial Break

20:52 Return

55:18 Commercial Break

56:44 Town Events Calendar

59:17 Matthew 5:44-45

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00:00 Intro

13:30 Commercial Break

14:38 Return

17:28 National Blonde Brownie Day

19:01 Winter Weather Update

28:54 Places to Run, Jump, and Stroll

36:40 Town Council Meeting Work Session Recap

37:13 Business Friendliness Ideas

51:08 Commercial Break

52:02 Town Events Calendar

53:49 Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

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00:00 Intro

07:46 Mayor Tuggle Elected President of Virginia Municipal League (VML)

14:49 Town Council Meeting

16:47 Cedar Street Development

18:36 Commercial Break

19:58 Return

20:07 Resolution for Ms. Ventris Gibson

24:24 Code Amendment for Cedar Street

30:27 Water Withdrawal Permit Update

42:21 Rules of Procedure and Code of Ethics

44:15 Continuance of Governance Resolution

46:59 Update on Status of WAMV

51:46 Town Events Calendar

54:43 Ephe...

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00:00 Intro

04:09 Christmas Parade Recap

14:22 Commercial Break

15:35 Return

23:12 Shrader House Update

25:05 Real Property Assessment Appeals

29:04 Last GFL Trash Pickup

33:59 Too Much Snow

36:54 Planning Commission Meeting

37:03 Cedar Street Development

43:24 Commercial Break

44:37 Amherst Woods Development

50:15 Town Events Calendar

56:11 Proverbs 17:17

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00:00 Intro

08:56 Town Christmas Parade

13:56 Commercial Break

15:23 Return

19:11 Second Stage Choir Performance

21:45 Board of Supervisors Meeting

23:45 Confederate Monument Plaque

36:08 Shrader House Demolition

39:53 Houston Joyner

42:26 Lucian and Bess Shrader

50:29 Town Events Calendar

57:14 Luke 6:37-38

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00:00 Intro

02:30 Special Guests Debbie Wood and Candice Mays

03:44 Amherst County Relay For Life

16:18 Commercial Break

17:24 Return

26:09 Amherst County Board of Supervisors Meeting

30:23 Shrader House To Be Demolished

41:26 New Metal Detectors at Amherst County High School

43:33 Commercial Break

44:45 Amherst County Museum Century of War Exhibit

47:42 Town Events Calendar

53:30 Isaiah 43:2-3

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00:00 Intro

01:46 Brockman Mountain Biking Trails

12:08 Commercial Break

13:15 Town Council Meeting

14:16 Deputy Town Manager Tracie Morgan Leaving

19:43 Grandview Drive Bed and Breakfast

20:54 Citizen Comments

35:03 New Town Voting Precinct

41:51 Veda Butcher Reappointed to Planning Commission

42:06 Christmas Parade

43:40 Councilwoman Wheaton Comments

45:58 Commercial Break

47:05 Town Events Calendar

53:24 1 Samuel 16:7

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