We’re bigger, older and wiser. Over the past two decades, we’ve sometimes been well ahead of the curve, like when we projected DMB’s rise to the top, and sometimes we’ve been, well, wrong. We’ve captured people saying things they might regret later; we’ve championed the underdog (hello, Congressman Perriello!). Each week, as we celebrate our 20th anniversary, we’ll take you on a highly selective tour through all of it. Yeah, we might look and feel different than we did back in the day, but in two decades of reporting on Charlottesville and Albemarle, a couple of things have remained constant: C-VILLE is still free and it’s still free-thinking.
Paging through the archives
"As long as I am physically able, I will not sell the Vinegar Hill or allow it to change in any way. I love looking out of the porthole at the people while they are watching the movies."—Ann Porotti as told to Barbara Rich, January 11, 2005
Getting covered
Virgil goes to Washington! That was the C-VILLE cover story back on April 29, 1997, a few months after the then-freshman Congressman had taken his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Before that, he’d spent 25 years in the General Assembly. And now…well, as of January 6, Virgil’s not on the Hill anymore. Tom goes to Washington!
