Out of the Wilderness: Walmart drops plans to build near battlefield
According to reports, representatives for the store told an Orange County Circuit Court that Walmart would no longer pursue a special use permit for the site
Ice, ice baby: Winter weather closes Albemarle and Charlottesville schools
You must have weather, whether you like it or not. School, however, doesn’t necessarily follow the same rules.
Water update: Ragged Mountain Dam compromise?
In less than 48 hours, the waterlogged debate between Charlottesville and Albemarle County officials over the Lower Ragged Mountain Dam became measurably different for every person involved.
Stop picking on us
Nothing is dead on Davis Avenue, a cozy stretch of brick homes north of the Downtown Mall. However, you wouldn’t know it to look at the massive birds that roost in a group of trees nearby. A mob of turkey vultures roost in trees near Davis Field, north of the Downtown Mall. While Charlottesville and […]
Morgan Harrington’s parents mark anniversary of daughter’s discovery in Albemarle farm
Dan and Gil Harrington, parents of the slain 20-year-old Virginia Tech student, will meet with reporters at the Copeley Road bridge and Anchorage Farm
George Allen launches “American comeback” with Senate reelection bid
"You know what we’ve been getting from Washington?"a familiar voice asks over images of the U.S. Capitol. "Overspending, finger-pointing, and government mandates."
Robert Hurt talks tort reform, interstate insurance competition at Charlottesville office
The Fifth District Republican doesn’t know where he’ll sit for the State of the Union Address, but knows where he stands on repealing health care reform
Toscano: Cuccinelli climate investigation part of country-wide “attack on science”
Local delegate talks about bills that would limit the Attorney General’s civil investigative demand power
An Albemarle House divided?
It appears that no house is a safe house for former winery owner Patricia Kluge, whose financial struggles continue. Last week, a county judge appointed J. Todd Willett, Director of Asset Services for real estate firm CB Richard Ellis, to “maintain the status quo” of Albemarle House, the property she acquired in her divorce settlement […]
Make up your mind
If, as G.I. Joe once told us, “knowing is half the battle,” then what is the other half? Charlottesville is one of the brainiest cities in the country—which means, presumably, that we know a lot. The irony? We don’t know how our collective brainpower works. Local entrepreneur Jeff Gunther describes his OpenSpace business as a […]