Caite Hamilton

Paraguay-born Gloria Rockhold lives in 12-year cycles. Five years into the current one, the Latino liaison for Albemarle County Schools says she feels “perfectly placed.” With a focus on education, she fills her days coordinating programs for underprivileged minorities, like the photography project she arranges with The Bridge/PAI or the after-school program she oversees at […]

 Ernest Hemingway once said, “If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you.” This is especially true for Toan Nguyen.  A French citizen until he was 18, the C’ville Coffee owner feels a special connection to […]

If you feel that signing up for one of the six local CSAs is a bit like playing a game of musical chairs, one Albemarle farm is doing its part to make sure everyone finds a seat at the Community Supported Agriculture table. Says Bellair Farm CSA Manager Jamie Barrett, “Our goal is to connect […]

 When Gillian and Will Grimm set out to buy a house last spring, they didn’t have to look far: The one they wanted was across the street.  A simple Cape Cod with white siding and blue shutters, the North Downtown house wasn’t much to write home about, but the couple saw its hidden potential. In […]

 On a rainy Tuesday morning, a group of five students—one man and four women, all of varying ages—stand on pieces of paper littered across the floor of Speak! Language Center’s main classroom. The papers signify different locales, like la discoteca, la stazione and il bar, and the students are meant to hop from one to […]