Each week, C-VILLE’s Green Scene page takes a look at local environmental news. The section’s bulletin board has information on local green events and keeps you up to date on statewide happenings. Got an event or a tip you’d like to see here and in the paper? Write us at news@c-ville.com. Winter woods walk: Wild Virginia will […]
A few weeks ago, I stopped at a gas station on 29 just north of the Albemarle County line and texted C-VILLE staff writer Laura Ingles. I had just spent some quality time with an eviscerated deer. “That. Was. Awesome. I’ll send you a gory photo if you want.” Then came the picture of a […]
The next chapter L’étoile has served up a delectable lunch since its inception in 1993, but that will come to an end in the beginning of the New Year, ushering in a streamlined focus on dinner service, special event group luncheons, and catering. Chef Mark Gresge’s French-Virginian cuisine will be available for dinner only Tuesday-Saturdays […]
Much of our lives is put into lists: grocery lists, to-do lists, guest lists, playlists, shit lists… Thus, we’re ending the year with a laundry, ahem, list of the highs and lows of the past 12 months. We’ve scrolled through everything we wrote, everything you said in response, and pretty much everything in between to chronicle the […]
“This will be the first Christmas I haven’t been on the street in years,” said Shawn Bradley, 42, a Desert Storm veteran who moved into The Crossings last spring. “I basically was homeless, on the streets and in the woods for about four-and-a-half years.” The Crossings, a housing complex of 60 studio apartments located at […]
Hands down, this is my favorite time of year: “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” Dr. Seuss’ “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” spiced cookies, figgy pudding—and, of course, the drinks. Holiday drinks are, by design, meant to be communal. At least, in my family they always were. I can remember my early childhood, running around my grandparents’ […]
Make the new year bright Chef Dean Maupin at C&O is getting creative with his four-course menu on New Year’s Eve, which is a steal at $55 per person. The evening also features a brand new champagne and sparkling wine list, Red and the Romantics playing rockabilly tunes (starting at 10pm), and a complementary toast […]
Each week, C-VILLE’s Green Scene page takes a look at local environmental news. The section’s bulletin board has information on local green events and keeps you up to date on statewide happenings. Got an event or a tip you’d like to see here and in the paper? Write us at news@c-ville.com. Extra, extra: The Rivanna Trail Foundation […]
Local governments are repositories for vast amounts of useful information that often never see the light of day. The City of Charlottesville’s new Geographic Information System web viewer changes that. Remember the first time you Google mapped your own house? The city’s GIS viewer works a bit like that. Users can search properties by street […]
Each week, the news team takes a look at upcoming meetings and events in Charlottesville and Albemarle we think you should know about. Consider it a look into our datebook, and be sure to share newsworthy happenings, too. The Albemarle County Architectural Review Board has CANCELLED its previously scheduled 1pm meeting on Monday, December 17. […]