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June 08: Doing her homework

“It was freaky,” says Marijean Jaggers, describing the point in her life when she began working at home. It was early 2006 and her husband had been transferred from St. Louis to Charlottesville; she’d decided she would keep her job with a public relations firm and telecommute from her new home in Hollymead. Friends kept […]

Erika Howsare | June 3, 2008

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June 08: Let there be light

When Elizabeth Birdsall was a young girl, growing up in Florida, she would spend summers in a cabin on family land in western Albemarle. It’s a lush spot along a small river—a leafy contrast to the more settled area where she lived the rest of the year. She and her sister used to spend hours […]

Erika Howsare | June 3, 2008

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Local food markets keep branching out

More happy news from the local food front: Another farmer’s market has joined the roster, and this year’s Buy Fresh Buy Local guide is now hitting the streets. The new market is in Forest Lakes, in the parking lot of the South Recreational Facility, and runs Tuesdays from 4pm to 7pm.

Erika Howsare | May 28, 2008

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Kids pay for public school

Schoolkids and their parents are increasingly having to pay for public education right out of their own pockets. That’s according to a new report from the Legal Aid Justice Center’s JustChildren program, called “The Price of a Free Public Education” and released today.

Erika Howsare | May 21, 2008

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Cleaning up the confusion

It’s a little nuts, really, how a product that’s supposed to be healthful becomes nearly ubiquitous, only to have its healthfulness called into question. We speak, of course, of antibacterial soap: that germ-be-gone substance that’s probably in the bathroom nearest to you at this very moment, but that has acquired a reputation for encouraging bacteria […]

Erika Howsare | May 13, 2008

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Personal gift

Ever thought about becoming an egg donor for a couple who can’t conceive a baby on their own? Yes, it’ll earn you some compensation—$4,000 at the Reproductive Medicine and Surgery Center, the only local clinic with an egg donation program—but make no mistake: This is not easy money. We talked with the center’s medical director, […]

Erika Howsare | May 13, 2008