Local environmental groups have teamed up to challenge the long-term plans of the state’s largest power provider, Virginia Dominion Power, citing a report released last Tuesday by third-party energy think tanks. The report, commissioned by Wise Energy for Virginia Coalition, which includes local organizations Appalachian Voices and the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), claims that […]
Charles “Mac” McRaven sits in the basement of a house he built, flipping through a book he wrote about a trade he’s mastered. As the 78-year-old master craftsman describes his work in a smooth Arkansas drawl, he radiates energy, passion, and wisdom gained over a half-century in the field. Among the country’s preeminent stonemasons, builders, […]
What’s green, local, and tastes great in a soup? A whole lot more than you might think. Several area environmental groups are collaborating to raise public awareness of the many edible plants that grow in Charlottesville and the benefits of eating wild food. Members of Transition Charlottesville Albemarle, Blue Ridge Permaculture Network, and Cville Foodscapes […]
Nearly a week after her disappearance, the search for missing Nelson County teenager Alexis Murphy is centered on Charlottesville. The FBI and other investigators have set up a base in the city, where the 17-year-old’s car was found Tuesday in a movie theater parking lot on Route 29. Murphy vanished Saturday, August 3, after telling […]
Madison County has waited 80 years for its own entrance to Shenandoah National Park, and park officials told county administrators on July 29 that they would have to keep waiting. A proposal by the Madison County Board of Supervisors to upgrade Rapidan Road and establish a new entrance for motor vehicles was denied last week […]
A year after Charlottesville’s Legal Aid Justice Center filed a class action suit on behalf of prisoners at the Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women, alleging the prison’s health care contractor, Armor Correctional Health Services, Inc., consistently neglected serious health issues like blood clots and cancer, the plaintiffs are pointing to a few small victories as the […]
In front of Sue DiMagno’s home on Essex Street stands a wooden structure that looks a little like an oversized mailbox: two feet wide, glass-fronted, filled with books. Inside is an array of titles: Heaven’s Keep; Tripwire; Five Sisters. A small, white plaque on top of the box reads: “Little Free Library. Take a book. […]