How to Enjoy Breathtaking Fall Views
By Ken Wilson – Nature XXVII, Autumn The morns are meeker than they were, The nuts are getting brown; The berry’s cheek is plumper, The rose is out of town. […]
Volunteers: The Heart of Our Community
By Marilyn Pribus – Volunteers are at the heart of any community from folks giving time to their church or children’s activities to those helping victims of domestic violence or […]
Opportunity gap: How your city neighborhood defines your life
The neighborhoods where poor children grow up can have a huge impact on their future earnings, a new analysis of census data shows. Here in Charlottesville, children growing up in […]
Going green: Staunton to begin growing and selling medical cannabis this year
While marijuana use has become more mainstream in recent years (a 2017 survey by Marist College found there are almost as many marijuana users as cigarette smokers in the U.S., […]
In brief: New monikers, old murder case, hot market and more
Goodbye, Robert E. Lee The statue remains in the former Lee Park, but the park’s name has changed—twice—in the past year. That trend is happening across the state, most recently […]
Starlight memories: Bus service folds with coming of Megabus
Oliver Kuttner saw a need. In the early part of this century, it wasn’t easy to get from Charlottesville to New York. Amtrak did not have daily service—and with connections, […]
The Parade of Homes Continues This Weekend With All the Best in New Construction
By Celeste M. Smucker – The exciting lineup of Charlottesville’s best new construction continues this weekend—Saturday and Sunday, October 13 and 14 from noon to 5:00 p.m.—at the Blue Ridge […]
In brief: Diverging diamond, Way’s passing, educator arrested and more
Six road projects, one $36-million package The Virginia Department of Transportation has identified six upgrades for Albemarle roads, and will choose one contractor to design and build them for $35.9 […]
‘Grace and dignity’: Former UVA president Robert O’Neil remembered as constitutional icon
It’s no surprise that Robert O’Neil, the University of Virginia’s sixth president, who died September 30, leaves behind an accomplished life, particularly in constitutional law. But what friends keep mentioning […]
Found guilty: Theologian banned from UVA for life appeals decision
When about 40 protesters gathered at the University of Virginia School of Law library April 25 to chase off Jason Kessler, one man was arrested—and it wasn’t the one who […]