As home prices increase, homeowners are finding new options available to them. Many have regained the equity they’d lost over the last several years and this creates an opportunity to remodel or sell. For those still sitting on the fence, we’re offering some tips to help make that all-important decision. A basic starting point is […]
If you want to see what “handmade in Virginia” looks like, hit the road this weekend for the Artisans Studio Tour – and allow yourself some time. “Two years ago we documented a 400 attendance figure with just shy of 3,000 studio’s visits,” says potter and tour organizer Nancy Ross. That means people who started the […]
Buying a home and going through the mortgage process can be stressful and have long-term negative consequences if you don’t avoid some of these common pitfalls. (1) Not getting a fixed rate loan Fixed-rate loans are no longer priced at record lows, so you might be tempted to grab an adjustable-rate mortgage. But unless you’re […]
In August, Rich Collins had a near miss. The Charlottesville resident said he was driving west on Rio Road East with his daughter in the passenger seat when he went to make a left onto Hillsdale Drive. The signaled intersection, which lies about half a mile east of Route 29, was familiar to him, and […]
With his construction start date just weeks away, Violet Crown Cinemas CEO Bill Banowsky is sharing more details of his plans for a total overhaul of downtown Charlottesville’s only movie theater, from the physical layout to his strategy for competing in a closely controlled movie market. Banowsky is partnering with downtown Regal building owner Dorothy […]
Mary Williams Community Center member turns 100 On Wednesday November 4th, the Mary Williams Community Center celebrated the birthday of 100-year-old Annie Merritt. Friends and family came together in the Carver Recreation Center multi-purpose room filled with balloons, kind words, and tokens of love and appreciation to celebrate the special day. Children from the YMCA’s […]
The Charlottesville Electoral Board asked for and received the resignation of Charlottesville registrar Sheri Iachetta today during a two-hour closed session. Iachetta was charged with six felonies in September for approving city-funded cell phones for her husband, a former employee of the registrar’s office who left in 2009, and local attorney Stephanie Commander, a former […]
A recent Virginia court appearance of accused Hannah Graham abductor Jesse L. Matthew Jr. is raising questions about who will represent him in what could be the most serious and complex set of prosecutions spanning multiple jurisdictions in recent memory. On Friday, October 31, Matthew appeared via video feed accompanied by his Charlottesville-based attorney Jim Camblos […]
Modern day slavery: It’s here When the 17-year-old girl left Honduras with her older boyfriend in 2010 and crossed the border into the United States, she was told a waitressing job and legal immigration papers awaited her in a place she’d never heard of: Harrisonburg, Virginia. But instead of finding the American dream, she was […]
Incumbent Mark Warner has claimed victory in a Virginia U.S. Senate race some say is still too close to call. His opponent, Republican Ed Gillespie, held the lead during much of the night’s tallying, but late-posted vote totals in Fairfax County and elsewhere helped Warner close the gap and pull ahead by a very slim margin. Late last […]