Ellamenope and Zinnia live in city resident Laura Covert’s backyard now that Charlottesville allows small goats as pets. (Photo by Nick Strocchia) As Laura Covert approaches the large pen in the backyard of her Woolen Mills home, Ellamenope and Zinnia jump around and squeeze their snouts through the square holes in the wire fence, […]
Ellamenope and Zinnia live in city resident Laura Covert’s backyard now that Charlottesville allows small goats as pets. (Photo by Nick Strocchia) As Laura Covert approaches the large pen in the backyard of her Woolen Mills home, Ellamenope and Zinnia jump around and squeeze their snouts through the square holes in the wire fence, […]
After a day of angry demands and hopeful rallies, UVA’s Board of Visitors emerged from nearly 12 hours of discussion to offer up a decision, if not an explanation.
The growing CLAW league is strong enough for a man, but made for a woman like Sistah Mary Slammer (pictured). (Photo by Billy Hunt) The house is packed with fans fidgeting in anticipation of the arrival of their favorite wrestling personalities. A foul mouthed MC takes center stage, building excitement with the crowd. Fans explode from […]
On April 10, a dedication ceremony was held for The Crossings, a single-room occupancy, permanent housing facility located at the corner of Fourth Street and Preston Avenue
After just two years as President of the University of Virginia, Teresa Sullivan is stepping down in what the University Board of Visitors is calling a “mutual decision.”
Jim Justice II doesn’t call central Virginia home, but his footprint in the region is big—and growing.
(File photo) For city residents, keeping a dog on a leash is commonplace. But in the county, where backyards are more spacious, some have come to expect to see animals running around untethered. Now thanks to a new Albemarle County’ ordinance, allowing a dog to run freely on another’s property is a Class 4 Misdemeanor, […]
BULLETIN BOARD Eco reading: Virginia Cooperative Extension, a Virginia Tech-based organization that offers education in farm management, agriculture, and natural resources, recently announced that it has released several of its publications in e-book format. Free publications include “Boiling Water Bath Canning,” “Pruning Peach Trees,” and “Aerating Your Lawn,” and additional titles will be released each […]
Will George Allen’s ability to capitalize on anti-Obama sentiment put him back on the political map? (Washington Time-Zuma Press) Depending on when you’re reading this, Virginia’s ex-governor, ex-senator, and ongoing political punch line George Allen is either a) the presumptive Republican senatorial nominee, or b) the actual Republican senatorial nominee. The chance that he is […]