Mary Ellen Mark's new photo essay details annual teen rite of passage
The prom is a major event in a teenager’s life. Arguably, the girls more than the boys, look forward to it all year.
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Mary Ellen Mark's new photo essay details annual teen rite of passage
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The prom is a major event in a teenager’s life. Arguably, the girls more than the boys, look forward to it all year.
A small glimpse into the local horse world
Woodberry Payne (pictured) says that certain places make good horses. But mostly, he said, what makes a good horse is something intangible inside them. It’s about a horse’s desire, what’s in a horse’s heart. (Photo by Carissa Dezort) The spring race at Foxfield is Saturday, April 28, and Woodberry Payne will be there as usual. […]
Trail work is top priority for the Charlottesville Area Mountain Bike Club
Happy trails: The Charlottesville Area Mountain Bike Club maintains and build paths for your riding pleasure. (Photo by Eric Kelley) Local fat tire fans have a lot to be excited about. Trails in and around Charlottesville have been multiplying in recent years, largely due to the hard work of the Charlottesville Area Mountain Bike Club. […]
Ragged Mountain Dam cases consolidated, hearing scheduled for May
“What is the money for?” Stanton Braverman demanded. “Payment for water? Payment for land? Was it a gift?”
Experts debate the controversy over uranium mining in Virginia
The debate over uranium mining in Virginia came to UVA last week, as Southern Environmental Law Center attorney Cale Jaffe joined Virginia Uranium Inc. project manager Patrick Wales as part of the Batten School’s Energy Policy Forum.
Mixed-income housing coming on Elliott Avenue
One of the largest plots of undeveloped city-owned land near Downtown—long used as a dumping ground for fill dirt and debris—is slated to become a new 47-unit mixed-income neighborhood, ushered into being by a builder-nonprofit partnership that some say is a model for the future of low-income and public housing development in Charlottesville.
Love’s family joins in seeking Huguely trial evidence ahead of sentencing
The field of intervenors who want to see the evidence used to convict then-UVA senior George Huguely of murdering fellow student Yeardley Love two years ago got a little more crowded last week.
Love’s family joins in seeking Huguely trial evidence ahead of civil suit
The field of intervenors who want to see the evidence used to convict then-UVA senior George Huguely of murdering fellow student Yeardley Love two years ago got a little more crowded last week.
Green Scene: This week's greenie news
Alice Waters, original foodie and creator of Berkeley, California’s Chez Panisse, made a stop at Buford Middle School’s City Schoolyard Garden last week. (Cramer Photo) This spring, goats have loomed large in what I think of as the headlines of our household: “Goats Escape; Are Recaptured. “Novice Farmers Await Birth of Unknown Number of Kids.” […]
Gardening with native plants in a time of change
Trillium, a spring ephemeral, flourishes on gardener Carol Angle’s Albemarle property. (Photo by Andrea Hubbell) Is this the hill? Is this the kirk? Is this mine own countree? —Samuel Taylor Coleridge A fascination with native flora—plants growing here before European settlement—has a venerable history in Charlottesville, and if you can’t guess who it traces to, […]