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Unwilling (or unable) to temper his prickly nature, Webb became notorious for brusquely brushing off reporters and refusing to hold his tongue, even when it was in his political interest.

The legacy of Biscuit Run continues to reverberate in this session of the General Assembly, where two bills head towards passage, each tackling the implications of the state’s hasty acquisition of the 1,200-acre former development for a future state park. After the Virginia Department of Transportation appraised the 1,200-acre Biscuit Run tract at $12 million, […]

Until business colossus and “The Apprentice” star Donald Trump cuts checks for Patricia Kluge’s foreclosed properties—the 45-room Albemarle House mansion, the unrealized luxury real estate development Vineyard Estates and the 900-acre Kluge Estate Winery & Vineyard—the three parcels belong to three separate banks, which hold combined liens totaling $65 million. However, sources close to negotiations […]

Two of the events defined the local arts in 2010, and you’ve probably heard plenty about both of them. In the middle of the summer, a group of up-and-coming photographers gathered at a local farm for an event called LOOKbetween to share their photographs on an inflatable screen pitched beside a peaceful little lake. A […]

Martha Trujillo adjusts her red vest, clips on the “Hablo Español” button and checks her pager. At 6:15pm on a Wednesday night, the atmosphere is calm. A few patients in wheelchairs roll through the lobby of the UVA hospital; visitors browse the hospital gift shop for some special memento and physicians hurry by. She checks […]

Last week, the city Planning Commission voted 4-2 to deny Southern Development’s request to amend proffers and a rezoning for the mixed-use development.

Music computer hasn’t always been this easy. Just ask Judith Shatin.  Forty years ago, you might have found her, a Ph.D. student in composition at Princeton University, slithering under the cover of night into the Engineering department with a stack of primitive punch cards, feeding them through a digital convertor, and then making her way […]

Albemarle County’s infant mortality rate increased to 6.5 from 5.6. And while Charlottesville’s infant mortality rate has decreased, the city’s rate remains 43 percent higher than the state average for the period spanning 2005 to 2009.

Due to a reporting error, a February 1 news story (“Walmart surrenders at Wilderness”) incorrectly stated the first name of Pulitzer Prize-winner Dr. James McPherson as “Curtis.” Due to a reporting error, a story in the 2011 Health Annual, published January 25, misstated the cost of the yoga class Elisa Ferrante teaches at Southwood. It […]

Is it just us, or is our beloved Commonwealth becoming more and more cantankerous and inhospitable with every passing day?