Puttin’ places Mini-golf isn’t just for trips to the beach and boardwalk. Charlottesville has two family-owned greens that offer classic summer fun for little putters—and parents, too. The Putt Putt […]
Sitting on a restaurant’s patio in the summer heat is a summertime rite of passage. Here’s a list of al fresco places around town to eat, drink, see, and be […]
Wilco (Photo by Austin Nelson) Get out now Nine can’t-miss local events this summer LOOK3 Charlottesville Festival of the Photograph (June 7-9) Billed as “three days of peace, love, […]
Our office is a motley crew with myriad accents and hometowns, but our summer food memories are all sweet and ripe with nostalgia. Here’s what we still taste from […]
The Festy Experience (Photo by Tom Daly) Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn. (June 7-10) bonnaroo.com Brave the Bonnaroo elements—dust, heat and the crowd of 80,000—and you’ll be […]
River Bend Vice President Alan Taylor is excited to develop the land between Fifth and Avon streets into a shopping center featuring Wegmans, a high-end grocery store with devoted […]
A plan for the newly updated Azalea Park shows rearranged amenities and a new parking layout. (City Parks Department) How does a park grow? Many in the Fry’s Spring […]
Forecasts for the 2012 hurricane season predict an average number of Atlantic storms, but a UVA climatologist says we’re in for an uptick in activity soon. (Photo: Zuma Press/zumapress.com) ’Tis […]
Charlottesville’s Human Rights Task Force was born amid controversy last winter as the City Council put the brakes on a plan to appoint a body to investigate, mediate, and issue rulings on alleged cases of discrimination.
Plans to complete the long-contested Meadowcreek Parkway through McIntire Park cleared another hurdle last week when a federal judge dismissed the case filed by the Coalition to Preserve McIntire Park, which is attempting to block the planned interchange with the 250 Bypass.