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On June 17, the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) distributed $21.9 million in grants throughout the state as part of its Transportation Enhancement Program.

During a June 22 meeting of the Rivanna Water & Sewer Authority (RWSA), Casey Burch, a project manager for HDR Engineering, shared results of the firm’s Dredging Feasibility Study. All told, Burch wagered that a one-time dredge of the South Fork Reservoir could cost between $34 million and $40.2 million—and subsequent dredging might be more […]

WTJU is like a box of chocolates. Can it stay that way? The management at UVA’s community radio station continues to face widespread consternation among its volunteer staff about a proposed set of changes that DJs fear would bring an end to free-form programming, long a hallmark of the station and its culture. “It seems […]

 It would be quite easy to dismiss the experimental music played at The BridgePAI Saturday night

Ten UVA engineering students are interning this summer at a Rolls-Royce jet-engine factory in Indianapolis.

As we ease into this year’s post-primary, pre-election lull, we can’t help but gaze back at the first half of this eventful year. And as we do, we’re struck by all of the curious and outrageous news items that we somehow failed to cover the first time around.  So, as a public service to Virginia’s […]

 As the morning fog lifts from the rolling hills of Barboursville Vineyards, Melissa Close-Hart, executive chef at the Palladio Restaurant, is busy opening boxes of fresh local produce with her sous chef, Mike Yager, and three assistants. Later, from this assortment of basil, mint and mushrooms, they’ll prepare fresh garnishes for their handmade pastas and […]

There’s no shortage of creative potential on the 300 block of West Main Street, a section of the city’s Vinegar Hill neighborhood that was once populated with automobile shops like Russell Mooney Oldsmobile. And if destruction is a form of creation, then a recent meeting of the Board of Architectural Review (BAR) provided a chance […]

Between shelved plans for a new library and a Master Plan that predicts what some residents feel is a larger-than-expected population build-out, it’s been a tough year for Crozetians.

During its regular session, the General Assembly passed legislation that allows localities to opt out of paying a 5 percent member contribution to the Virginia Retirement Services