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When former UVIMCO CEO Chris Brightman unexpectedly announced his resignation, confirmed in a March 18 report by Pensions & Investments magazine

The John Paul Jones Arena, an entertainment venue owned by the Commonwealth of Virginia, deals with questions concerning revenue, ticket sales during an economic downturn, and whether Lady Gaga could fill its seats to capacity if she brought her act to Charlottesville. Now, arena staff may be acknowledging that public safety is an even higher […]

According to Freddie Mac, one of the nation’s largest mortgage financing companies, interest rates have increased steadily during the past few weeks

 Dear Ace: I had no idea Google had a dietary branch, but if what I’m hearing around town is correct, they’ve come up with something called “Google Fiber,” and the city and county want to bring it to Charlottesville! What’s up with that? And will it obstruct my ability to purchase digestion-assisting whole grains, flax […]

 If you’re looking for a living example of the kind of extreme religious rhetoric, uttered in the name of policy-making, that would make the Founding Fathers cringe, you need look no further than Virginia’s own Bob Marshall.  The 13th District (Prince William County) conservative delegate, who is the state’s leading voice in the war against […]

After taking in the range of art that fills the new Chroma Projects Art Laboratory on the Downtown Mall,

On March 26, UVA released online admissions decisions to 22,520 high school seniors—a record number of applications for the university.

 How long does it take to construct a state park? Look no further than Middle Peninsula State Park in Gloucester County. The 438-acre parkland was purchased in 2005 by the Commonwealth of Virginia, with money from a $119 million bond created in 2002 for land conservation and parkland acquisition. Nearly five years later, and the […]

 For anyone who thought that last week’s climactic vote on the healthcare reform bill would reduce the toxic levels of partisan rancor in Washington, think again! If anything, President Obama’s hard-fought victory has only served to blow the lid off the Republican party’s boiling cauldron of rage, releasing a vast cloud of crazy that seems […]

 Dear Ace: Every year, my husband and I celebrate the beginning of spring with an aerial tour of the renewed landscape. We’re new to Charlottesville, and wondering where around here we might find a private plane, helicopter, or balloon to give us a bird’s eye view of the area?—Fuselage-Fool-in-Charlottesville Would-be Charlottesville aeronauts have several places […]