City Council approves interchange design
The Meadowcreek Parkway (MCP) is one step closer to becoming a reality.
Tracking stimulus money locally
While the benefits of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), a.k.a. the stimulus package, are being debated in Congress and around the country, for one city agency, that money […]
Greg Kelly steers the city’s freshest art space
Greg Kelly takes his time making coffee in a silver pot in his little Belmont house. He’s talking about what it means to be an artist, something that had been […]
Biscuit Run rumored to be donated as state park
The 1,200-acre parcel known as Biscuit Run is rumored to soon be donated to the state of Virginia as parkland.
Slutzky baffles the Board one last time
To build anything of note in Albemarle County—a shopping mall, a cluster of townhomes, an office park—usually requires a rezoning. Sounds simple enough, but rezoning usually requires a series of […]
Red dirt alert!
Construction crews broke ground on eastbound sections of Hydraulic Road to provide access to the site of a planned Whole Foods supermarket. Nighttime construction is expected to continue on […]
Twenty years of local news and arts in the spotlight
Eight games into last year’s basketball season, former UVA coach Dave Leitao and his Cavaliers had a 4-4 overall record. One year and one coach later, new guy Tony Bennett […]
"From Magic Mountain;" Russ Warren; Les Yeux du Monde
The title of Russ Warren’s show at Les Yeux du Monde, “From Magic Mountain,” alludes to the early twentieth century novel by Thomas Mann, wherein a young shipbuilder-to-be heads to […]
A Christmas Story; Four County Players; Through December 15
Holiday crowdpleasers are a necessary evil in the industry of community theatre.
This is spinal prep
Dear Ace: We’ve got a medical school and a massage school, but where around here can I learn to become a chiropractor?—Crooked-Condition-in-Charlottesville You can’t, so Ace hopes the prospect of […]