Your tax dollars, at work
Richard Wiggans Job title: Director of finance for Albemarle County Resides in: Crozet Has worked for the county for: 5 years Best of times: The opportunities to help people directly. […]
Buy, buy, love!
This is the time of year when we plough through magazines and websites looking for that Perfect Something. What’s Oprah giving to her studio audience this year? What’s Angelina putting […]
Correction
Due to a proofreading error, in last week’s Arts picks, the write-up for the play The Santaland Diaries [“Holiday freakin’ cheer”] was printed twice. As much as we approve of […]
Students study city SRO sites
Undergraduates’ typical culminating class products—hastily scribbled exams, papers slapped together with a lot of caffeine and little sleep—are destined for the dustbin. But the nine seniors in Betsy Roettger’s community […]
Crib notes on student exam schedule
As students cram for their final exams and pack their bags, townies wait with baited breath until they are gone. With such things to look forward to as free flowing […]
What's in your backpack?
Chad Mizelle Age: 19 Year: Freshman Hometown: Newport News Major: Undeclared What’s in your backpack? Laptop, iPod, empty Mountain Dew bottle, notebook, pens, pencils, Kashi TLC Chewy Granola Bar, […]
Business park courts Crozetians
At a neighborhood meeting and open house they organized December 9, Will Yancey and his team took another step toward persuading Albemarle County to approve the Yancey Mills Business Park […]
Fredericks' 'berg
Heading into last weekend’s 'Advance'—the annual confab held by the Republican Party of Virginia (RPV) to talk shop, party hearty, and plan strategy for the coming year—current RPV Chairman Jeff Frederick knew that he might be in for a rough ride.
Think global, paint local
On a bright, chilly Monday morning two days before Election Day, Edward Thomas and I stand at the perimeter of the bamboo forest at the corner of Cherry and Ridge […]
A Carol with Charles in charge
Scrooge, Tiny Tim—in some ways we know these characters better than our own family, a phenomenon that presents potential hazards and rewards for any director attempting to