Speed racer
In the early ‘80s a class of fifth graders from Stonewall Elementary School in Clear Brook, close to Winchester, took a field trip to White Post Restorations, a car restoration […]
Dangerous curves
Since his childhood, a dream of working on luxury cars has revved Kenny Shreves’ engines. He currently works mostly on Porsches in Werkstatt, his performance shop in Charlottesville, where […]
Speed thrills
When I arrived at the Augusta Government Center in Verona, I was immediately greeted by a line of Porsches waiting for their turn to race the circuit. I was supposed […]
Lawsuits brewing over MCP
Even though City Council has cast its final vote on the city road portion of the
Craig buys Wachovia building for $6.7M
Not everyone is in retreat mode during the current economic climate. Local developer Hunter Craig has purchased the Wachovia building on the Downtown Mall for $6.65 million. The building at […]
Hotel developers given leeway with facade
The black granite façade of the former Boxer Learning Center
CAAR to write neighborhood Wiki entries
Once a novelty and now a rather pedestrian online encyclopedia, Wikipedia triggered its news avalanche when someone rewrote the entry about Sarah Palin shortly before she joined McCain’s presidential bid. […]
The "X" miles
“The project that really gets my fancy right now is that I am building one of those X Prize cars,” says Oliver Kuttner, one of Kenny Shreves’ early employers and […]
Lean, green racing machines
It was bound to happen: even racing has “gone green.” The American Le Mans Series (ALMS) announced in January its commitment to using alternative fuels in motorsports and partnered with […]
YMCA: More softball questions than Larry King
Bob Fenwick sat on a bench in front of McIntire Park’s softball fields. “This is such a beautiful place,” he says, pointing to the trees that stretch into the horizon. […]