Historic district approved
More than 83,000 acres in southern Albemarle County are now officially on the National Register of Historic Places. The Southern Albemarle Rural Historic District is the largest such area east […]
Eastern connector limps along
"I will be dead before this road is built," said Albemarle County’s Director of Community Development Mark Graham near the end of a steering committee meeting for the Eastern Connector, […]
An executioner's song [December 18]
New Jersey has become the first state in more than four decades to abolish the death penalty, reports today’s Baltimore Sun. Thirty six states still allow executions, however, while 35 […]
One vote for solid waste [December 18]
Only one member of a five-person board was able to vote to fund solid waste services in the city and county, reports today's Daily Progress.
Double H Farmers Plead guilty
Mess with The Man and you will pay. That's the lesson for Double H farmers Richard Bean and Jean Rinaldi…
Born gentle [December 14]
Nell Boeschenstein, former C-VILLE staff writer, current graduate student at Columbia University…
Highway to hell [December 13]
A new report released today by the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) paints a dire picture of the current patterns of growth in Virginia, linking the energy costs of suburban sprawl to global warming.
Deeds runs for governor [December 13]
State senator (and Albemarle rep) Creigh Deeds has announced his candidacy for state governor.
COMPASS homeless again
COMPASS Day Haven, a homeless services group, is homeless themselves…again. In the second week of December
Long an All-American [December 12]
The awards just keep rolling in for UVA defensive end Chris Long. After garnering enough votes to finished 10th in the Heisman race…