The very brief memoir of a news editor

On my first day as news editor, a job I took after three years on the arts desk, Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington’s body was found on an Albemarle County farm, months after her disappearance from the area around the John Paul Jones Arena. Love’s death followed in May.

Why Seniors Love Central Virginia

Central Virginia is considered a great place to retire—and with good reason. In fact, Money Magazine, working with Sperling’s BestPlaces.net, shows Charlottesville as Number Two on their national top-ten list of Places to Retire Young. Criteria include a thriving economy, reasonable cost of living and housing coupled with positive population and job growth. They also […]

News & Views 2.2.2012

Claudius Crozet Railroad Tunnel  The Clann Mhor Organization’s presentation on the Claudius Crozet railroad tunnel through Afton Mountain will be held on February 9, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. at the downtown Gateway Theatre, 329 W. Main Street, Waynesboro, VA.   Learn about the Irish immigrants and slaves who constructed this 1900’s historical phenomenon.  Donations of […]