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At first I didn’t recognize him, which is crazy, since for the last week I’ve been thinking of nothing but George Huguely.

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 […]

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 […]

Many people believe that estate planning is only for the wealthy. A person who owns real estate, stocks, bonds or personal effects has an estate. Everyone should have a will, as it dictates how and by whom one’s final wishes are carried out when it comes to their estate. Nobody expects to die today or […]

Kassia Arbabi on the challenges of riding a bike all winter.

Immediately after the shootings in Tucson, people held forth on how the nasty rhetoric in our current politics might encourage violent acts like this. Mark Shields, a public tv commentator and as reasonable a man as you can find, believed it could influence unstable
characters.

The total value of the city’s taxable property decreased by 1.22 percent, a reflection of national trends in a slow economy.

Comments on a canning blog reveal what people nosh in the winter.

If this UVA basketball team were a summer movie they’d be a box office smash.

Like Depp, DiCaprio, Damon or Affleck, these guys are real easy to root for. And they are seldom dull.

There’s a human element, dare I say a "Hoosiers"-like quality to them.

This one is straight out of the Dukes of Hazzard, folks. Yesterday (January 30), an Albemarle County Sheriff’s Office deputy fell prey to an infuriated rooster while serving a warrant on a person who failed to show up for a court date. Deputy Tom Wood caught the force of the rooster’s attack below the belt before retaliating with a can of mace that proved ineffective.