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Even if no one will miss it, an urban tree deserves to be replaced.

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.