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What’s going on this weekend?

Tim Dixon, owner-developer of the award-winning Iron Horse biker hotel in Milwaukee and lately a partner to Landmark owner Halsey Minor, spoke to the Lifestyle/Boutique Hotel Development Conference in Miami yesterday and told the crowd that "boutiques" are "kicking the crap out of" national chain hotels and that the key to success in developing hotels is getting enough "funky money" (tax credits and other government grants).

The year is 1860 and you’re a passenger on the Virginia Central Railway, making its usual stopover in Gordonsville, where you will “exchange” your ticket for the next part of your journey. When you get off the train you see a brand new hotel with wide verandas and stately columns. Aptly named, “The Exchange Hotel” […]

You’ve seen them popping up everywhere—those perfectly square little black & white blobs that look like a mini labyrinth or the background of a Pac Man game. Some people have mistaken them for a new type of bar code and others just scratch their heads, wondering what in the world are they? “They” are Quick […]

In the 90s during the Internet boom, it seemed like the whole world was on track to go digital and online. Americans were beginning to see the usefulness of the Internet and began to send mail, shop, and receive news and other types of media all digitally. The Internet was changing our way of life […]

On learning that one of the independent City Council candidates had “endorsed” her this morning, Democratic candidate for City Council Deirdre “Dede” Smith released the following statement:

“Bob is a great guy, and a friend. While we agree on some issues, and it is flattering that an opponent in the City Council race would endorse me, I did not request it, I did not authorize it, and I am not and will not be endorsing him. I am a proud Democrat, and I’m proud to be running as a Democrat on the ticket with Satyendra Huja and Kathy Galvin.”

The Harringtons’ $3.5 million lawsuit keeps investigation options open, and could fund multiple memorial efforts

A new national holiday aims to start a conversation. Who will join in?

Update of the 2006 project details success of the previous years and plans for the future

Planning Commission approves preliminary site plan for 90-unit Dunlora Forest development at the corner of Rio and Pen Park Roads