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Green happenings: Charlottesville environmental news and events

Each week, C-VILLE’s Green Scene page takes a look at local environmental news. The section’s bulletin board has information on local green events and keeps you up to date on statewide happenings. […]

lauraingles | October 25, 2012

News

Ivy Creek Foundation hosts last plant walk of the year

“Plants are a lot like people—they have their redeeming qualities even when they’re hard to tolerate,” Tony Russell said as he gestured at an invasive vine winding its way up […]

lauraingles | October 24, 2012

News

Local outdoor enthusiast rides unicycle 2,000 miles for charity

Charlottesville resident Gen Shimizu spent three months of his life braving the elements and wildlife of the Rocky Mountains—on a unicycle. After hiking the Appalachian Trail and Pacific Crest Trail […]

lauraingles | October 17, 2012

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Center for Watershed Protection works to care for waterways

Dave Hirschman and Laurel Woodworth are serious about their work with the Center for Watershed Protection, a national nonprofit with a mission to clean up and care for waterways in […]

C-VILLE Writers | October 11, 2012

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Break on through: Ultra runners push the limits of human endurance

“Runners to the starting line!” Excitement ripples through the Wintergreen parking lot as dozens of Spandex-clad men and women, all of them solid muscle, take final swigs of Gatorade, kiss […]

lauraingles | October 9, 2012

Living

Charlottesville Track Club inspires new runners

Working out before the sun comes up is never easy. But it helps to have the support of some like-minded friends. That’s the attitude of the members of the Charlottesville […]

jeddferris | October 4, 2012

News

Green happenings: Charlottesville environmental news and events

Each week, C-VILLE’s Green Scene page takes a look at local environmental news. The section’s bulletin board has information on local green events and keeps you up to date on statewide happenings. […]

lauraingles | October 4, 2012

Living

The best of the fests: 21 events to kick off your fall fantastic

The Festy Experience Friday, October 5 to Sunday, October 7 Devils Backbone Brewery (200 Mosby’s Run, Roseland) Every music festival has an identity of its own. Names like Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, […]

C-VILLE Writers | September 11, 2012

Living

Heritage Harvest Festival transforms Monticello into celebration of farm culture

The exalted heights of Monticello are not normally associated with grassroots organizing. Visit this year’s Heritage Harvest Festival at Monticello, though, and you’ll enjoy the fruit of a seed planted […]

gilesmorris | September 11, 2012

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Albemarle upgrades county trails and recreation space

Dan Mahon has one of the coolest jobs in Virginia. While other Albemarle County staff are stuck behind desks, this ponytailed child at heart spends most of his days running […]

lauraingles | July 17, 2012

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