Phil Bradley, shown here in 1999 when the memorial he built to the crash's victims in Mint Springs Valley Park was dedicated, used an accurate scale-model of the Piedmont DC-3 to illustrate its ...

An offhand comment by Planning Commissioner Rick Randolph at a January meeting on land use raised an oft-considered question: Should Crozet become a town? As Randolph tried to blunt citizen calls for ...

The HART team and their co-workers accept an award from the Virginia Association of Counties. From left, Fire Rescue Chief Dan Eggleston, Chief Human Services Officer Kaki Dimock, Sue Hess with ...

A rendering of how the solar array will look when complete this fall at the Ivy Materials Utilization Center on Dick Woods Road. Photo: RSWA Construction is underway on a 13.5-acre solar array that ...

The Nelson County Sheepdogs June in their official formation on June 20 at Zenith Firearms, with a Viet Nam-era UH-1 Huey helicopter in the background. Submitted photo. Militia groups in Virginia will ...

While I was hacking away at wild grapevine tangled in a patch of paw paws, a flash of red popped into view. There was no mistaking it. The half-inch critter in front of me was a spotted lanternfly, in ...

Time, neglect and vandalism have scarred the former Howard Johnsons on Afton Mountain. Photo: Malcolm Andrews. Augusta County wants a highway entrance that combines commercial development with a ...

Townsend Stumpf, center, as Dew Drop, with ABT advanced dancers in the Waltz of the Flowers, from left: Mo Sanborn, Madeleine Fuller, Louisa Pesch, Margaret Davis, Amelia Williamson, Maggie Anderson, ...

Woodson’s Mill is the last operating water-powered mill in Virginia. The first time I heard the rhythmic, low-pitched rumble of millstones was in 1982 when I interviewed Charlie Wade, owner and ...

The School Board presented data on current overcrowding in the county’s three comprehensive high schools. Courtesy ACPS. In a lively December 3 joint meeting between Albemarle County’s Board of ...

The CCA installed "Welcome to Crozet" at the four main entrances to Crozet in 2011. The Crozet Community Association (CCA) is often assumed by newcomers to be akin to a homeowners association serving ...

Designers suggested the three “visual connections” in orange; ARB requested one more above the far-right roundabout. Courtesy BRW Architects. Albemarle County’s Architectural Review Board (ARB) held a ...