Charlottesville VA

Field School of Charlottesville broke ground on July 16 for its new “Aerie Campus” on Barracks Road that will be home to the next generation of Field School Falcons. The all-boys school serving fifth through eighth graders is one of only three independent all-boys middle schools in the country, and operates under a mis

Where can today’s youth escape from the draw of phone screens and videogames and experience the great outdoors along with building valuable life skills? Why, Scouting of course. Month in, month out, the Scouts of Crozet Troop 79 get a chance to go whitewater rafting, rock climbing, backpacking, winter camping while lea

Sugar Bear Ice Cream has expanded to a second Charlottesville location, opening its doors at 2405 Ivy Road earlier this month. Located on one of Charlottesville’s busiest corridors, the shop offers indoor seating and serves homemade ice cream, seasonal flavors, and locally sourced treats. “I wanted to make ice...

Prized recruit J’Lon Lyons will take an official visit to Virginia, according to a report by Dushawn London of 247Sports. Lyons, a guard from Waldorf, Md., is a

The Virginia Theatre Festival began in 1974 as a University semi-professional drama program and recently returned to Charlottesville for its 52nd iteration. The festival hosts several shows each summer that feature both Broadway and Charlottesville actors, and the company is composed of over 100 people from around the

As residents of the lively mid-Atlantic hub of Washington, D.C., Austin and Livia (Livy) were well aware of the impressive venue options convenient to them. But, as the couple says, “convenience was not special to us.” This sentiment carried Austin and Livy southwest about two and a half hours to a slice of mountainous

When Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health opened its comprehensive orthopedic center, A. Bobby Chhabra, MD, chair of orthopedic surgery at UVA, had already spent nearly a decade helping bring the project to life. The building gave the department room to grow. It brought clinics, outpatient operating rooms, imaging, re

In its enduring quest for a viable means of building the long-delayed Eastern Avenue bridge/connector road, the county is moving forward with a new procurement strategy that bundles Crozet’s road with another larger bridge project in northern Albemarle. County officials will hold a design public hearing on August 11 fr

Kelsey Smith’s favorite part of working at Chiles Peach Orchard is getting to witness the “little moments of joy.”. “I still remember walking through the peach orchard and hearing a woman who was completely by herself singing ‘Peaches’ by The Presidents of the United States of America at the top of her lungs. She was a

Chiswell Farm & Winery in Greenwood has claimed the mantle of hosting the Virginia Sunflower Festival for a second year running, featuring more than 500,000 sunflower blooms across four acres at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Running through August 9, the festival offers guests the opportunity to cut...