Paint the Town Orange moved to Aug. 28
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – The University of Virginia’s annual Paint the Town Orange event will be Friday, Aug. 28, the night before the team’s home opener against North Carolina State, the athletic department announced Tuesday. The pep rally will be 8 p.m. at the Ting...
Virginia picked sixth in the ACC
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Virginia was picked to finish sixth in the ACC in the league’s annual preseason media poll, released Tuesday. Miami was the overwhelming choice to win the conference, receiving 165 of 188 first-place votes. The Hurricanes were followed by SMU, Louisville, Clemson, Georgia Tech,
Ribbon cutting held for new Riverview Park restrooms
The Charlottesville Parks and Recreation Department held a ribbon cutting for a new restroom facility at Riverview Park.
Former Charlottesville Council member Brian Pinkston reflects on tenure
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Brian Pinkston’s time on the Charlottesville City Council may be done, but he isn’t finished working to help foster communication between the city and the council that serves it. “Even now that I’m not on council, I’m thinking about what’s going...
LTTE: Greene Resident Lashes Out to BOS Over By-Law Change
Editor’s Note: This letter was written today to the Greene County Board of Supervisors with a copy to The Piedmont Journal Recorder for publication as a Letter to the Editor. As I am not being given an opportunity to speak on the matter at tonight’s Board of Supervisors meeting prior to the matter being taken up, I am
Apple Industry Loses Visionary Orchardist and Champion in Henry Chiles
Henry Montague Chiles, a widely respected Virginia orchardist, agricultural entrepreneur, and industry leader, passed away peacefully at his home in Batesville, VA, on July 18. He was 90. A lifelong advocate for fruit growing and rural enterprise, Chiles helped shape Virginia’s apple and peach industries over more than
Mudhouse Specialty Coffee Roasters opens doors on King Street this week
The King Street corridor in Old Town is gaining another coffee shop as Mudhouse Specialty Coffee Roasters opens its doors this week. Mudhouse will open on Wednesday (July 29) at 1119 King Street, staff confirmed to ALXnow. This will be the Charlottesville-founded coffee roaster’s sixth location, joining two in Charlott
The Kind Of Japanese Food We’d Drive Across Town For Can Be Found At...
Virginia’s Japanese restaurant scene is one of the most underappreciated in the mid-Atlantic, with outstanding spots spread across Northern Virginia suburbs, the Richmond metro, and coastal cities that have cultivated genuine Japanese culinary traditions over decades. What you’ll find at these eleven restaurants isn’t
2026 Soul of Cville festival to highlight ‘future heirlooms’
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – The sixth annual Soul of Cville 2026 festival is coming to IX Park in August, and aims to celebrate the best of Black Charlottesville over five packed days of events. This year’s theme is “Future Heirlooms: We Are Ancestors” and seeks to spotlight...
Greene County in need of Volunteer firefighters
The Greene County Association of Volunteer Fire Departments needs firefighter volunteers amid short staffing of departments and risk of department closure. The organization is a nonprofit comprised of 14 volunteer fire departments and officials say that volunteer staff has decreased over the years, leaving the organiza
