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Families making mental and physical preparations on the weekend before school starts

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – As all the school systems in the area will be back in class by Wednesday, including Albemarle County and Charlottesville, a UVA Health child psychologist has offered a number of ways to help children going through anxiety about the start of school. Greene...
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Gardeners Should Water Wisely in Dry Times

As every local gardener knows, this has been a tough year for our landscapes. We entered 2026 already on the dry side, about an inch shy of normal precipitation. By July 1, we had dropped to nearly nine inches below average, making the first six months of this year the seventh driest since 1895.
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Greene BOS/PC hosting road trip to explore potential drone testing facility

On Monday night, the Greene County Board of Supervisors and Planning Commission will head to the abandoned Stanardsville Wastewater Treatment plant for a site visit.  Instead of viewing the old infrastructure, they will watch demonstrations of unmanned vehicle and drone flying.  The county is considering the feasibilit
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Toad Hollow Farm: A School for Riders and Horses

Toad Hall is the fictitious home of a rowdy toad in a novel and musical and Disney movie. But in the real world a few miles from downtown Crozet off Brown’s Gap Turnpike, Toad Hollow Farm (toadhollowfarm.net) is 38 acres of fenced pastures with horses, riding trails, and outdoor arenas surrounding a stable with eight b
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Field School Breaks Ground on New Campus

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
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Scouts Challenge Themselves at Camp Shenandoah

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
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Sugar Bear Ice Cream Open on Ivy Road

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...
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Virginia a finalist for No. 1 guard prospect in the DMV, official visit set

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
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Virginia Theatre Festival unites Charlottesville and Broadway talent

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
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Virginia Fall Wedding at Hazy Mountain Winery

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

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