The All-You-Can-Eat Feast At This 18th-Century Virginia Tavern Is The Stuff Of Local Legend
Time travel is usually reserved for science fiction, but at Michie Tavern in Charlottesville, Virginia, all you need is an appetite and a sense of adventure. This colonial-era gem has been serving hungry travelers since the 1780s, and the all-you-can-eat buffet is still drawing crowds more than two centuries later.
Oakhurst Café serves up a taste of home
For weeks, I had been craving a good soup — something comforting and warm that tastes homemade without me actually having to make it. There was a tomato soup-shaped hole in my heart, if you will, one that even Trader Joe’s could not fill. Remembering friends’ glowing reviews of Oakhurst Café’s grilled cheese and tomato
Albemarle County Schools opens family assistance center after former employee’s arrest
Journey Middle School will serve as a resource hub for families and children impacted by Michael Swiney’s alleged sexual abuse.
WHSV reveals local winner in ‘Star-Spangled Sing-Off’ contest
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - The time has come to announce WHSV’s local winner in Gray Media’s “Star-Spangled Sing-Off” contest. After receiving many submissions in May from talented local singers across Rockingham, Augusta and Pendleton Counties, WHSV viewers voted for their favorite a cappella renditions of “The Star-S
Despite community opposition, plans for an eight-story luxury student housing building on West Main...
Charlottesville is probably getting more luxury student housing. Tuesday evening, the city’s Board of Architectural Review (BAR) issued a certificate of appropriateness for an eight-story building of luxury student apartments located at 835, 843 and 847 West Main St., near the Drewary Brown Bridge. The approval, which
Albemarle Co. promotes Bart Svoboda from deputy to Director of Community Development
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Albemarle County Deputy Director of Community Development and Zoning Administrator Bart Svoboda has been promoted to Director of Community Development, the county announced Wednesday. As Deputy Director, Svoboda has provided executive leadership across the department’s building,
Gearharts Fine Chocolates voted number one in national award
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Gearharts Fine Chocolates has supplied the Charlottesville area sweet tooth for almost 25 years. The obsession over the chocolates has also grown beyond the commonwealth. The shop was voted as the number one chocolate shop in USA Today’s 10 Best Awards. “I had a feeling...
Early voting begins for Virginia primary elections
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Early voting began Thursday, June 18, for Virginia’s primary elections ahead of November’s midterm elections. In Albemarle County, the early voting location is the Fifth Street County Building. In Charlottesville, votes can be cast at the City Hall Annex Building. Charlottesville’s registr
Counties warn Richmond on land-use power, utility costs and unfunded mandates at VACO regional...
Local officials from Greene, Madison, Orange, Stafford and other counties used a regional VACO meeting in Greene County to press Richmond on land-use authority, rising utility costs, water infrastructure, mental health gaps and unfunded mandates. The post Counties warn Richmond on land-use power, utility costs and unf
Traffic on Barracks Rd. to be impacted by waterline improvements
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) — The City of Charlottesville will be making water line improvements during daytime hours that will affect traffic on Barracks Rd. starting on Monday. The city will be working on bringing the water system that services homes and buildings located between Blue Ridge Rd....

















