With the recent launch of their Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign, a local startup is hoping to raise money to get its first idea off the ground, a high-protein salad topper. HYP Foods is the brainchild of two seasoned food industry... More

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The Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission and the Virginia Department of Transportation hosted a neighborhood meeting Wednesday night on the Hydraulic-29 Small Area Plan. Chip Boyles, TJPDC’s executive director, presented updated plans for the intersection and surrounding area before... More

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The Charlottesville Board of Architectural Review held a preliminary discussion about the Belmont Bridge Tuesday. The conceptual designs presented by consultant Kimley-Horn were the culmination of over 30,000 individual data points collected from community meetings, surveys and the Belmont... More

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The Albemarle County School Board approved the evaluation of budgetary impacts from new teacher compensations strategies suggested in a June study completed by the Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. consulting firm. County staff suggested three major changes and other... More

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! and Diary of a Wimpy Kid are just a few of the most popular books distributed by Book Baskets. But some kids want pink books or books about... More

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Bengkung belly binding is a Malaysian postpartum practice, involving an intricate wrapping and knotting of cloth around the midsection. The 15-yard-long, 10-inch-thick piece of cloth, wrapped from the lower hips upward, provides stability and healing for muscles, skin, and... More

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Along the newly constructed Berkmar Drive Extended, part of the Route 29 Solutions package, the trees that dot the edges of the road and the sloping hills on both sides are wilting in the summer heat and dying. “They... More

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Alan Goffinski, Director of The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative, could not stand still. He was explaining the work of three artists in residency in The Bridge’s gallery space, and he was pacing from one end of the room to... More

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The Scout Guide, a handbook filled with curated advertisements, was founded by Susie Matheson and Christy Ford to help locals and visitors find the stores and services that best capture a city. What started as a guide to Charlottesville... More

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Albemarle County held an open house Thursday to showcase three possible designs for the Rio Road and Route 29 intersection. Over 30 people attended the event led by county consultant Renaissance Planning and spent the evening discussing the merits... More

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Aaron Reedy noticed something was missing from high school science classrooms. A former Chicago public school teacher and current Ph.D. student at the University of Virginia, he was unsatisfied with the available data analytics software options and felt that... More

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In the past year, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors has held 23 regular meetings. As of July 1, only four of those meetings have had meeting minutes approved and posted on the county’s website. Minutes are the public... More