Construction of a controversial convenience store and gas station on U.S. 250 near Western Albemarle High School will begin before spring, according to a consultant associated with the project. “The owner of Re-Store’N Station … is planning to start the site and road work in the next 30 to 60 days,” said Jo Higgins […]
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Redfields residents agree to purchase land to preserve open space
The Redfields Homeowners Association is in negotiations with developer Gaylon Beights to buy 58 acres of open space in the neighborhood. If the land purchase is finalized, a legal battle between Beights and the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors will be averted. “A court hearing scheduled for Dec. 14 was continued at the request of […]
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Thomas announces re-election campaign
The race for three seats on the Albemarle Board of Supervisors next year got off to an early start. “I am throwing my hat back in the ring to run for the November 2013 election,” said Supervisor Rodney S. Thomas at the beginning of Wednesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting. “I don’t want to be […]
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VDOT to complete bypass environmental assessment this week
The Virginia Department of Transportation’s environmental office is putting the finishing touches on a document intended to persuade the Federal Highway Administration that work can proceed on the Western Bypass of U.S. 29 in Albemarle County. To comply with the National Environmental Policy Act, VDOT has conducted an environmental assessment to explain to the FHWA […]
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Albemarle residents pan proposed Comprehensive Plan changes
Several Albemarle citizens appeared before the county Planning Commission on Tuesday to express their outrage at the proposed update of the Comprehensive Plan, a document mandated by Virginia law that establishes general planning policies for localities. “I am appalled at this Comprehensive Plan,” said county resident Clara Belle Wheeler. “Please consider this Comprehensive Plan a […]
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Albemarle experiments with online public hearing sign-ups
As the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors prepares to hold three public hearings Wednesday night, citizens for the first time will be able to reserve their spot in advance using an online form. “Instead of requiring people to come to the County Office Building and sign up several hours before a public hearing, they are […]
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Stonefield opens for business today
Cash registers will ring for the first time at Albemarle County’s newest retail development today when Pier One Imports begins business at its new location at the intersection of U.S. 29 and Hydraulic Road. Stonefield, which long was known as Albemarle Place, has been in the planning stages for many years and ownership has changed […]
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Albemarle panel briefed on natural resources
The Albemarle Planning Commission got into the details of the Comprehensive Plan update Tuesday with a work session on the county’s natural resources and rural areas. “We’re starting to get closer to the right form to make it more readable,” Commissioner Don Franco said. Since 1980, the county has sought to discourage people moving […]
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Hundreds show at Western Bypass meeting
Well over 500 people packed the auditorium at Jack Jouett Middle School on Thursday to weigh in on an environmental assessment that the Virginia Department of Transportation has conducted on the Western Bypass of U.S. 29. VDOT produced a draft EA in order to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act. The last environmental study […]
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Albemarle Planning Commission considers day care expansions
Faced with an increasing demand for more child care slots in Albemarle, the county Planning Commission considered Tuesday two requests from day care facilities that sought to fill the need. A request from the Four Seasons Learning Center in the county’s growth area was denied, but a request from Daylily Preschool in the rural area […]
