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Preparation continues for decorative boat parade

Alexandria Searls, executive director of the Lewis and Clark Exploratory Center, puts the finishing touches on her organization’s entry into the decorated boat parade that is part of FLOW: the Rivanna River Art Festival. The parade — known as the Flowtilla —  begins at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 30 at the boat launch at Darden […]

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Advocates: Bay cleanup progressing, but more work to do

A partnership created over 30 years ago to restore water quality and replenish aquatic life in the Chesapeake Bay is halfway through a landmark effort to reduce pollution that has choked the world’s third-largest estuary. “The bay and the watershed are responding because of thousands of actions by our farmers, by our municipalities and homeowners,” […]

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River outfitters begin second season on the Rivanna

As Albemarle County and Charlottesville continue to plan ways to focus more attention on the Rivanna River, one company has begun a second season supplying kayaks, paddleboards and other ways for people to experience the waterway. “Last year we were just juggling and figuring out a new thing,” said Gabe Silver of the Rivanna River […]

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MPO considers two projects to relieve Pantops traffic congestion

The group that makes decisions about transportation projects in Albemarle and Charlottesville considered two new projects Wednesday that would address traffic congestion at the bridge over the Rivanna River on the city-county border. One project would add more lanes to Free Bridge, and the other would improve the roadway’s intersections at High Street and Route […]

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Free Bridge alternatives subject of open house

A yearlong exercise to evaluate projects that would reduce traffic congestion on Free Bridge is nearing an end, and the results are set to be displayed this evening at an open house in downtown Charlottesville. “We have been taking the approach of a very open and inclusive dialog and having a community-based discussion about traffic […]