Susan Sorensen

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Home sweet home

Tim Gearhart outgrew his space in the Main Street Market five years ago, but it wasn’t until late last fall that he...

All that jazz

When Greg Thomas sent an audition tape of the Albemarle High School Jazz Ensemble to Swing Central last fall, he...

Twist of fate

When Zak Robbins was in sixth grade, he spotted a long line of people one afternoon on the Downtown Mall. Upon closer...

It takes a Village

It took two men with a vision to create an all-girls village On the Tuesday before winter break, a spirited debate...

Wildest dreams

After almost 20 years as a teacher, Joseph Hicks knows a thing or two about kids. And it’s that knowledge that led...

Kids say the smartest things

Maddie Waters has something to say. But rather than hold forth in a classroom or the school cafeteria, the Western...

Words with chefs

Jenée Libby always wanted to be on the radio. As a child, she spent hours pretending—“Remember Mr. Microphone?” she...

Play ball! Charlottesville’s Tom Sox are newest team in...

A sign on the door of the Main Street Arena says it’s closed for the summer, but nobody seems to have told the two...

For a good time

The only reminder of a once-thriving Orange County town is a sign: Scuffletown Road. And while the place may be gone,...

A girl thing

Craig Jennings didn’t know Hannah Graham. But last fall, “after she disappeared under the eyes of cameras on the...