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In brief

Greenway to nowhere Perhaps you’ve noticed the small gravel trail that runs alongside McIntire Road, past the old...

Let it ride

The city of Charlottesville has so far held nine public meetings on the long-discussed topic of whether Ragged...

In bloom

An unquantified, but substantial amount of blue-green algae has bloomed at the Beaver Creek and South Fork Rivanna...

Reservoir reservations

Perhaps nothing this century has shaken the Charlottesville area more than the drought of 2002, when carwashes closed...

Pedal to the metal

“It embarrasses me that some outdoors people feel that there are others who are not ‘pure enough,’” wrote avid trail...