The Eastern Avenue road/bridge connector is shown by the dashed line extending from Westhall Drive to Rt. 250. Photo: Albemarle County. As the Albemarle County Community Development department puts ...

The era is quickly passing away when mountain farmers still work the land with the family workhorse. Or for that matter, family farms themselves are gently slipping away before our eyes. Subdivisions ...

Shimp Engineering’s plan for a manufactured home park called Chestnut Grove in southern Albemarle, featuring 50 mobile home spaces on 50 rural acres. Image: Shimp Engineering. The recent denial of a ...

Lacrosse senior class of 2025. Photo: Ron Wade. The 2024 state champion WAHS girls lacrosse team returns ten seniors for the 2025 season, which started off with two wins.

Railway Post Office (RPO) postal car interior, c.1925. Courtesy Library of Congress. Long before one could casually retrieve their mail from a private box in front of their home, or even have it ...

Local residents Teri Kostiw and Claire Cline, whose advocacy led to a commitment for cleanup from builder Stanley Martin. Photo: Lisa Martin. Thousands of white plastic tubes spread over several ...

Dandelions are a superfood for bees and butterflies. Photo: Bill Sublette. What is it about spring that makes us think of poetry? And what is it about poetry that makes us think of spring? Perhaps it ...

Before there were functional cameras and only a few privileged people could afford to have a portrait professionally painted, the poor man of the 18th century improvised, giving Colonial America a new ...

Western Albermarle High School held the twelfth annual ArtsFest March 7, drawing hundreds from the community to enjoy nine different musical performances, multiple visual art presentations and a ...

Slide from March 17 budget School Board work session with the Board of Supervisors, showing components of the proposed $6.4 million in cuts The Albemarle County School Board convened on March 6 for a ...

2025 WAHS baseball seniors, from left: John Racicot, Joseph Miller, Jack Connelly, Ryan Schenk, Julian Miles, Matt Lipinski, Tyler Williams. Photo: Ron Wade. The Gazette met up with head coach Skip ...

Forest bathing, known as shinrin-yoku in Japan—where it emerged in the 1980s—is a relatively new mindfulness practice recommended for psychological and physiological health. Its physiological benefits ...