Butterfly Festival: Celebrate, mourn, whichever, the flight of the Monarchs
The parks and rec departments in Charlottesville and Albemarle County are teaming up to help us cope with the pending end of Monarch butterfly season here locally.
The parks and rec departments in Charlottesville and Albemarle County are teaming up to help us cope with the pending end of Monarch butterfly season here locally.
Albemarle County Police arrested a 48-year-old Madison Heights woman who had a firearm in her purse as she attempted to gain entry into Monticello High School on Tuesday.
The group that puts on the spring and fall Foxfield Races in Albemarle County is suing the entities that own the racetrack, in a bid to force the sale of the property.
Keswick Hall touring pro Lauren Coughlin and Keswick Club member Dr. Bob Rotella have been named to the Virginia Golf Hall of Fame 2026 Class, per a release from the Albemarle County golf club.
A local woman who heads up an animal care nonprofit was found guilty on Thursday on a misdemeanor animal-cruelty charge related to an incident reported in Albemarle County last year.
My last update on the June 9-11 vehicle break-ins in Waynesboro that included at least two belonging to Albemarle County Police officers was published on June 30.
It’s been three weeks since a rash of vehicle break-ins in Waynesboro that included at least two belonging to Albemarle County Police officers, and we still have no word on the status of the investigation by Waynesboro Police.
It came to everybody’s attention earlier this month that the local government in Albemarle County conducts a biennial survey of its employees to try to identify areas where the various department heads can work to make internal improvements.
Several vehicles in Waynesboro, including at least two belonging to officers with the Albemarle County Police Department, were broken into over a three-day period last week, and still, nothing on this from the Waynesboro Police Department.
The Daily Progress published a story on Monday headlined “Morale on decline within Albemarle County Police Department,” in which the local paper made a survey conducted in May/June 2025 into a present-tense thing.
We don’t take press releases or official statements as the final word. Digging in to get the whole story takes time and resources.