
Overnight closure of Barracks Road starts June 26 for waterline installation project
The Charlottesville Department of Utilities is beginning a waterline installation project along Barracks Road beginning June 26.

The Charlottesville Department of Utilities is beginning a waterline installation project along Barracks Road beginning June 26.

The State Water Control Board heard presentations and updates from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality at its meeting this week.

The Shenandoah Valley Art Center in downtown Waynesboro is hosting the 43rd annual Virginia Watercolor Society exhibition through September 23.

Whether lurking as hazards beneath the water’s surface or becoming eyesores as they drift ashore, abandoned boats are a growing problem in Chesapeake Bay waters — especially in Virginia. And they’re not as easy to get out of the water as they were to put in.

It’s like clockwork at this point – another spring arrives, and another Silver Water Treatment Plant Performance Award for Excellence in Filtration and Backwash arrives for Harrisonburg Public Utilities.

The Norfolk Tides front office will be participating in Major League Baseball’s Let’s Play Weekend on Friday. The initiative is for Minor League Baseball teams to get together with their local schools to celebrate the game of baseball and encourage the kids to play.

Water will be off today on North Delphine Avenue in Waynesboro as public works crews work to deal with an unexpected water mainline issue.

Bridgewater College has selected two new faculty directors within the College’s Center for Engaged Learning.

Nearly two-dozen undergraduate academic programs at Bridgewater College earned high rankings at the state level from PLEXUSS, a global higher education database for prospective college students.

The Chesapeake Bay Program, in collaboration with the Chesapeake Conservancy, U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Vermont, announced the release of the Very High-Resolution Land Use/Land Cover and Change Data.