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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 ...

Irrigation systems can be a game-changer for home gardeners looking to maximize efficiency and conserve water. Traditional methods (hand watering, spray-irrigation, flooding) typically saturate the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ryan Becklund relies on a number of egg substitutes for the plant-based menu at Bar Botanical. Photo: Malcolm Andrews. Those of us in the Western Albemarle area are lucky to have a number of ways to ...