From expert calligraphers and tattoo artists to typewriter and eyeglass repairmen, Charlottesville is home to plenty of people we can only call handy
Heavy snow, saturated soil and high winds wreaked havoc on area trees.
PHOTO BY CHARLES WERNER
Between Friday and Saturday night during last weekend’s not-quite-a blizzard, 40,000 Dominion Power customers’ lights went out in the Charlottesville area. The other major power provider for Albemarle County, Central Virginia Electric Cooperative, had between 11,000 and 13,000 households–one third of [...]
More local stories from the snowstorm, from crippled trucks to indoor heating with charcoal grills
The National Weather Service predicts an additional two to five inches of snow today. (At the Hook weather station near Ivy, it’s been snowing steadily since around 8:30am with a temperature of 33 degrees.) Hook journalist Hawes Spencer, who documented shopping opportunities Friday morning, went out again Friday afternoon to see what was going on. [...]
A fire at 203 Robertson Avenue off Jefferson Park Avenue took down the house, but the three UVA grad students who live there were not home at the time and a pooch on the back porch was rescued. According to a release, a neighbor reported the fire around 2:35pm. Fire officials say snow contributed to [...]
As snowfall locks down local residents and businesses, put those cameras to use, people
Gregg Helvey’s film “Kavi” is up for best short live action film.