From half a world away, terrorism has struck home in Central Virginia.

For Albemarle County veterinarian Liz Palmer, death is as much a part of life as birth, but that doesn’t mean it should be as traumatic.

Amid a difficult economy, a hotel search engine started by two 2005 graduates of the University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business Administration has raised $3 million in investment capital.

“Excuse me, where’s electronics?” a man asked Aisha Cunningham, who directed aisle traffic at Toys “R” Us in Albemarle County on Black Friday.

FABER — A Nelson County man and his 13-year-old daughter were among at least four Americans killed in a series of orchestrated terrorist attacks on luxury hotels and other sites in Mumbai, India, that left more than 150 people dead.

They marched to music, danced to song and rode buoyed on the wheels of Mustangs, Thunderbirds and Barracudas in the mosaic of life that is the annual Barracks Road Shopping Center Holiday Parade.

Bruce Wayne has his Batmobile, Herman Munster has “Drag-u-la,” the Monkees gig in their Pontiac GTO-based Monkeemobile and Ken Elzinga cruises in his chopped-top 1949 Mercury Coupe.

In 1990, 21,421 people lived in Orange County.

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“Alan was probably one of the most beloved persons here. He will be greatly missed,“ Garvey said.

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Rush the Mall!

Charlottesville-area residents who are looking to sneak in a workout whenever possible now have more places to do it.

It’s no secret that, after having received 12 awards just this year for its efforts, Charlottesville is hooked on green building.

Whenever I criticize the Charlottesville City Council I feel I am flogging a dead horse.

If a $25 billion emergency loan package for the auto manufacturing industry does not win approval in Congress, auto dealers in the Charlottesville area say local sales of certain vehicles might take a nosedive.

ADIAL — Two Nelson County residents who were visiting Mumbai, India, have gone missing after the terrorist attacks there that left more than 100 dead.

You can’t be patriotic on our own National Mall?

Master Charles and his followers at the Synchronicity Foundation meditate while he describes his visions of a Virgin Mary apparition.

The Synchronicity Foundation, headquartered in Nelson County, was hosting a meditation program at the Oberoi Hotel, one of the sites hit by the attacks.

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Some charity fund drives keep families from going hungry and others leave no child behind beneath the Christmas tree, but the 115-year-old Santa Fund keeps kids warm and safe all year long.

Wintergreen Resort is opening its ski slopes this weekend — two weeks ahead of the scheduled launch of this winter’s ski season.

A Nov. 18 to the editor headlined “The barbarians take Washington” (The Daily Progress) gives us an interesting insight to one who may have supported the McCain presidency.

Pumpkin cheesecake is the easiest thing to cook but “the hardest to get perfect,” said second-year culinary arts student Michael Baber

A recent knifepoint robbery at Barracks Road Shopping Center is a warning to all of us.

A 20-year-old Albemarle County resident involved in a serious accident Monday night has died from her injuries.

Charlottesville’s $2.1 million surplus from fiscal 2008’s general fund could be used to reduce budget deficits in fiscal 2009 and beyond, according to city staff.

Gunmen targeted luxury hotels, a popular tourist attraction and a crowded train station in at least seven attacks in India’s financial capital Thursday, wounding 25 people, police and witnesses said.

Woman critically injured in Monday wreck is dead

Sales of new U.S. homes fell in October to the lowest point in nearly 18 years while the median price of a new home dropped to the lowest level since 2004.

Away we go a weasle-ing ... that can’t be how that song goes…..

The auto industry companies want another $25 billion dollars from the American public.