When Mildred Schoenfeld Hoy moved to Central Virginia 13 years ago, she had trouble finding a place to volunteer as a Spanish language interpreter.

McIntire Park is a natural resource that deserves protection from the threats of encroaching asphalt and concrete. The Piedmont Group of the Sierra Club urges our government leaders to reconsider past planning decisions for the Meadowcreek Parkway and a YMCA in our central park.

Professional baseball’s free agency signing period started Friday, and the figures being batted around like a game of pepper are big enough to make Hank Paulson blush.

Your Nov. 11 editorial (“The Big Three beg for more”) sounded a strong note of accountability rarely seen or heard within the blizzard of commentary surrounding the corporate bailout plan.

The Children’s Fitness Clinic at the University of Virginia’s Children’s Hos-pital has been chosen to participate in a nationwide obesity study.

Officials thought they had figured out how to supply the area’s drinking water for the next 50 years.

New buildings such as the immense, two-story Barnes & Noble at the Barracks Road Shopping Center eventually may not be subject to the same type of review by city officials.

President James Monroe lived fewer than three miles from his lifelong friend Thomas Jefferson, and his home has always been in the shadow of Monticello.

The first item to go at Saturday’s benefit auction for the Charlottesville-Albemarle SPCA was a pair of helmets of NFL Hall of Famer Howie Long and former University of Virginia star Chris Long. 

A three-vehicle accident Saturday afternoon on U.S. 250 in Albemarle County has left a Charlottesville man dead and four others injured, according to Albemarle police.

Changes to the Downtown Mall’s outdoor seating has sparked a feud among its business owners.

A $40 medical bill might seem small but a West Virginia man says his five-year battle over paying it was a matter of principle.

The 2nd annual Veterans Day Parade was held Nov. 8 in Gordonsville and it was a moving experience for all who attended. 

This election turned out more voters than any election in Fluvanna’s history, and I want to express my gratitude to the Elections Board and to the registrar and her staff for how efficiently it was managed. 

Four Albemarle lodging and restaurant sites have extended their stays at the top of AAA Mid-Atlantic’s Four Diamond list.

While Washington politicians figure out how to end the Iraqi conflict with peace and honor, the soldiers there and in Afghanistan are still fighting for their lives and those of others.

The $1.8 million shortfall that Charlottesville officials projected in August for this year’s budget could be tame compared with what could be in store down the road.

University of Virginia officials are aiming to allay concerns about the state of the school’s investments and overall stability in light of a financial crisis that is wracking financial markets worldwide.

The Fluvanna County Sheriff’s Office believes a 54-year-old woman shot and killed her husband Thursday morning as he slept and then committed suicide.

A 44-year-old Charlottesville man who was shot Thursday night remains in stable condition

This letter writer has a great deal of respect for Del. Rob Bell of Albemarle. Del. Bell is a superb representative in Richmond. He works diligently and effectively toward realistic limits on state spending, he initiates and supports legislation of considerable value for our state and region and he presents himself in person frequently to discuss issues and provide quiet, reasoned explanations for his positions. He is a studious, gentlemanly person who pursues the facts and avoids personal attacks and innuendos.

We can drive it home with one headlight…

A panel of party insiders, reporters and pundits will gather next week at the University of Virginia to discuss the 2008 presidential, senatorial and congressional elections.

A slender Santa approaches, and Big Oil producers stand on notice: they’ve been profitable and therefore naughty and now they must pay. Among the economic meltdown’s rare gifts have been plunging oil and gas prices. Americans should enjoy this development while it lasts, and so too prices for electricity and natural gas that wear the strange look of reasonability. President-elect Obama, exchanging a musty red suit for a tailored dark one, means to end all of this. He comes bearing gifts, cap-and-trades and tax-break rollbacks, both of which are fashionable but will prove expensive.

The editorial in the Nov. 12 edition of The Daily Progress (“‘Old Virginny’ rears its head”) suggests that racism has been dead and buried politically in the Commonwealth since Doug Wilder’s victory in 1989. I must take exception. We unfortunately live in a state still divided politically and economically along racial lines. By any indicator of economic health, African-Americans remain significantly disadvantaged (income, housing, education, health care, etc.).

Had the citizens of Charlottesville and the surrounding counties felt that “change is not always right” they would have voted for the presidential candidate endorsed by The Daily Progress.  Obviously, this editorial page has failed to grasp that a majority of Americans wanted to turn the page on the Republican administration and did so enthusiastically.

Some people who suffer Seasonal Affective Disorder may also have a genetic mutation that may, in part, bring on wintry depression, a study by a University of Virginia researcher has found.

Deputies making a welfare check at a Fluvanna County home on Thursday discovered two residents shot to death, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

University of Virginia researchers are working to develop “lab-on-a-chip,” which could drastically change such scenarios by shrinking technology that requires time, laboratories full of people and expensive equipment into a glass slide smaller than a credit card.

University of Virginia researchers have confirmed the accuracy and reliability of SpermCheck Vasectomy, the first FDA-approved at-home test for detecting low concentrations of sperm