Plans to blast away land on Brookwood Drive in Charlottesville have detonated fierce opposition from neighbors, who say they were told further development would never occur on that part of the street.

The Charlottesville City Council has made several appointments to city boards and commissions.

Nancy Kallander sells high-quality deli sandwiches, bottles of wine and fresh-cut flowers at her country store on Garth Road.

The Albemarle County Planning Commission turned a cold shoulder Tuesday night to a proposed development on east Pantops that, according to a developer, would include the biggest indoor sports complex in the state.