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City seeking applications for Unity Days 2020

Charlottesville is seeking applications for Unity Days 2020. This year’s Unity Days covers events from Aug. 1-12. The event is meant to remember the white…

Playground project at Walker moves forward

A plan to install a playground at Charlottesville’s Walker Upper Elementary School is moving closer to fruition, with construction on track to begin in June.…

Temporary slave auction marker under consideration

A Charlottesville committee soon will consider a proposal to temporarily replace the missing plaque that marks the site of slave auctions in Court Square. During…

Woman reported missing in Orange County found safe

An 18-year-old woman in the town of Orange was found safely Monday after being reported missing. Police Chief Jim Fenwick said Preneashea Smithers was reportedly…

Movement studio opens on Ivy Road

Quantum Movement Studio officially cut the ribbon Jan. 31 for its Townside Shopping Center location on Ivy Road. The studio features state-of-the-art equipment and offers…

'Passing' led to new lives and safety

For more than two centuries, many African Americans left their families and identities behind, crossing into white society as a way of securing freedom, self-preservation…