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Tim Kaine chats about Biscuit Run on the Downtown Mall.

Since 2010: Kaine makes first Biscuit Run comment

Since the revelation that a potentially hyperinflated appraisal could have defrauded Virginia taxpayers out of millions of dollars, former governor Tim Kaine has now made his first public statements on the state's controversial purchase of what will eventually become Biscui

The Charlottesville Pavilion is soon to be nTelos Wireless Pavilion.

nTelos Pavilion: Naming rights headed to telecom co.

The Charlottesville Pavilion is losing its old name. Henceforth the Downtown Mall landmark will be known by a more corporate (and curiously-capitalized) moniker: nTelos Wireless Pavilion. (It could be worse; the Nissan Pavilion in northern Virginia got a new name last year

Nancy Drew mystery number 34, published in 1956, brought the teen sleuth to Charlottesville.

The mystery: Nancy Drew convention comes here

What would Nancy Drew do in Charlottesville? That mystery is pretty easily solved in The Hidden Window Mystery, number 34 in the enduring series about the Titian-haired teen sleuth. Around 70 Nancy Drew fans will converge in Charlottesville March 30-April 3 and visit sites

Open space preservation brings lots of benefits.

Scenic treasure: How conservation lines the pockets of the rich

Albemarle County Preserved83,600 acres17.5 percent of the landWho holds the easements? Virginia Outdoors Foundation328 easements62,702 acresNature Conservancy22 easements6,047 acresPiedmont Environmental Council4 easements510 acresPublic Recreational Facilities Authority64

Ticketmaster merger okayed

In what might initially appear to be a blow to artists such as Bruce Springsteen, who bemoaned the proposed merger, the Justice Department gave tentative approval today to the merger of Ticketmaster, the widely reviled concert ticket company, and to LiveNation, an entertain

Capshaw signs Faith Hill

Last year, Charlottesville music management powerhouse Red Light Management signed country star Tim McGraw; now, the company owned by Dave Matthews Band manager Coran Capshaw has signed

Jefferson Theater to open November 27

The Jefferson Theater, the historic downtown theater sold by Hook editor and former owner Hawes Spencer to local music magnate Coran Capshaw in 2006, has announced a re-opening date of November 27, closely following the abrupt closing of IS Venue at the end of September, t

Two-way: Red Light takes the fork with Parachute, S.O.B.

Parachute, led by Will Anderson, left, now has a national following.