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Signs along U.S. 250 encourage citizens to get involved.

Find out what gets chosen for McIntire

On May 16, the public can watch Jennifer McKeever and the other members of the Charlottesville Parks and Recreation Advisory Board discuss and potentially decide their choice among the three concepts for the overhaul of the East side of McIntire Park. Their selection will s

Looking east over the Norfolk Southern tracks and toward Carter Mountain.

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The golden apple of discord was rolling up and down 11 charette tables at Charlottesville High School in mid-December as competing interests sought to divvy up the remaining acreage of east McIntire Park. At present, the 65 acres are largely inaccessible to any citizen w

City Council will make the call on the fate of the McIntire Park softball fields.

Appeal play: McIntire plan still calls for nixing softball

As Yogi Berra liked to say, "It ain't over 'til it's over." While softball enthusiasts at McIntire Park may think the fields are safe, the City's master plan for the park still calls for their demolition.

Snap o' the Day: Odd bird spotted in McIntire Park

Ornithologist/environmental scientist Pete Myers captured this exotic breed he believes may be a hybrid of Big Bird and a Eurasian species called the

Gym suit: McIntire Park deal draws litigation from fitness firms

The proposed Y. COURTESY VMDO ARCHITECTS The local "Y" just can't se

McIntire opens for wading

It seems the only thing that might keep your toddlers from McIntire Park's wading pool tomorrow will be the weather; the pool plans to open its gates Saturday, June 6, two weeks after the area's other aquatic centers opened (with the exception of the Onesty Family Aquatic C

McIntire safe: But girls still outside the fences

Softball mom and travel league coordinator Anne Powell is pleased at increase in field access for girls teams– but is she alone? FILE PHOTO BY WILL WALKER While softball-playing patrons of McIntire Park have hit a home run

Preservation Group laments Parkway in park

Preservation Virginia announced Monday, May 18, that McIntire Park has been named to its annual list of Virginia's most endangered sites, due to the already-commenced construction of the Meadowcreek Parkway.

McIntire softball-saver runs for Council

Bob Fenwick, the man credited for rallying citizens and saving the Dewey D.S. Shiflett softball fields at McIntire Park, now says he's running for City Council on a stop-the-Meadowcreek Parkway platform. Charlottesville Tomorrow has video of his announcement.

Rehabbed Greanleaf 'spray garden' opens tomorrow

Greenleaf Park's "spray garden" has been refurbished and opens for the season Saturday, May 16. Greenleaf–- which used to be part of McIntire Park until the 250 Bypass was built–- is also getting some construction to improve pedestrian access from Rose Hill Driv