rivanna river

River thing

On Wednesday, July 20, the City Council was scheduled to interview candidates for the City’s “Planning Commission.” I hope the Councilors will ask the PC wannabes to: "Identify strategies to maximize the presence and value of the Rivanna River in the life of the City
3:12pm, Saturday, June 25.

Snap: Canoeing Rivanna under the RR

A youthful canoeist peers up at the old C&O Railway bridge near the Woolen Mills neighborhood. The old bridge, now leased to the Buckingham Branch Railroad, carries mostly empty coal and grain cars plus the three-days-a-week Cardinal passenger train for Amtrak.
Point of Fork

Point of Fork

Two rivers. The big one was known by aboriginal inhabitants as Powhatan's River; now it's the James. The other one is the Rivanna. Also the site of a Revolutionary debacle when, on the same day that Jack Jouett warned Charlottesville about Tarleton, the general guarding Vir

Missing link: State Farm gift connects Albemarle trail

County greenbelt supervisor Dan Mahon contemplates a lock that connects to what's left of the Woolen Mills dam on the

Scenic Rivanna: It's official

One of the many bills passed by the General Assembly this year was SB957, which adds nearly 10 miles of the Rivanna River below the South Fork dam to the state's list of scenic rivers.
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