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As Virginia Jail Inmates Prepare for Release, Challenges Aboundnew

Of the roughly 4,800 men who are inmates each year at the Albemarle Charlottesville Regional Jail, 72 go through the eight-week Re-entry program. Who gets tapped is mainly a matter of scheduling, but once on the list, they're given a choice: Take the eight-week course, or lose as much as six months time off they've earned for good behavior.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Erika Howsare  |  09-02-2009  |  Crime & Justice

Underground Petroleum Tanks Mar Virginia Drinking Waternew

Because of population density and geological factors, Albemarle County is particularly polluted by underground gas storage tanks, and the problem of leaking tanks is more widespread than most realize.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Erika Howsare  |  07-01-2009  |  Environment

Charlottesville Ten Miler Not So Wasteful After Allnew

One of the reasons running is my workout of choice is that it can be very light on resources.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Erika Howsare  |  04-08-2009  |  Sports

Greetings from Second Life!new

Everything is virtual, wish you were real.
C-Ville Weekly  |  J. Tobias Beard, Brendan Fitzgerald and Erika Howsare  |  01-09-2008  |  Tech

How Dense Can We Get?new

Packing people in with "mixed-use corridors" and the "neighborhood model" sounded good -- but critics now wonder, what were officials thinking?
C-Ville Weekly  |  Will Goldsmith, Erika Howsare and Meg McEvoy  |  01-10-2007  |  Housing & Development

Goode Makes Complete Ass of Selfnew

The Virginia Congressman's anti-Muslim letter goes out to hundreds -- not all are amused.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Erika Howsare  |  12-21-2006  |  Politics

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