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Jay Hart

Jay Hart is a news reporter with CvilleRightNow.com. Reach him by email at jhart@charlottesvilleradiogroup.com or call 434-977-6397.

Crozet Square and Oak Street improvement map
Albemarle County
1 year ago
Crozet Square & Oak Street Improvements Construction Starts January 6

 Albemarle County announces the long-anticipated construction on the Crozet Square and Oak Street Improvements Project will start on Monday, January 6. 

baby pygmy hippo
Education
1 year ago
Metro Richmond Zoo Gets a Baby Hippopotamus for Christmas

A female pygmy hippopotamus delivered a healthy calf at the Metro Richmond Zoo earlier this month, officials said — the third baby hippo born at the zoo within the past five years.

ice rink
Charlottesville City
1 year ago
Group Seeks Ice Rink in Ruckersville

It’s not the Downtown Mall, but The Daily Progress/Greene County Record reports some stakeholders looking to build a new ice arena in the area.

Blue Ridge Mountains
Albemarle County
1 year ago
Fifteen Area Events Get $141K in VTC Special Events & Festivals Sponsorship Matching Grants

Governor Youngkin has announced $141,000 among more than $812,000 statewide for Charlottesville area events getting matching grants from the Virginia Tourism Corporation’s Special Events & Festivals Sponsorship Program (SEF).

checkered flag
Local
1 year ago
14-Year Old Prince Edward Co Prodigy Tearing Up Regional Motor Racing

He’s not old enough to have a driver’s license, but a 14-year old Prince Edward teen is tearing up motor speedways in our region

Cole homecoming
Local
1 year ago
Norfolk-based Sailors Return Christmas Eve from 7-Month Deployment

Hundreds of sailors and their loved ones got an early Christmas present when the USS Cole docked at its home port in Norfolk after seven months at sea.

Trading post suspect
Albemarle County
1 year ago
Albemarle Police Seek Suspect Who Knocked Off North Garden Area Convenience Store

Albemarle Police are looking for a man who entered and robbed The Trading Post convenience store Monday night on Monacan Trail at Taylor’s Gap Road in the North Garden area.

Santa's sleigh
Albemarle County
1 year ago
All Systems Go for Operation Ho Ho Ho in Virginia

Santa’s sleigh will have no problems entering the Commonwealth on Dec. 24.  A release from notes State Veterinarian Dr. Charlie Broaddus, with the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS), in collaboration with the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR), has given approval for Santa to bring his herd of flying reindeer into Virginia to deliver presents to local children.

CHO
Albemarle County
1 year ago
UPDATED: CHO Travelers with Eyes on Arrival-Departure Boards During American Airlines Grounding

Christmas Eve travelers using American Airlines in and out of CHO in the morning are keeping their eyes on the “arrival” and “departure” boards as American Airlines announced all flights for a period of the morning grounded nationwide because of a “technical issue”.

Hunter Obsborne commit
Albemarle County
1 year ago
Hoos Land Transfer Defensive Lineman from Alabama

UVA football defensive line coaches Kevin Downing and Chris Slade got an early Christmas present in the person of one of the top-rated transfers in school history when Hunter Osborne committed Monday afternoon to the Hoos.