Albemarle County Board of Supervisors candidates for the Samuel Miller District differed on everything from taxes to barking dogs at a forum Wednesday.

A fifth Republican has launched a bid to unseat U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello, D-Ivy, in next year’s mid-term congressional election.

“He’ll do a great job,” Phipps said.

The three Charlottesville School Board members up for re-election this year are the only residents seeking the positions, making them virtual shoo-ins on Nov. 3 for the board’s three open seats.

Kristin Szakos has plenty of wishes for Charlottesville should she be elected to the City Council, but she has one that is a bit unconventional for an election campaign.

Democratic candidates in Virginia have failed to win the attorney general’s office in every race since Mary Sue Terry in 1989.

On Thursday, Mayor Dave Norris and Kristin Szakos held a joint press conference in front of the IGA store on Cherry Avenue.

Charlottesville Mayor Dave Norris said the past few months have felt like a performance evaluation — one that is likely to continue over the next six weeks as the lone incumbent continues his City Council re-election campaign.

The event, sponsored by the Albemarle-Charlottesville branch of the NAACP, is scheduled to start at 5:45 p.m

“I think that for a city its size, Charlottesville has a remarkable transit system,” Long said.

A sign printed with “REBEL HQS” on Bob Fenwick’s Charlottesville home, while discreet compared with the giant black-and-white placards of “SaveMcIntire.com” and “VoteBob.net,” says plenty about the independent candidate’s run for City Council.

The Albemarle County Planning Commission has endorsed a potential location for a new fire station in the Pantops area, despite concerns that the 1-acre site will use up land designated as open space.

Del. Rob Bell, R-Albemarle County, collected nearly three times as much campaign cash as his Democratic challenger in July and August, according to campaign finance reports filed Tuesday afternoon.

Kenneth C. Boyd, who has represented the Rivanna District since 2004, sent an e-mail to supporters Monday that confirmed his candidacy.

The Charlottesville/Albemarle League of Women Voters will host a forum next week about the ecological impact of future population growth.

A 20-year employee of SunTrust Bank branches in the Charlottesville area and Southwestern Virginia exploited a banking loophole to take more than $50,000 from the company, authorities said Monday.

The Charlottesville Republican Committee supports changing the configuration of the city’s schools, electing a full-time mayor and creating electoral districts instead of having at-large elections, according to the party’s new platform.

Analysts for “Larry J. Sabato’s Crystal Ball” say Republicans could win 20 to 30 seats in the House, taking back a large chunk of Democratic gains in the 2008 House elections.

The City Council unanimously approved a resolution on Tuesday that requests the General Assembly protect public-sector workers from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

While Labor Day marks the traditional start of the local campaign season, the race for Charlottesville City Council and the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors got a head start this summer with numerous candidate appearances and significant fundraising.

The Charlottesville City Council could approve a resolution Tuesday that would implore the General Assembly to protect public-sector workers from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Bill Hay may be the chairman of the Charlottesville region’s Tea Party, but by trade he’s an organic, fair trade coffee roaster.

Long’s next campaign event will be sometime in October, in front of City Hall.

A scandal involving phony letters sent by a Washington “grassroots” lobbying firm to three members of Congress is prompting calls for new laws to outlaw such deceptive tactics.

Laurence Verga has formally launched his campaign for the GOP nomination to challenge U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello, D-Ivy, in next year’s mid-term congressional race.

The Charlottesville Area Association of Realtors has endorsed Republican Rodney Thomas in his campaign to unseat incumbent Democrat David L. Slutzky in the race for the Rio seat on the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors.

Central Virginia post offices appear safe from the accountant’s ax, but U.S. Postal Service officials are still studying the fate of a mail distribution facility in Albemarle County.

By the time U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello arrived at his district office in downtown Charlottesville on Tuesday, the raucous activists from both sides of the health care debate already had begun yelling at each other.

During his 14 years in the General Assembly, Mc-Donnell pursued at least 10 of the policy goals he laid out in that research paper

“On July 1, 2009, B&A contacted the offices of two of three Members of Congress who received fabricated letters,” Ross wrote.