Dennis S. Rooker announced Wednesday that he’ll seek another stint on the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors.

A sea of orange posters with the words, “think outside the tax box,” were waived as residents spoke Wednesday night against a proposed real-estate tax increase in Albemarle County.

The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors shot down a group’s request Wednesday to use $80,000 of taxpayers’ money for a food hub that would distribute local crops.

Informal talks have started in Charlottesville and Albemarle County about next fiscal year’s city-county revenue-sharing funds, with officials scrutinizing the money’s usage more as big projects may lose funding in the coming years.

Just in time for Christmas, the governor’s office is receiving a $164 million wish list for infrastructure projects in Albemarle County.

After discovering that Albemarle County’s financial deficit continues to grow, the Board of Supervisors delayed approval of a five-year financial plan Wednesday, and instead asked the county executive to present a budget scenario with an increased real estate tax rate.

The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors hoped to walk away with answers about whether synthetic turf was a safe replacement for grass athletic fields — but left a Wednesday meeting only with more unanswered questions.

Albemarle County school officials are asking the public: Should the county renovate three small elementary schools — Yancey, Scottsville and Red Hill — or consolidate the schools?

Cost estimates for the proposed Eastern Connector range from $40 million to $169 million depending on the size of the road and its location, according to the consultant overseeing an alignment study.

Albemarle officials on Wednesday confronted the county’s projected $4.1 million budget deficit, but could only guess how the shortfall in the state budget could worsen Albemarle’s financial crisis.

The Natural Heritage Committee aims to preserve Albemarle County’s environmental health and biodiversity — but representatives say its existence is threatened by a lack of county support.

As Albemarle County battles a sour economy, some officials are eyeing the possibility of tax increases, but a local anti-tax group is trying to kill that idea before it grows wings.

Local officials will meet Monday to discuss the creation of a task force charged with examining the reasons for and scope of a study on dredging the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir.

A unanimous vote Wednesday by Albemarle’s Board of Supervisors makes the county among the first in the nation to have a comprehensive policy that restricts the use of toxic chemicals in and on county facilities, officials believe.

Albemarle County supervisors unanimously decided Wednesday to take a step they say would “re-validate” a program that allows rural area landowners to defer a hefty portion of their real-estate tax bill in exchange for keeping their land undeveloped.