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Louisa County Animal Shelter is at critical capacity, and all adoptions are free now to clear space; the shelter is asking for adopters, fosters, and volunteers and can provide rehoming resources for owners who cannot keep pets.

Florida-based Green Shoot Brands bought Jack Brown’s Beer & Burger Joint, acquiring all 22 locations across seven Southeastern states.

The chain, founded in Harrisonburg in 2009, will join Green Shoot's portfolio of about 410 restaurant locations including Auntie Anne’s and Cinnabon.

Actor Nathan Lane headlined the Virginia Film Festival's closing night with a 30th-anniversary screening of The Birdcage on Sunday at the Paramount Theater, received the festival's Visionary Award, and joined TCM host Ben Mankiewicz for a post-film Q&A.

Danny Boyle's "Ink" premiered Saturday at the Paramount Theater as part of the Virginia Film Festival, tracing Rupert Murdoch's rise and The Sun's tabloid reboot through frenetic visuals, red motifs, and a focus on Larry Lamb's newsroom that pushed ethical boundaries.

Tim Blake Nelson accepted VAFF's Virtuoso Award and screened his 12-year film The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd Saturday at the Paramount Theater during the Virginia Film Festival; the nonlinear drama starring Amanda Seyfried and Scoot McNairy premiered at TIFF on Sept.

13 and has no commercial release confirmed.

The Charlottesville metro area posted the biggest year‑over‑year payroll job gain among Virginia’s 10 metro areas, the state’s latest employment report shows, even as the overall Virginia workforce shrank.

A UVA School of Medicine team reported that among 1,678 cases since 1967 the median time between a deceased person and a child reporting matching memories was 16 months, and 12 months when the death was unexpected.

Researchers identified a matching deceased person in more than 70% of cases and said the findings merit further study.

Albemarle County unveiled a draft 24-mile Three Notched Trail route Monday that would link Charlottesville through Crozet to the Blue Ridge Tunnel.

The project has $2 million for planning, no construction funding yet, could take up to five years, and a survey posts on Engage Albemarle Tuesday, Oct. 27.

The Piedmont Community Land Trust is expanding access to homeownership by selling houses without the land under 99-year renewable leases and a resale formula; PCLT now has 55 homes, and Piedmont Housing Alliance offers counseling and down-payment help at its Financial Opportunity Center (806 East High St.).

Virginia guards Chance Mallory and Kymora Johnson were named to national preseason watch lists — Mallory for the Bob Cousy Award and Johnson for the Nancy Lieberman Award — and the men will open Nov.

3 at 7:30 p.m. vs. Drexel while the women will start Monday, Nov. 2 at John Paul Jones Arena.

Starting Monday, Oct.

26, Charlottesville Area Transit began running Route 7 buses every 15 minutes during weekday rush hours, improving service between Downtown, UVA Hospital, and The Shops at Stonefield from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.