Batesville News

What do a Brontosaurus, a Buffalo Bird, a Fuhgeddaboudit and an Asian Persuasion have in common?A They are all among the new signature sandwiches available at the Plank Road Exchange, a cafA©/market, that opened on April 21 in downtown Batesville.

The historic structure that previously housed the beloved Batesville Store has reopened, and its new incarnation is Plank Road Exchange, which its foodie proprietors describe as a "cafe-market." Jessica and Aris Cuadra, who met in a restaurant and have 35 years experience between them, ran a restaurant in Luray last year called the Victorian Inn .

On March 13, 2012 the Albemarle County Police received a report alleging sexual misconduct with a juvenile.

Mary Allen Arehart, 88, widow of John Preston Arehart Sr., died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, at Augusta Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Fishersville.