One of the biggest challenges facing a growing locality is how to pay for infrastructure needed to support a larger population. Most funding from the Commonwealth of Virginia depends on competitive processes that require detailed plans before applications can even be submitted. On November 19, the Albemarle Board of Supervisors had been expected to endorse […]
One of the biggest challenges facing a growing locality is how to pay for infrastructure needed to support a larger population. Most funding from the Commonwealth of Virginia depends on competitive processes that require detailed plans before applications can even be submitted. On November 19, the Albemarle Board of Supervisors had been expected to endorse […]
It’s a bye-week for the University of Virginia football team, but big developments on- and off-field are still to come. Sentencing for the murders of Devin Chandler, D’Sean Perry, and Lavel Davis Jr. began November 17, just four days after the three-year anniversary of the on-Grounds shooting. Two additional students, Mike Hollins and Marlee Morgan, […]
In a November 14 letter detailing his resignation, former University of Virginia president Jim Ryan raised new questions about the accuracy of accounts from Board of Visitors Rector Rachel Sheridan and Gov. Glenn Youngkin. The letter, addressed to the UVA Faculty Senate, was not originally intended for public release—but as a personal record, according to […]
One of the last undeveloped stretches of U.S. 29 in Albemarle’s urban ring could soon be the home of new apartment buildings. Landshark LLC, a subsidiary of the United Land Corporation, wants to change the zoning of a nearly eight-acre strip of land at the entrance of the Carrsbrook neighborhood from commercial to residential. The […]
For months, the Public Housing Association of Residents has been asking Charlottesville City Council to step in to halt two proposed student housing buildings, on West Main Street and in Fifeville. LV Collective has filed plans for an 11-story building at 843 W. Main St., while Landmark Properties is seeking staff approval for a seven-story […]
When University of Virginia neuroscientist Harald Sontheimer shared this year’s International Prize for Translational Neuroscience with Stanford’s Michelle Monje, publicity about the award created the impression of a partnership. The two were credited with the potentially life-saving and, thus, marketable discovery that gliomas—deadly brain tumors—wire themselves into neural networks, hijacking brain activity to fuel their […]
For over two years, a fleet of minivans has traveled thousands of miles across Albemarle County’s growth areas, carrying passengers as part of an experiment in on-demand public rideshare transport in a locality with limited bus service. A feasibility study for the MicroCAT service anticipated 100 rides a day, but ridership has been much higher. […]
Getting an interview with, let alone answers from, upper leadership at the University of Virginia is an uphill battle for any news organization. The groups with the most access to UVA’s administration have increasingly been student outlets—particularly WUVA and The Cavalier Daily. WUVA, the sole student broadcast news and culture outlet at the university (and, […]
Voter turnout in Charlottesville was down this Election Day, with roughly 50 percent of registered voters casting a ballot. Despite the general decrease in voter turnout, participation in the city school board race was up. As of press time, unofficial counts from the Virginia Department of Elections tallied more than 33,000 votes cast in the […]
Albemarle County has one of the highest median incomes in Virginia, with $125,800 for a family of four, which is an important statistic that makes the provision of affordable housing much more difficult. In July 2021, the Board of Supervisors passed a new housing policy intended to encourage more units, but a program to help […]