Brooke Jenkins was an unlikely smoker, and an even more unlikely quitter. A devoted athlete, she successfully avoided cigarettes in high school by playing soccer and hanging around other health-conscious jocks. But when she went on to Eastern Carolina University to play on the Division I soccer team, she was shocked to see that cigarettes were everywhere.
The Albemarle Planning Commission has recommended approval of a request from Great Eastern Management Company to allow more townhomes at its North Pointe development near the Charlottesville Albemarle Airport. The Board of Supervisors originally rezoned the 269-acre property in 2006 to allow up to 893 residential units and more than 837,000 square feet of commercial […]
A March 13 bomb threat at the University of Virginia’s Shannon Library was determined to be a hoax. UVA issued the all clear less than three hours after evacuating Shannon and Clemons libraries. “University Police responded to an emailed bomb threat at Shannon Library on Friday, March 13. … No bomb was discovered during the […]
As Charlottesville’s zoning code continues its third year of implementation, the new rules face many challenges, some of which will go through the city’s Board of Zoning Appeals. On March 19, the quasi-judicial body will take up the definition of student housing as it relates to a proposed seven-story apartment building on Seventh Street SW. […]
