Water update: Dredging benefits overestimated by 50 percent, says report
A new analysis authorized by the Rivanna Water & Sewer Authority puts dredging safe yield at 10.3 million gallons per day, down from 15.5 million gallons per day
Commonwealth Transportation Board approves $230M for Western Bypass
The local Metropolitan Planning Organization, however, retains the ability to leverage local transportation projects against the bypass
Take a bottle, shake it up
Three months after the bulk of the Kluge Estate Winery & Vineyard sold at auction for $6.2 million, Donald Trump has his name attached to a part of Albemarle County. His son, Eric, has a wine business to call his own, and has begun to spruce up the new Trump Vineyard Estates, slated to open […]
To bypass, or pass by?
If majority rules, then which majority will decide the fate of the Western Bypass? The $200 million-plus roadway was conceived decades ago and shelved in 2002, but was recently revived by Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) officials and four Albemarle County supervisors, and awaits a vote from the Charlottesville-Albemarle Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) that will […]
City Council race: Huja has biggest balance, Galvin tops small donations
Candidates Brevy Cannon and Dede Smith declared late and collected the greatest number of money this quarter, but a few other stories emerge from the numbers
Allen, Radtke lag behind Kaine in quarterly funds raised
Allen, the former senator and GOP contender for Jim Webb’s U.S. Senate seat, raised over $1.1 million between April and June
Trump Vineyard Estates to open in September
A Trump Organization rep tells C-VILLE that Patricia Kluge and Bill Moses are actively involved, and says Trump added the Kluge farm shop to his properties
County residents, officials debate Western Bypass late into night
Thomas and Snow say they will hold off on July 14 MPO vote until VDOT writes the conditions of its financial support
Stand and be counted!
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents Albemarle: 1.14 Charlottesville: 5.91 State average: 2.27 Population within one mile of a park/grocery/school Albemarle: 57-70 percent Charlottesville: 95-99 percent Metropolitan Planning Area: 70-80 percent Median household income Albemarle: $64,206 Charlottesville: $38,369 State: $60,316 Residential density Rural area: 0.08 dwellings per acre Urban area: 0.92 dwellings per acre Location […]
Creditors claim $47.5 million from Kluge, Moses
The pair, who will attend a creditors meeting on Friday in federal bankruptcy court, are currently employed by Eric Trump as vintners