Following the Charlottesville Board of Architectural Review’s June approval of “Waterhouse”-he nine-story tower to be built between Water and South streetsâCharlottesville Tomorrow Executive Director Brian Wheeler wrote a letter to try to persuade Mayor David Brown to preserve two adjoining Water Street parking lots. One is the current location of the City Market.
The recent approval of the preliminary site plan for Albemarle Place leaves developers Landonomics eager to make themselves at home in Charlottesville. Roll out the welcome wagon, Charlottesville, it’s time to meet the new neighbors. Senior Vice President Steve Lucas says that he hopes Albemarle Place will be a successful follower to the company’s first […]
As Virginia Senator George Allen’s biggest verbal blunder of his campaign saturates the media, the Republican hopes to put the recent monkey business behind him.
In spite of a uniquely thriving culture, Charlottesville’s population tallies run closer to those of the rest of Virginia than expected. Charlottesville met the requirements for study by the U.S. Census Bureau thanks to the agency’s decision to publish findings for populations of 65,000 or more. A few unique academic, family, and language statistics, culled […]
The next Albemarle School Board meeting may bring about a battle of divine proportions, thanks to a recent attempt by two Hollymead Elementary students to distribute religious literature among their classmates. And—with a blessed hand from a pair of Virginia-based rights organizations—the battle may be a swift one. Albemarle School Board attorney Mark Trank confirms […]
The Charlottesville Police Department is embarking on a hunt to diminish the city’s indigenous population of lead-footed motorists. These ongoing efforts to redistribute local traffic patterns may also double as snares for unsuspecting speed demons—although officials are quick to dismiss talk of “speed traps,” and say that many high-volume speeding arrests are actually in response […]
Though the experience of course enrollment at UVA may never become less frustrating, the University’s new student information system should ensure that the process will be more secure during the next few years. PeopleSoft—a recently selected administrative program that houses and monitors student records—utilizes seven-digit identification codes to differentiate student records. These codes will, if […]
A matter of choice Thank you for clarifying those grueling pictures on Pantops Mountain [“Anti-abortion tour hits town,” 7 Days, May 18]. I was rushing my 7-year-old daughter to the doctor’s office to get stitches after a bad fall when I spotted the first bloody picture titled “Child Abuse” at a distance. Not wanting my […]