The Coal Tower cometh
City Walk, one of the city’s biggest development projects, is set to break ground after years of delay
Get an earful: Charlottesville launches audio tour of historic sites
Kristin Rourke, a UVA graduate student from Houston, Texas, created an oral history of local sites available via mobile phone
Sierra Club endorses Neff, Dumler and Mallek for Albemarle Board
Tom Olivier, the group’s president, said that the Sierra Club endorses candidates with "the ability to simultaneously protect the environment and provide opportunities for better lives"
Fair and square?
Spurred by data obtained by Virginia Organizing (VO) through a Freedom of Information Act request, community members have urged City Council to review the city’s hiring practices, and have voiced concerns about the perceived under-representation of minority supervisors and managers in city jobs
Halfaday's half-truths raise more questions
After the Democratic firehouse primary on August 20, news about former City Council candidate James Halfaday’s alleged untruthful statements began to surface. By then, Halfaday had been a certified candidate for five months
Long withdraws from Council race, endorses Collins and Williams
Long believes the four remaining candidates will fare well against the three Democratic nominees in the race for City Council
Halsey Minor hires new developer, vows to finish Landmark Hotel
Award-winning hotelier pledges to have financing secured by January
Moving or staying?
A U.S. District Judge will soon decide whether a lawsuit brought by five homeless men against the City of Charlottesville over its soliciting ordinance can move forward. But for Jeffrey Fogel, the attorney representing the men, moving the case to the next stage could turn out to be an uphill battle. After hearing arguments from […]
Outside the lunchbox
With Newcomb Hall undergoing an $18 million renovation, UVA Dining Services came up with a student meal solution that falls decidedly outside of the lunchbox. Beginning this fall, on weekdays from 11am to 2pm, six trucks with names like Steak Me Home Tonight, Got Dumplings? and Nacho Panda—park around the UVA Amphitheater to offer students […]
Court and Crime News
Former Mayor and local political heavyweight Blake Caravati appeared in the Charlottesville Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court last Friday morning for charges stemming from his September 9 arrest at his home on Little High Street in the city.