Virginia’s 7th District Congressman Eric Cantor became the first Virginian named party whip. Cantor’s youth and efforts are rumored to put him in line as a potential Speaker of the House in the future.
Running a newspaper is tough business nowadays. Media General, Inc., whose newspapers include The Daily Progress and Richmond Times-Dispatch, knows something about it. All it’s hearing from Wall Street is: sell, sell, and sell.
Charlottesville Mayor Dave Norris kept his promise. Yesterday, he traveled to Northern Virginia to personally deliver a bust of Thomas Jefferson to Falls Church Mayor Robin Gardner, the ante in the Falls Church Voter Turnout Challenge.
Despite a nationwide increase in the number of illegal immigrants being incarcerated thanks to what U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) calls “heightened strategic enforcement efforts,” the Albemarle Charlottesville Regional Jail doesn’t seem to have a problem. Though ICE has its own detention facilities, these arrests initially become the responsibility of the localities where the […]
Several city residents are hoping a new organization can bring them together with county residents in order to collectively tackle issues with local governments. The newly formed Alliance of Neighborhoods sets out to unite city and county residents and neighborhood associations to “amplify neighborhoods’ voices” and bring key issues to city and county officials. Jack […]
Before a group of UVA students became interested in developing an alternative for leftover food from the Observatory Hill dining hall, uneaten mac and cheese or wilted salad was ending up in the garbage can. But that was then. On November 11, UVA kicked off the first of perhaps many trips to Panorama Pay-Dirt in […]
Last night, the African American Pastors Council organized a town hall meeting to address the causes of youth violence and involve the community to help find feasible solutions to a growing problem in Charlottesville.
UVA History professor Julian Bond has announced that he won’t seek re-election as NAACP National Board Chairman.
Good Monday Morning, City Residents! You still time to shape Charlottesville’s future. Two and a half weeks, to be precise. The city is accepting applications for five positions on several Boards and Commissions.
Public Housing Association of Residents (PHAR)’s 10th anniversary party put public and affordable housing issues on the back burner. For a night, at least.