Did citizen activist spur Westhaven clean-up?
On September 2, Charlottesville resident Raymond Mason addressed City Council, decrying the disrepair and mess at Westhaven, the city’s oldest public housing project.
City spends $48K for new voting machines
A record number of registered voters in the city prompted the City Council on September 15 to authorize $48,500 for the purchase of nine new voting machines in preparation for election day, November 4. According to Sheri Iachetta, the city’s general registrar, in the month of August alone, close to 3,000 new voters registered, bringing […]
No-show residents delay city lot decision
What happens when you hold a public hearing and no one comes?
Festival of the Book luncheons announced
The 15th Annual Festival of the Book revealed the list of visiting authors featured in this year’s fair happening from March 18 to 22, 2009.
Obama slightly ahead in Virginia in latest poll
In a recent Washington Post-ABC News poll, Virginia is turning out to be a real battleground state. The poll reports that Barack Obama is slighlty ahead of John McCain 49 to 46 percent with 13 historically red electoral votes at stake.
Darden Towe Park lighting controversy continues
The “community conversation” hosted by Board of Supervisors Chairman Ken Boyd on Thursday night at the Elks Lodge began as a dialogue among county residents and county and city officials about the proposed lighting project for Darden Towe Park. But it soon became a chorus in favor of saving McIntire Park. “The two are one […]
CHO gets $4.5M for runway expansion
The Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport (CHO) is now ready to spread its wings. The Virginia Aviation Board announced that it has approved tentative allocations of funds for 33 of the state’s airports for a total of more than $21 million. That funding includes $4.5 million for seven CHO projects, most notably the Runway Extension Phase 1A design […]
Miller Center overrun by old, well-dressed men
In academics as in life, timing is everything, folks. Twenty-four hours after the Bush Administration announced the bailout of financial giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, UVA’s Miller Center of Public Affairs hosted what it called a global summit on “The New Financial Architecture.” In the rain, yellow-slickered parking attendants greeted reporters and financial consultants […]
New studio art building focuses on exhibits
A massive steel staircase, exposed ducts and a naked concrete floor welcome faculty and students to the new home of UVA’s Studio Art program. The 42,000-square-foot, three-story facility brings together all studio art programs —drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, new media and film, installation and performance art—under one roof for the first time. For more […]
County steps up English proficiency courses
Immigration and English fluency are a hot- button issue these days. But Albemarle County is in its 30th