As previously reported, the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority (CRHA) is set to reopen the Section 8 Rental Voucher Program waiting list for the first time in four years, and now the housing authority has released a date: Starting on September 10, CRHA will accept applications through September 16, when the list will close again. […]
Gov. Tim Kaine announced today that the state has allocated $23.4 million in State Homeland Security Program funds to localities. September is National Preparedness Month.
The Section 8 Rental Voucher Program waiting list reopens on September 10 for the first time since 2004.
The University is trying to “go green” in many aspects of its operations. Yet most of UVA’s 10,000 full-time staff continue to drive their own vehicle to and from work, despite efforts to offer alternatives. Over the course of the last academic year, UVA Parking and Transportation has unveiled a series of new programs geared […]
When one ventures up Route 29 on the way to D.C., one seriously considers the thought of abandoning this worldly existence and becoming a hermit. Traffic and pollution (and, well, distance) make it impossible to enjoy a nice stroll to Washington. So what about the train? Currently, the service offered by Amtrak between Charlottesville and […]
In Saturday’s speech to the parents of incoming first years, UVA President John T. Casteen informed them about his support of the Amethyst Initiative. He told them, in short, his intention to adhere to a nationwide campaign to lower the drinking age from 21 to 18-years-old.
Hail to the “Red White and Brew!†It’s as patriotic as it gets. With Budweiser already lost to the Belgians, the greater Charlottesville area will get its revenge on the beer market. And the surrounding wineries.
WINA newsradio reports that the Commonwealth will seek the death penalty against William Douglas Gentry, Jr. for the 2007 murder of 26-year-old Jayne Warren McGowan.
U.S. News and World Report has just released its 2009 rankings of graduate and undergraduate schools in the nation, and UVA has done it again! Silver medal.
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