Elections 2011: Smith, Galvin, Huja in the lead
Top three candidates for City Council are all Democrats
City Council candidates debate campaign contributions and other hot topics
Candidates were grilled on the water supply plan, population growth, critical slopes, the Dillon’s rule and transportation improvements.
Occupy Charlottesville and City police on the same page after Lee Park arrests
On Tuesday, Joe Thompson, William Toney and Dan Miller were arrested in Lee Park and charged with being drunk in public, trespassing, possession of marijuana and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
City School Board candidates clash on tablet initiative
Guian McKee, a public policy professor at the UVA Batten School, lauded the Blended Learning to Advance Student Thinking initiative (BLAST), known more generally as the tablet initiative, as a program that will help students be ready for the workplace.
Fenwick endorses Smith; Smith hedges bets
With city and county elections only a week away, anything is fair game, even endorsing your opponent. Last week, Independent candidate for City Council Bob Fenwick did the unthinkable and publicly supported Democratic candidate Dede Smith. He did it in an attempt to break up the “old line party” majority currently held by outgoing Councilor […]
The faces of Occupy Charlottesville
Just like the people who make up the Occupy Wall Street movement, the members of Occupy Charlottesville are indignant about the state of corporate corruption in the U.S. government and “sick” of a small portion of the population “controlling the majority of the wealth, resources and labor equity.”
An afternoon at Occupy Charlottesville in pictures
After Occupy Charlottesville was granted a 30-day permit to stay in Lee Park, members are saying they want to stay put through Christmas.
The faces of Occupy Charlottesville: member profiles
Interviews with Occupy Charlottesville members reveal diverse motivations, unified purpose
Huguely trial stuck on access to medical records
Both the defense and the prosecution agree that the next hearing dealing with Yeardley Love’s medical records should be closed to the public.