UPDATE: Michael Keaveny splits from Red Light Management
Michael Keaveny confirms rumors that he is no longer heading Red Light Management’s restaurant operations for Coran Capshaw.
UPDATE: Organizers postpone International Food and Wine Experience till the summer
The food and wine extravaganza is now scheduled for July 32 to August 2, 2009.
Downtown Chinese antique furniture store moves to Greenwood
Ming-Qing Antique Furniture, the Chinese antique furniture store next door to Miller’s, is moving to Greenwood, Virginia.
Turf vs. grass
This spring, high school athletes in Albemarle County Public Schools will receive a belated Christmas gift from an anonymous donor and county supervisors: state of the art synthetic field turf for the football fields. Thousands of students will walk, run and fall on that surface while playing football, field hockey, soccer or lacrosse. Though each […]
VOP fights for ex-con voting rights
Virginia is one of only two states, along with Kentucky, that do not automatically restore voting rights to felons who have served their time.
Head of Patent Foundation steps down
After 11 years as the executive director and CEO of UVA’s Patent Foundation, Robert MacWright has resigned.
UVA halts class for inauguration
UVA announced yesterday that it is suspending classes on January 20 between 11am to 2pm, to give students the chance to watch “an educational momentthat binds us as a nation and a people,” in the words of Provost Tim Garson.
Worker says construction stalled at Landmark Hotel
Once again, it appears that work on the Landmark Hotel, which is rising on the Downtown Mall, may come to a halt, at least temporarily. A construction worker, who asked to remain anonymous
Plans halted for new Downtown parking garage
In November, city staff presented City Council with a parking study and used it to justify the pursuit of a third parking garage Downtown.
Parks and Rec Director Svetz leaving for Arizona
The blogosphere got it right this time: Mike Svetz, Charlottesville’s director of Parks and Recreation, is leaving for Arizona.