The latest casualty of the nation’s economy is Innisfree World Artisans, joining the list of closing businesses on the east end of the Downtown Mall with Sage Moon and Migration galleries. Innisfree will officially shut its doors on January 30. The store is an outlet for Crozet’s Innisfree Village, a community of mentally challenged adults, […]
Though the county Board of Supervisors voted to allocate $225,000 to replace natural grass on high school football fields with synthetic turf, questions remain about the safety of the turf. Supervisors David Slutzky and Ann Mallek opposed the measure, citing health and safety concerns. Slutzky, who with Mallek was appointed to try to answer questions […]
If you’re looking for impressive (and depressing) numbers on the current economic downturn, try this one: In the past two years, local bankruptcy filings have increased by 695 percent, according to The Daily Progress.
Todd Sacco’s roommate found IT in his Charlottesville mailbox. What is IT? A jolly drawing of our world according to “total nutjob in our neighborhood,†as Sacco describes today’s “Find of the day” on FOUND magazine’s website.
A little more than a week after UVA football head coach Al Groh fired his son, Mike, as the team’s offensive coordinator, the University has found his replacement: former Bowling Green head coach Gregg Brandon.
Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority (CRHA) announced a new executive director last night. Charlottesville native and former CRHA deputy director Randy Bickers replaced Noah Schwartz, who left the post on December 12 after accepting a job in Arizona.
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Leonard Sandridge said UVA’s state funding will be reduced by $23 million over the next two years: $12.4 million for 2009-2010 in addition to earlier cuts of $10.6 million, for 2008-2009.
PVCC announced today that the fall 2008 semester enrollment of 4,874 was the highest in the college’s 36-year history.
A year ago, the nine-story Waterhouse project consisted of twin towers rising above Water Street.