The man arrested in connection with the August 14 fatal wreck on Route 151 in Albemarle County is a noted Charlottesville author and world renowned journalist whose work has appeared in publications including National Geographic, Vanity Fair, and The New Yorker. Fifty-five year old Donovan James Webster, who several years ago served as the interim editor of Virginia […]
The deal is done. On Tuesday, August 12, Main Street Arena and Yellow Cab of Charlottesville owner Mark Brown completed his purchase of all shares of the Charlottesville Parking Center, the for-profit entity that owns and/or operates two downtown parking garages and one lot. “I felt that CPC owned assets that were important to the future […]
The proposed sale of the Charlottesville Parking Center to Main Street Arena owner Mark Brown took a major step forward on Monday, August 4, as every CPC shareholder who cast a vote approved of Brown’s offer of nearly $14 million—$34 per share—in a deal that will make him the sole shareholder of the private entity […]
More than two months after hearing evidence regarding violations at last year’s Lockn’ Music Festival, the Virginia Board of Alcoholic Beverage Control has issued a ruling in the case, and it’s bad news for the Nelson County event’s organizers. “…only one penalty is appropriate,” wrote ABC hearing officer Clara A. Williamson, as she recommended the harshest possible penalty against […]
“That genie is out of the bottle, and it’s not coming back in,” said Belmont resident Peter Krebs, one of more than a dozen people to address city council on Monday night during a public hearing on the future of the Belmont Bridge. At issue is a decision over whether to use already approved state funding […]
The Albemarle County man whose abduction conviction has come into question after inconsistencies in his accuser’s story emerged will remain in jail after a judge shut down his bid to have his verdict set aside. Albemarle County Circuit Court Judge Cheryl Higgins issued her ruling today in the case of former grocery store manager Mark Weiner, citing […]
Years after fighting their landlord in court for the right to stay in their space in the Meadowbrook Shopping Centre, the owners of Anderson’s Carriage Food House decided to close their doors last month and hoped that the decision would put an end to more than a decade of acrimony. Instead, another legal battle is […]
One thing seems sure. In the not too distant future, a years-long construction project will get underway to replace the 52-year-old, crumbling Belmont Bridge with a new structure for cars, bikes, and pedestrians to cross the 500-foot stretch that connects downtown to Belmont. After five years of planning and more than a million taxpayer dollars […]
The kidnapping and murder of Waynesboro police reservist Kevin Quick was part of a gang-related crime spree involving nine individuals, many of whom were members of a Central Virginia set of the Blood gang known as the “99 Goon Syndikate,” according to a May 14 indictment filed in the U.S. District Court in Charlottesville. The 39-page indictment, released at […]
A homicide that occurred in the wee hours of Saturday morning at Alhamraa Moroccan restaurant in downtown Charlottesville took place as the business was unusually full of patrons celebrating multiple birthday parties at the restaurant, according to Ix property developer Ludwig Kuttner, in a prepared statement. Kuttner expresses “great sorrow” for the family of the […]