Red Dirt Alert!

A Charlottesville development dream team has broken ground on a five-story building that will cozy up to the Downtown ACAC on Monticello Avenue. The project, according to city neighborhood planner Brian Haluska, is a joint venture between Red Light Management (read: Coran Capshaw) and ACAC (Phil Wendel), two of the area’s financial heavy hitters. According […]

What’s in your backpack?

Melissa Lockwood Age: 21 Year: Senior Major: Double major in Studio Art and American Studies What’s in your backpack: Three notebooks, wallet, makeup bag, crossword puzzles from a desk calendar, headphones, Altoids, empty water bottle, two Ziploc bags (one containing tea bags), bills, torn pages from a teen magazine for a paper assignment, empty Absolut […]

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We Ate Here

We spotted the new Just Curry sign outside the Downtown Transit Center and just couldn’t resist the delicious (and inexpensive) meal that waited within. Fans of Just Curry’s Corner location from the day it opened, we knew just what we wanted: the vegan vegetable curry. With its juicy tofu, balanced mix of vegetables and spices […]

A matter of utilities

Plaintiff: Evan SullivanDefendant: John AndersonCourt: Albemarle County Circuit What’s at issue: Whether Anderson, the landlord, is required to pay for utilities that he “caused or permitted…to be terminated” on December 28, 2007. According to the suit, Anderson refused to restore services, “leaving [plaintiff] and his family without capacity for washing, bathing, flushing, or cooking.” What’s […]

What’s in your backpack?

Kelly Whitton Age: 21 Year: Senior Hometown: AlexandriaMajor: Architectural history What’s in your backpack? Arts Administration class clicker, REMIX a capella flyer, three chapsticks, keys with Gonzaga keychain, Relay for Life pen and pencil case, 30-gig iPod, Trader Joe’s chocolate chip granola bar, small binder clip, tissues, squished Snickers, hand sanitizer, Julia Childs’ My Life […]

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Other News We Heard Last Week

Don’t throw it all away: Last Tuesday (a.k.a. Earth Day), UVA pitched in with displays, games and events, including a Dumpster Dive, which revealed how much garbage could have been recycled. Tuesday 4/22 Residents question Hope shelter Two residents of the 10th and Page neighborhood, where the Hope Community Center is located, urged councilors Monday […]