Tuesday, January 17Senators keeping an eye on liberal wackos Today senators gave grudging approval to a bill that would give Charlottesville more power to help low- and moderate-income residents buy a house. The bill, introduced by Sen. Creigh Deeds (D-Bath County), is similar to one already at work in Alexandria, prompting suspicion from Sen. Emmett […]
Tuesday, January 10 New Mall auto crossing hits roadblock Today the Charlottesville Planning Com-mission voted against a second auto crossing on the Downtown Mall. Business owners requested a crossing on the east end of the Mall, at Fourth or Fifth streets, arguing that the closure of Sixth and Seventh streets near the Charlottesville Pavilion and […]
Tuesday, January 3Preservation and zoning at odds on Rugby Tonight City Councilors discussed options for a design control district in the Rugby/Venable area. The City wants to give its Board of Architec-tural Review purview over development in the district, and to restrict demolition in the neighborhood. This move toward preservation conflicts, however, with a 2003 […]
Tuesday, December 27 Monticello receives TJ’s old chairs Today Monticello announced that curators of Thomas Jefferson’s house recently received a pair of centuries-old armchairs that once belonged to Charlottesville’s favorite son. TJ bought the neoclassical curved-back chairs to furnish the townhouse he rented while living in Paris as an ambassador in the 1780s. According to […]
Tuesday, December 20 Charter school proposed for troubled students Tonight, the Charlottesville City School Board heard a proposal for a charter school, grades 5 through 8. The proposal, advanced by Bobbi Snow, addresses the needs of kids having the most trouble in school—typically two years or more behind their classmates. Snow has already squared away […]
Tuesday, December 13 Casteen keeps checking cheddar for UVA Jay-Z would say UVA president John Casteen checks cheddar like a food in-spector. Today the school’s prez celebrated news of a $45 million gift—the largest in school history—from the Ivy Foundation of Charlottesville. The money is earmarked for biomedical research, and the news comes on the […]
Tuesday, December 6 UVA football co-captain reaches new high Today, Tony Franklin, a defensive starter on the UVA football team, received an early Christ-mas present: a court summons charging him with possession of marijuana. The Daily Pro-gress reported that the team co-captain faces a misdemeanor possession charge, indicating that the officer found less than 14 […]
Growth. The word alone is enough to start an argument. We need more! We need less! Hardly anyone seems to think things are just right as they are. Despite all the concern about growth, no one seems to know exactly how much new development is in store for Charlottesville and Albemarle County. But after poring […]
Tuesday, November 29 For once, Dulles looks good Travelers headed for Charlottesville were still stranded today, thanks to bad weather and a computer glitch. The Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport cancelled flights yesterday and today due to a combination of heavy rain and the malfunctioning of the airport’s instrument landing system, which helps pilots land when there is […]
Come December, postmodern girls like Cool Honey realize that, frankly, they have better things to worry about than tribal alliances, which require commitment (at most) or a choice (at least) to celebrate either Jesus, the miracle of the oil lamp or Rama’s arrival. As if she wasn’t already overextended by the prospects of dry winter […]