You might not have met Michael Jones, but if you’re a regular on Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall, chances are you’ve heard him. Jones is known for walking the Mall with his headphones on, clapping loudly and sometimes chanting about the glory of God. But an altercation with a Charlottesville elected official over his actions is raising questions […]
Dominion’s pipeline faces a tough battle in central Virginia, where the threat of eminent domain has sparked fury among residents.
What kind of combat weapons do my local cops have? That’s what people around the country have been asking as images and videos of a heavily armed police force responding to protests and riots over the shooting of unarmed teen Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri over the last two weeks sparked criticism of the militarization […]
Charlottesville City Schools have one more half-million-dollar payment to make on the contract that put a Fujitsu touch-screen tablet in the hands of every middle and high school student in the division in 2012, and while the aging computing devices have been criticized as glitchy and slow, the division says it’s committed to the one-to-one […]
Thursday could be a busy day in the office of Charlottesville Circuit Court Clerk Llezelle Dugger—or it could be a day like any other. A mandate to clerks statewide to begin issuing marriage licenses to gay couples who want them is due from the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals at 8am Thursday, August 21, a week and […]
Crozet-based music merchandising company Musictoday has been snapped up by San Francisco e-commerce firm Delivery Agent, and while locals are mum on the deal, the CEO of Musictoday’s new parent company says the buy will mean growth and jobs in Charlottesville and Albemarle. Musictoday was founded in 2000 by Charlottesville’s Coran Capshaw, the Dave Matthews […]
Less than two hours after a federal appeals court denied a request to delay its ruling that Virginia’s gay marriage ban is unconstitutional, Charlottesville Circuit Court Clerk Llezelle Dugger had heard from a score of city couples asking when they could get legally married. “Between e-mail, my phone, and my cell, I’m up to 20,” she said. […]
“Virginia is for lovers, not pipelines.” “You shall not pass.” “Humpback wails over pipelines.” The gauntlet of signage on the sidewalk outside Nelson Middle School Tuesday evening ahead of the community’s first public meeting with representatives from Dominion Resources made the sentiments of hundreds of local residents clear: They don’t want to see the company […]
We don’t know exactly what the Route 29 of the future is going to look like, but we do know changes are coming fast—too fast for some business owners who fear the isolating effects of construction and new traffic patterns. The latest timeline for the first slate of projects was at the center of the […]
Spectra Energy has suspended efforts to build a $4 billion, 427-mile natural gas pipeline through Virginia, a spokesman confirmed this week. The Houston-based company was one of three so far this year to float proposals for gas pipelines cutting through the Commonwealth. Its pipeline would transport fracked gas from Pennsylvania to North Carolina, skirting Albemarle […]