Students tackle Katrina’s damage during spring break
For many UVA students, spring break is typically a time to party like it’s Apocalypse Eve. But for those rare students not in search of a bacchanal, the week-long term is a chance to volunteer.
Homeless shelter cited for improper zoning
Pastor Harold Bare is excited. A couple of Sundays ago, he had a young man and woman stand up in church and announce that they were getting married.
Tax hawks encircle county supes
Just four years ago, Peter Wurzer retired from his position at the Dr. Pepper/7-Up company in Dallas, Texas, and moved to Albemarle to build his dream house. “For the first three years, I was busy with that house,” he says. “When I finally got finished, I said, ‘Let’s take a look at what’s going on,’ […]
Your tax dollars, at work
Worked for the county for: 12 years Resides in: Lake Monticello in Fluvanna County Job title: Lieutenant in the Albemarle County Sheriff’s office. Responsibilities include overseeing the daily operation of state-mandated tasks—the courts, transports, and civil process divisions of the office. Sprouse makes daily trips to the jail to transport inmates and is on a […]
Pub crawl ends with knife wound
What was supposed to be just another night out on the town ended with a man’s guts spilling from his side on Water Street, according to the transcript of the city General District Court preliminary hearing for Joseph Ray Wells, Jr., who is charged with felonies for mob assault and malicious wounding. One night last […]
UVA prof defends domestic government spying
Following the disgrace of Richard Nixon and the debacle of the Vietnam War, a uniform mood swept America that the President had too much power
Double H farmers enter plea deal
Before Jean Rinaldi and Richard Bean could plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of selling uninspected meat, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Enforcement
Gang member sentenced to four years
Carmello “Pee Wee” Martinez walked into Charlottesville Circuit Court in the customary striped prison garb. Martinez, an avowed member of the “Bloods”—of Crips and Bloods gang war renown—was arrested this summer in connection with a shooting. On February 13, he was sentenced to four years in prison for the events that occurred last March when […]
Stagnating retail project gets new owner
A little more than a year ago, representatives from the still-conceptual Albemarle Place gathered with the city, county and Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority (RWSA) to discuss the Meadow Creek interceptor, the main hub for sewage all along Route 29N.
25 anti-immigrant bills still alive
When this year’s General Assembly kicked off, there were around 120 bills that would have had a negative impact on the state’s immigrant communities as local politicians responded to the national, and in some places local, hysteria over illegal immigration. Many of those bills died in subcommittee, but according to Tim Freilich, legal director of […]