Supervisor Dennis Rooker had no problem getting his fellow supervisors to approve a 35 percent increase in the county’s automobile decals, raising them to $38.50 from $28.50. But at least three of them couldn’t stomach a real estate tax rate of 69 cents per $100 of assessed value. Pressure was on at the April 11 […]
As Kevin Alfred Strom waited in U.S. District Court, he glanced over his shoulder around the courtroom—a meek smile girding his face—and nodded to whomever he made eye contact with. His demeanor
Under fire from vociferous taxpayers, leaders in both city and county keep rolling back pennies from the tax rate. Albemarle County’s current real estate tax rate is 74 cents per $100 of assessed value. Following the 28 percent rise in biennial county real estate assessments, the Board of Supervisors originally drew up a budget that […]
Last month, the Virginia General Assembly became the first legislative body in the nation to pass legislation requiring that girls receive the HPV vaccine before they enter middle school. The bill included a provision that allowed parents to opt out their child. But when the bill came to Governor Tim Kaine’s desk, he amended it […]
By the time Robert Brent, Regional Coordinator for Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), concluded his two-hour presentation at a recent public meeting on Water Quality in the Rivanna River Watershed,
Approximately two years ago, Regency Centers Corporation—a national owner, operator and developer of shopping centers—faced a bit of a dilemma as they neared completion on the Target shopping center in northern Albemarle. The County’s Comprehensive Plan called for them to build an egress to the adjoining property. A lack of parameters meant Regency could build […]
In 2001, Cellular Materials International (CMI) was formed to commercialize technology invented at UVA by Haydn Wadley, a materials science and engineering professor. A year later, CMI received the first of many Department of Defense contracts for a type of cellular technology that held promise as a low-weight, high-strength protective paneling, making it ideal for […]
Governor Tim Kaine had a busy beginning to the last week of March, as he unleashed a flurry of revisions to the bills presented to him by the state legislature only a few weeks prior. Although his amendments to the transportation bill have received the most focus, he also vetoed a wide range of bills, […]
“What’s NOT Working in Our Community?” proclaimed the handout for Saturday morning’s session hosted by the Charlottesville/Albemarle Commission on Children and Families. Maryfrances Porter, the Commission’s research and planning coordinator, encouraged the 10 or so residents in attendance at the County Office Building to air their grievances in order to help the city and county […]
Two years ago, 40-year-old William Beebe sent a letter of apology and subsequent e-mails to then-38-year-old Liz Seccuro for a sexual encounter he had with her in 1984 when she was a 17-year-old UVA student. He was making penance per his Alcoholics Anonymous program. An already traumatized Seccuro eventually took one of his e-mails to […]