Clinical trials for the bored and broke
The dog days of summer are just around the corner. And what better way is there to kill some time and beat the heat than participating in medical experiments?
A good tenant
UVA can pretty much build what it wants, where it wants in Charlottesville. Even so, sometimes UVA has to slum it (like the rest of us) and rent.
Why don’t investors like Target?
As the debate continues over how much retail is too much for Albemarle County, tree-huggers aren’t the only people concerned about a shopping surplus.
Mum’s the word on Possible SNL sale
Last month the London Telegraph reported that SNL Financial is up for sale, but so far local confirmation is hard to come by. Sources inside the company report that Chairman Reid Nagle announced that SNL was on the market, but President Mike Chinn had “no comment” on the matter.
Schilling ousted
“It doesn’t look good,” said Rob Bell, frowning at news coming from a radio in Lord Hardwicke’s restaurant. Local Republicans gathered around the bar on Tuesday, May 2, hoping to celebrate a second term for Republican City Councilor Rob Schilling. Yet Bell noted that early results showed Schilling far behind in Venable and Walker
Architects dis South Lawn
UVA architects have decided to let bygones be bygones on the massive South Lawn project, but they\’re still asking the administration for more discussion about the general course of campus architecture.
Airport construction almost done
Construction at the Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport is entering its final stages.
SELC slams County overbuilding
A new report from the Southern Environmental Law Center warns that Albemarle County is overbuilding retail outlets, and that the shopping glut threatens economic vitality, the environment and Albemarle denizens\’ quality of life.
The greening of nuclear power
Pure white clouds float through a blue sky; pine-covered mountains cast their emerald reflections across a clear lake; a child’s muddy hands cradle the precious root ball of a tiny tree.
This is the new face of nuclear power.
The images appear against a green-and-purple background on the website for the Clean and Safe Energy Coalition. Scroll down, and there’s the smiling faces of Christine Todd-Whitman, former head of the Environmental Protection Agency, and…