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.
Warner’s roadless request approved
Last week an advisory committee recommended preservation for roadless areas in Virginia’s national forests.
City buses aim to run on time
Dude, where\’s my bus?
For years, people forced to rely on Charlottesville\’s public transportation have found the service doesn\’t quite live up to City Hall\’s “world class” slogan. Riders reported eight-hour journeys from Downtown to Wal-Mart and back, and last year an independent consultant confirmed that riders (and potential riders) had zero faith that the Charlottesville Transit Service (CTS) could get them anywhere on schedule.
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.
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.
Airport construction almost done
Construction at the Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport is entering its final stages.
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
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…
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.