Political season: Locals head to conventions
While most of us followed last week’s Republican shindig in Cleveland on TV, several locals were there on the ground. And Charlottesville sent four people to Philadelphia as delegates for […]
Parking garage ‘soap opera’ leads city to reject Brown’s offer
Mayor Mike Signer and City Councilor Kathy Galvin insist there is nothing personal in the city’s dispute with Mark Brown over control of the Water Street Parking Garage. In meetings […]
29 Express: New bus service draws average of three riders, lawsuit
To much fanfare, JAUNT unveiled a commuter express service May 2 from the Food Lion on U.S. 29 north of town to UVA and downtown. Free for the first two […]
Flurry of filings in Rolling Stone lawsuits
Last week saw one lawsuit against Rolling Stone dismissed, while Sabrina Rubin Erdely filed an 86-page statement about how she reported the UVA-rocking article “A Rape on Campus,” and plaintiff […]
Fire started at Ike’s Underground under investigation
It was nearing lunchtime on the Downtown Mall when smoke began pouring out of the building that houses Ike’s Underground Vintage Clothing and Strange Cargo, Miso Sweet and Twisted Branch […]
Elevated space: Inside Oliver’s Treehouse
Oliver Kuttner doesn’t do bland. And he doesn’t like building the same thing over and over. His latest project, the Treehouse on the corner of Garrett and Second SE streets, […]
No emergency: Judge rejects parking center petition for special receiver
A judge heard Charlottesville Parking Center’s emergency petition to appoint a receiver to run the Water Street Garage June 27, three days before the parking center’s contract with the city expired, […]
DBAC urges city and parking center to knock off bully tactics
The Downtown Business Association of Charlottesville sent a letter to city councilors and Charlottesville Parking Center owner Mark Brown today requesting the city and the CPC “reach a quick agreement on […]
City Council adopts gun control resolution
Gun control debate dominated the June 20 Charlottesville City Council meeting as members of opposing sides of the issue cited the Second Amendment—“the right of the people to keep and […]
‘Outrageous’ search: County argues to drop lawsuit against cop
A federal judge heard Albemarle County’s motion to dismiss three lawsuits that allege Albemarle police officer Andrew Holmes targeted African-American males for unreasonable searches. At the June 20 hearing, Judge Glen […]