Willoughby homeowners resist association
Residents of the Willoughby subdivision were invoiced in August for dues to a homeowners association that many did not know existed.
Cuccinelli sniffs for fraud in UVA climate research
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s fight against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) turned personal in late April, when Cuccinelli demanded UVA turn over documents, computer code and correspondence related to the research and grants of Michael Mann, a prominent climate scientist at UVA from 1999 to 2005. Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli may have pushed UVA too […]
Censorship in Virginia prisons…and 9 other crimes against the First Amendment
THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." For past coverage […]
Search on for director to "serve humanity"
At a time when many people are looking for work, UVA is still looking to hire its first ever Executive Director for Technology Transfer and Ventures. The role represents UVA’s broader attempt to increase revenue from and recognition for its inventions and innovations. Thomas Skalak, UVA’s vice president for research, says that the role of […]
CARS response times headed for an interchange?
On a windy, overcast Wednesday morning around 8am, traffic already piles up at the intersection of Route 250 and McIntire Road. Most of those idled drivers can see the Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad (CARS) building and its parked fleet of white and neon orange emergency vehicles. The volunteer rescue and ambulance service responds to about 30 […]
Blue Ridge Area Food Bank to give out highest load of supply
He is the CEO of the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Network, whose Charlottesville branch is located at 1207 Harris St. Tanya Sperl, who is now a volunteer at the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Network, was once a client. “Coming to the food bank is more than just getting food. It’s getting hope, relieving […]
Fifeville is still waiting
Patience has become a necessary virtue for residents of Fifeville’s Fifth and Dice streets concerned about traffic safety.
It's a buyer's market for country manors
If you’ve been putting off buying that seven bedroom, nine bathroom country manor with several hundred acres of land, you might want to stop procrastinating: It’s a buyer’s market. Built in 1740, 0 Gordonsville Road tops the price list at $18 million: It includes a manor, three additional cottages, a carriage house and 16 stall […]
Rob Bell tops summer fundraising with $80K plus
Virginia law does not limit the amount an individual or corporation can donate to political campaigns, but it does require candidates to disclose donations. The September 15 filing reveals that from July 1 to August 31, in elections for the Charlottesville City Council, Albemarle Board of Supervisors and House of Delegates, money was flowing but […]
Fifeville, a traffic hazard
The school bus stops outside Stephanie Gist’s house at the corner of Fifth and Dice streets in Fifeville, a neighborhood of hills, narrow roads and odd intersections.