Since a consultant recommended in January that Charlottesville City Schools close one elementary school, the schools have been putting the possibility to the public. As Superintendent Rosa Atkins explained at the outset of a meeting on Wednesday night at the South First Street Community Center, “We’ve known for some time that we need to discuss […]
In his State of the University Address in February, UVA President John Casteen proclaimed the University would respond to the sagging economy and its falling endowment by innovating and re-inventing itself.
Albemarle County has six districts represented on the Board of Supervisors, and the seat from the Samuel Miller District has been dominated since 1994 by Sally Thomas,
When it comes to regional transit, what the General Assembly gives with one hand, it takes away with the other. This year the Assembly passed legislation to permit Charlottesville and Albemarle County to create a Regional Transit Authority, yet simultaneously denied the RTA the option of raising money through an increase in the local sales […]
Charlottesville’s Democrats used a new “unassembled caucus” Saturday, May 9, to elect Dave Norris and Kristin Szakos as their candidates for City Council and James Brown III, as their candidate for Sheriff in the November 3 general election.
Charlottesville’s Democrats used a new “unassembled caucus” Saturday, May 9, to elect the nominees for the two seats on City Council.
Plans to convert the Blue Ridge Tunnel into a hiking trail through Afton Mountain may have gotten a boost April 3, when Representative Tom Perriello asked the House Appropriations Committee to earmark $4.36 million for the project in fiscal year 2010. To construct the Blue Ridge Tunnel, which could see new life as a walking […]
"Any assault on a UVA student is one too many," said Associate Vice President and Dean of Student Allen Groves.
With its academic buildings, hospitals, and support facilities, UVA needs a lot of energy to function.
Mark Crockett is no stranger to public records. The teacher at Western Albemarle High School has used salary information to compare pay raises for the district’s administrators and teachers and has sifted documents to challenge a consultant who concluded teachers didn’t value an early retirement incentive program. But as the state celebrated government transparency with […]