Bell bill would police texting
In a teenage culture where texting is sometimes more common than talking, Del. Rob Bell, R-Albemarle, wants to ensure there are clear ways to police the perverse.
Supervisors trim massive gas station plan
They met in living rooms to craft arguments, stood on the curb of Route 250 to plot traffic flow
Is urgency to privatize ABC stores necessary?
He took his idea to the people with an eight-city “Exit the Liquor Business” tour. His team unveiled a formal plan, chock-full of financial projections and answers to concerns. McDonnell’s privatization plan calls for the state to auction 1,000 retail liquor licenses to the highest bidding stores. Yet even with all that bustle, Governor Bob […]
Warner seeks to "shake up higher education" at Curry School talk
Soon after U.S. Senator Mark Warner took the microphone September 9 in the atrium of the new Bavaro Hall at UVA’s Curry School of Education, it became clear that the intent of the Democratic senator’s visit was not to wax poetic over the status quo. U.S. Senator Mark Warner remarked that top-tier universities have been […]
Good spirits
If you walk through the doors of the ABC store on West Main Street with fantasies of mojitos and margaritas watering your mouth, you’ll find your buzz is soon killed. The store has more in common with the sterile confines of a dentist’s office than a tropical paradise. Sure, there are random glimmers of personality: […]
JPA Bridge set for fall overhaul
This fall, the 78-year-old Jefferson Park Avenue (JPA) Bridge—long overdue for an overhaul—will finally receive more than lip service. The Jefferson Park Avenue (JPA) Bridge, which connects the Fry’s Spring neighborhood to the portion of JPA that leads to UVA, will likely be out of service to cars for 16 months while it is fixed […]
Mark Brown purchases Ice Park for $3 million
Mark Brown had never stepped foot inside the Charlottesville Ice Park until roughly six weeks ago, when he approached the 25,000-square-foot building with an eye towards buying it. Now, the park has a new owner, a new name and, to hear Brown tell it, more than a few new ideas for its future. From full-time […]
Jefferson Park Avenue Bridge set for fall overhaul
$10.5 million renovation for long-discussed project could start as early as October
Rolls-Royce partnership revs up UVA job engine
Ten UVA engineering students are interning this summer at a Rolls-Royce jet-engine factory in Indianapolis.
Local leaders concerned over "Boyd Plan"
Since January, Albemarle County Supervisor Ken Boyd has organized meetings with area business leaders to craft an economic “action plan.” The plan seeks to foster a more business-friendly culture in Albemarle that would attract more companies, expand the county’s commercial tax base and increase tax revenues without facing the potentially volatile issue of raising tax […]