As the regular Monday night City Council meeting wore into the night, members of the Jefferson Park Avenue and Fry’s Spring neighborhood associations came out to thank Council for progress made toward reworking a bridge that spans the railroad tracks between Todd and Fontaine avenues. This Jefferson Park Avenue bridge that runs over the railroad […]
At a board meeting March 26 [download meeting agenda in PDF], the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority voted to approve an ambitious five-year capital-improvement plan that will prepare the area for the development—and ensuing waste—that’s to come. “We are presently challenged by the need for infrastructure improvements with respect to aging existing assets, more stringent […]
Last month, UVA launched a new home-page, its first website redesign since 2004. The site includes one feature uncommon to university websites: an “Especially For Kids” page aimed at the more diminutive Cavalier. “Want to learn more about UVA?!!” it implores. Try the “UVA Lingo” word scramble and find phrases like “Grounds,” “The Corner” and […]
Police have arrested three suspects in a March 2 shooting that seriously wounded a Charlottesville High School student. One suspect, Pee Wee Carmello Martinez, was apprehended in Bronx, New York, apparently fleeing police. His younger brother, a 17-year-old, has a violent history of crime in Charlottesville and is in custody. A 16-year-old is also in […]
After the death of 17-year-old Albemarle High School lacrosse player Nolan Jenkins, and the ticketing of dozens of teens for alcohol use, the Albemarle County School Board felt it needed to do something to curb underage drinking, especially by student athletes. This summer, the Board solidified policies that would allow schools to exert control over […]
More than two decades after Earl Washington Jr. went to prison for a rape and murder he didn’t commit, his lawyers say he’ll soon see compensation, in the form of $1.9 million from the state of Virginia. In 1984, Washington was convicted of the brutal rape and murder of Rebecca Lynn Williams, a 19-year-old Culpeper […]
What a remarkable day March 26 promised to be. A press release announcing the opening of the much-awaited bus transfer center popped into e-mail in-boxes across town like a bud blooming among thorns. The anticipation of years of planning, redesigning, overestimating and underestimating had finally given way to this fateful moment: The city was ready […]
Brett Quarterman, a 25-year-old engineer and Crozet resident, died March 20 of injuries sustained in a fire that broke out in the wee hours of March 18 at a residence at 2015 Lewis Mountain Rd.
An alcoholic and often homeless, Eduardo Calzada lived his life on the margins of Charlottesville society. He lived in Central Virginia for 15 years, taking construction or handyman jobs around Charlottesville, periodically disappearing for long stretches to binge on alcohol. On his left forearm Calzada had his name tattooed in blue ink. He once told […]
Following a March 16 opinion by U.S. District Court Judge Norman K. Moon, Dena Bowers’ attorney was left with only one argument: that Bowers was denied a right to be heard before she was fired from UVA, a violation of her due process rights under the 14th Amendment. In October 2005, Bowers sent an e-mail […]