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Samantha Baars

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Surprise, surprise: Councilors Bellamy and Signer will not run for re-election

For some, it came as a shock when City Councilor Wes Bellamy announced yesterday that he would not run for re-election, especially considering his public remarks the week before that […]

Samantha Baars | March 29, 2019

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‘It’s a relief:’ Fields pleads guilty to federal charges

Some victims of the August 12, 2017, car attack are breathing a sigh of relief that they won’t have to endure a second trial, after the white supremacist who murdered […]

Samantha Baars | March 28, 2019

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An abhorrent infestation, thousands of bullets, and a goat sacrifice

While renters have it tough, managing an apartment isn’t a walk in the park either, and one local manager has truly seen it all. On the condition of anonymity, the […]

Samantha Baars | March 27, 2019

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Racist threat reverberates: Schools closed, teens arrested, students protest

As thousands were celebrating literature at the Virginia Festival of the Book in Charlottesville, a less-exalted missive from the nether regions of the internet, threatening “ethnic cleansing” at Charlottesville High, […]

Samantha Baars | March 27, 2019

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Stress center: Abrupt resignation further dismays dispatchers

When the executive director of the city, county, and university’s troubled Emergency Communications Center abruptly resigned last week, questions and concerns started circulating among the center’s employees. “Barry [Neulen] was […]

Samantha Baars | March 20, 2019

News

Monument motions: Another stall for the statues

It was the same old, same old in Charlottesville Circuit Court on March 13, when attorneys involved in a lawsuit to keep the town’s Confederate monuments in place hashed out […]

Samantha Baars | March 19, 2019

News

Some county residents have strong opinions about what’s appropriate for Black History Month

Controversy erupted recently over including a local politician and activist in a Black History Month display at Walton Middle School—and we bet you can guess who it is. City Councilor […]

Samantha Baars | March 13, 2019

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Data drive: Police chief hopes to prove transparency by producing records

When Charlottesville Police Chief RaShall Brackney took her oath in June, she was sworn in to a position already highly scrutinized by citizens of a town where many are wary […]

Samantha Baars | March 12, 2019

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Rutherford Institute weighs in on county schools’ hate imagery ban

Anti-racist activists have spent more than a year advocating for a ban of hate symbols in Albemarle county schools, and after months of the school board deferring an official vote, […]

Samantha Baars | March 5, 2019

News

Not guilty: Trash truck driver acquitted in fatal train crash

Garbage truck driver Dana Naylor was found not guilty for his involvement in a crash that made headlines last year, when an Amtrak train carrying GOP congressmen smashed into his […]

Samantha Baars | February 28, 2019

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