Charlottesville-area novelist John Grisham has been named in a libel lawsuit over his book The Innocent Man. The best-selling author, along with the book’s publisher, Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, are two of several defendants. The suit seeks more than $75,000 in relief, as well as a jury trial, according to the Associated Press. The libel […]
Judge Norman Moon heard arguments on September 25 in a lawsuit alleging that an exclusive deal between Wintergreen Partners and the Charlottesville-based Roy Wheeler Realty is a violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act. After Mountain Area Realty, a firm based in Nellysford, filed a second amended complaint in U.S. District Court, Wintergreen Partners in turn […]
There was something almost impish in the way City Councilor Dave Norris cast his vote to approve an easement for the Meadowcreek Parkway (MCP). In the two or three seconds between the clacks signifying the four other councilors votes and the time his vote registered on the board, Norris seemed to grin at the surprise […]
Earlier today Ken Boyd had stood in front of microphones and TV cameras and promised to walk more. It was part of the kickoff for the Local Motion program, encouraging Charlottesville and Albemarle citizens to exercise. Right now, Boyd is already making good on his promise. He walks along the side of the road in […]
The toss itself is at once casual and perfect. The dog biscuit has just enough arc to land about 6′ in front of the barking dog in the driveway, bounce once and then find enough purchase on the blacktop to skid to a stop at the dog’s feet. Mid-bark, it bends its head down to […]
During the 1960s, city planners and developers bulldozed hundreds of predominately African-American communities across the nation to make way for freeways, public buildings and private development. Such projects were grouped under the name “urban renewal,” though they displaced thousands of citizens nationwide. Charlottesville’s Vinegar Hill was one of those communities. Maurice Cox, UVA architecture professor […]
Back in July, The Rutherford Institute threatened to do it, has done it and now has to try to do it harder.
A group of protesters—four of them in prom gowns, sashes and tiaras—set up camp Monday morning at the Lewis and Clack statue on the corner of W. Main and Ridge/McIntire streets. They were protesting the celebration of Columbus Day and the statue itself.
So here’s a fun little problem: You’ve got plans for a 101-room boutique hotel on the Downtown Mall. The Mall has almost everything your upper-crust hotel dweller could ever want. Jewelry store? Check. High-end stationery? Oh yeah. Fine dining? Yup. Buskers to get you some of that local flavor? Sure. Parking? Well… For all of […]
The City of Charlottesville is looking for, in language that can only be described as compassionate corporatism, a “director of customer care.” The job requires a bachelor’s degree in business or public administration and pays anywhere from $80,000 to $100,000 a year. Think you got what it takes? C-VILLE lists what we think the potential […]