Council likes scaled back Mall renovation
On an unseasonably warm day on Friday, February 15, Twobears Burgos and Matt Williams tackled the never-ending business of repairing the surface of the Downtown Mall. City Parks & Rec […]
Watching traffic in Fry’s Spring neighborhood
With more homes comes more traffic. And those in the Fry’s Spring Neighborhood Association (FSNA) are sick of those extra cars on Old Lynchburg Road.
Plans and the planning planners who plan them
In lieu of tarot cards and ouija boards, Charlottesville and Albemarle predict the future with multitudinous boards and commissions. Below is a guide for the uninitiated to help slog through the bog of local plans and boards.
George Allen Ups Privately Funded Trips
Last year, Virginia Senator George Allen received six trips, with destinations ranging from Las Vegas to Virginia Beach, from various nongovernmental organizations, according to the personal financial disclosure report he filed for 2005. The report ws released last week.
Medicaid recipients must soon prove citizenship
Beginning July 1, federal legislation will require all Medicaid recipients to present identification that proves they are American citizens. But, while the deadline is less than two weeks away, local agencies still have questions about what forms of ID recipients will need to provide.
Two Bundoran Farm Developers Killed in Plane Crash
The Bundoran Farm development suffered a tragic loss Wednesday, June 14, when Qroe Companies CEO Robert Baldwin and Regional Director David Brown died in a plane crash around 11:30am. Baldwin, 75, and Brown, 55, were en route
looking at Bundoran Developer’s Track Record
Qroe Farms, the company developing Bundoran Farm just south of Charlottesville, positions itself as an agriculture- and environment-friendly developerâone that often sacrifices housing lots in order to preserve surrounding forests, fields, streams and views.
grad student funding not up to snuff
If UVA really wants to be a top-notch school, it needs to show grad students the money. At least according to a policy presentation to the Board of Visitors on Friday, June 9, detailing the path of an outstanding research university. The message? Top schools attract top graduate students by paying them top stipends.
Police Sting Nabs iPod-Driven Auto Thefts
City police set the baitâan unlocked vehicle with obvious iPod, cell phone, camera and watchâalong Madison Avenue. Three minutes later they sprung the trap, after two teens on bikes swiped the iPod and cell phone, making it 30 yards before police arrested them. Police found two more iPods after a search. Both juveniles were convicted last week of petty larceny.
As Capshaw-ville Expands, Alt art center seeks New Home
Soon The Jefferson Theater building will become another piece of Coran Capshaw’s empire. And when the theater closes for extensive renovations this summer, there will no longer be room for basement tenants like Better Than Television (BTTV), which must leave by June 30.
BTTV, an all-volunteer “radical” community center, has occupied 2,000 square feet in the basement for approximately one year, where they operate a lending library, a free store, a ‘zine rack, and a stage room for plays, music shows, films and sundry other eclectic projects geared particularly toward teens. Along with Tibetan street vendors who sell their wares outside during the day, BTTV subleases their basement space from a photographer. According to Sam Schuyler, a project assistant with Capshaw’s Red Light Management, that photographer’s lease has recently expired.