County Executive Bob Tucker has worked for Albemarle County for 30 years, and he has never seen a revenue situation as bad as this one. Until this year, the worst year for real estate assessments was in 1991, when they only grew by 2 percent on average. But when assessments came out in January, they […]
City Council took its annual retreat on September 5 and 6, staying at a hotel in Staunton. The only media there? Charlottesville Tomorrow’s Brian Wheeler, who a few days later reported that Council went through an exercise to re-evaluate its priorities, and councilors agreed that public housing/affordable housing needs the most attention. How much of […]
The 50-year water supply plan has hit another snag. Thomas Frederick, executive director of the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority (RWSA) announced today during a press conference that design firm Gannett Fleming has been ordered to stop work on plans for a dam at Ragged Mountain.
Albemarle County police are investigating the first county homicide of the year. At 4pm yesterday, police responded to the University Heights apartment complex, just off Ivy Road. They found a man who appeared to have been shot, and he was transported to UVA hospital, where he died of his injuries.
Albemarle County police have announced the names of those involved in the county’s first homicide, which occurred yesterday afternoon. Police say that Travis Scott, a 23-year-old county resident, was killed in an attempted robbery.
All those home builders banking on selling houses to new National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC) employees may be in for a rude awakening. An estimate from the Charlottesville Area Association of Realtors (CAAR) is that only 30 to 40 percent of employees will relocate, the rest not wishing to unsettle spouses and children.
Since he was charged with possession of alcohol in July, UVA quarterback Peter Lalich has had to avoid two different pass rushes, and in the media blitz he faced yesterday, Head Coach Al Groh took the place of the offensive line to protect the college sophomore.
The UVA athletic department issued a press release Wednesday night stating that starting quarterback Peter Lalich won’t play for the Cavaliers against the University of Connecticut on Saturday.
When the Charlottesville Waldorf School moved from Crozet to its new campus off Rio Road in 2007, it left behind an aging building on a nine-acre campus that it occupied for 16 years. Now Albemarle County is trying to decide what to do with the Old Crozet School property and a consultants’ report pegs the […]
Bloomberg.com reported on September 3 that Halsey Minor, a principle investor in the Landmark Hotel, is being sued by Sotheby’s auction house