There was an unusual amount of energy in City Council chambers at 6:57pm on January 7. And why not? It was a new year, and a new council. Holly Edwards and Satyendra Huja were about to take their seats for the first time, Dave Norris was about to take over as mayor, and the two […]
Daniel Bluestone, a UVA professor of architectural preservation, wanted to make sure that the Compton House (most recently occupied by the Beta Theta fraternity)…
There were a lot of babies in attendance at the January 9 Board of Supervisors meeting. Not the figurative babies who sometimes show up to whine and throw temper tantrums. No, these were real babies, the offspring of parents there to support the Pantops Montesorri Community School’s appeal of an Architectural Review Board (ARB) decision. […]
The communities surrounding the Boar’s Head Inn—Ednam, Ednam Village and Ednam Forest—are all separate subdivisions, and in some ways quite different, but a passer-by can be forgiven for confusing them. In addition to sharing the Ednam name (which comes from the name of the mansion built in 1901 by a New York bachelor named Edwin […]
She was just there to attend a rummage sale. On July 2, 2005, Violet Seabolt was making her way up a wooden public access ramp to enter the Scottsville Community Center in Dorrier Park.
Things are falling into place for the Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, the first new school at UVA since…
We know it doesn’t pay to play coulda-shoulda-woulda, but we couldn’t resist a rundown of plays that in toto gave the Gator Bowl to Texas Tech (mercifully, we’ll only start in the second half): Texas Tech recovers a surprise onside kick; refs don’t allow UVA Coach Al Groh to challenge a Red Raider fumble; quarterback […]
Just because homes sat on the market an average of 92 days and sales dropped to 2003 levels didn't mean there was nothing to report in 2007.
More 2007 year in Review The year of the blueprint (not the bulldozer)2007 development news in review Rape, murder, kiddie porn and more2007 courts and crime news in review Nukes, Fines, C.A.R.S., Pigs and parks2007 Government news in review The area’s biggest employer continued its $3 billion quest to help raise its rankings, while leaving […]