It’s a strange year for the City Council race. For the first time in decades, no Republican is even giving it a shot. Instead, two independent candidates—Peter Kleeman and Barbara Haskins—are vying with three Democrats—David Brown, Holly Edwards and Satyendra Huja—for three spots. To try and pin down differences, we asked Council candidates to respond […]
If the voters of Albemarle County elect Ann Mallek and Marcia Joseph to replace David Wyant and Ken Boyd on the Board of Supervisors on November 6, then this is what would happen: Developers will be asked to pay more to develop here …
Back in 2002, the UVA athletics department drew up some lofty 10-year goals for its 25 intercollegiate sports teams. This year, top donors to the athletics program received an update on those goals. Said Athletic Director Craig Littlepage in the introduction: "We can recruit the best prospects and ensure that they achieve academically, we can […]
Previous coverage: Supes try to delay rural "protections" voteThose up for re-election concerned about details, constituents Wyant credits the tractor factorCounty moves forward with rural-area restrictions Supes warm to mountain protectionsBut can’t even discuss extension to all rural areas, yet Mountain overlay proposals irk landownersExtend restrictions county-wide, some say Mountains of info on viewPublic informed […]
Wendell Wood's efforts to build 180,000 square feet of office space and a 120-unit apartment building adjacent to the National Ground Intelligence Center met with another road block at the October 9 Planning Commission meeting.
The Scottsville race is the least clear cut. Lindsay Dorrier is an incumbent Democrat who tends to vote with the two Republicans on the Board.
While Nathan Antonio Washington awaits trial for alleged sexual assaults in Charlottesville and Albemarle that are part of the so-called serial rapist case, Charlottesville police are still dealing with a lawsuit that springs from their earlier, unsuccessful attempts to find the serial rapist. But a recent ruling by U.S. District Judge Norman K. Moon has […]
The Board of Visitors (BOV) approved plans in various stages of completion that will add $300 million worth of new buildings to campus. The four new buildings, three expansions and one renovation will add space for sciences, sports, services and administration. Locals who are geeked up about UVA’s “other” sports—soccer, lacrosse and baseball—can cheer additions […]
The UVA faculty has seen a vision of the future and is trying to tweak it. The vision is the draft report of the Commission on the Future, a huge document chock full of ideas “proposing directions for the University for the next decade and beyond,” in the words of the draft introduction. While anyone […]
So we may have been a bit wrong in our preseason UVA football prediction. Like good little children, we’re here to deliver our midseason report, no matter how bad the marks. While we picked the team to be 4-2 at this point, the ‘Hoos actually went 5-1, and are 3-0 in the ACC. In fact, […]