The latest incarnation of the Southern Urban Area B report may be two and a half years old, but there’s still a chance the county will adopt the plans before it turns three. The County Planning Commission approved most of the recommendations from the study of the area that intersects city, county and UVA. If […]
UVA may have lost on Sunday to Tennessee, cancelling dreams of the Sweet Sixteen and a national championship. But Wahoo fans can sleep at night knowing that at least they made the academic Final Four. Using data from the University of Central Florida’s Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport, the publication Inside Higher Ed […]
Odd years may be off years as far as national elections are concerned, and one can’t watch five minutes of U.S. news without learning of the latest nuance in a presidential race that’s still 20 months away. But the November 2007 election, a mere eight months away, will arguably be more important in locals’ daily […]
Budget talk is heating up (well, as much as budget talk ever heats up): Should the city and the county lower the tax rates in the wake of double-digit rises in real estate assessments? If so, what should get cut? What should the government do to help middle-class homeowners? Are the schools getting all the […]
Six years after the Rivanna Village at Glenmore was first proposed, the project to add up to 521 new residential units and 125,000 square feet of commercial space to the community in eastern Albemarle is at last going before the Board of Supervisors. The county Planning Commission voted 5-1 to approve the project, with numerous […]
Position: GuardYear: SeniorAge: 22Height: 6′ 2.5"Weight: 188 pounds Points per game: 18.0Points per game in ACC: 20.0Field goal pct: 42.6Free throw pct: 82.3Assists per game: 3.9Min. per game: 32.3Min. per game in ACC: 34.8Career high: 40 pts (vs. Wake Forest, Jan. 21, 2007)Career points: 1,618 (ranks 12th all-time for UVA scoring) High school: Oak Hill […]
ACC: The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) boasts historical dominance in the game of basketball. Splitting from the Southern Conference in the 1950s, the ACC is home to UVA, but also two teams that have dominated basketball since the 1980s—the University of North Carolina (UNC) and Duke. The conference recently expanded to 12 from nine teams, […]
Make it happen UVA is down 69-64, and there is less than three minutes to play against Georgia Tech. If they lose, it would be the second straight going into their rivalry match with Virginia Tech. All that the Cavaliers worked for—their improbable standing atop the ACC, their favorable seed in the NCAA tournament—is at […]
Last week, Charlottesville celebrated its latest accolade as a city among the “Distinctive Dozen,” a title bestowed by the nonprofit National Trust for Historic Preservation. With the award, we join the august company of other “distinctive” towns like Ellensburg, Washington, and West Hollywood, California. “I’m particularly pleased,” said Mayor David Brown, “because if I were […]
Jim Bacon’s incisive ability to cut through Virginia’s transportation issues—what’s up with our clogging roads and what should be done about it—has earned him and his blog Bacon’s Rebellion a number of fans in and out of his home in Richmond. On March 6, Bacon addressed “Why Virginia Transportation Policy is Running off the Rails,” […]