The UVA student body has opted to save “single sanction,” referring to the only punishment for honor code violations: permanent expulsion. Critics of the system got a referendum on the ballot for spring elections, asking whether single sanction should be abolished in favor of tiered consequences. Though the resolution would be nonbinding, it would have […]
Whatever mistakes might be made by the county in rezoning for Biscuit Run, they at least want to avoid the mistakes of Hollymead—where huge swaths of green land were made red, causing erosion and sediment-control issues for neighbors and watersheds; where the commercial property was built long before residential, undercutting the principles of the county’s […]
Toward the end of his annual State of the University speech last month, President John T. Casteen III said, “[There is] substantial interest in the efforts that we’re making now to acknowledge the role of enslaved persons and other workers who contributed to the construction of this University and you’ll see more of this roll […]
Proposed shopping centers like North Pointe and Albemarle Place are supposed to be the modern town squares, according to the county’s neighborhood model policy. But thanks to a
Ups and downs for local governmentLike photored, not keen on transportation, paper ballots As the dust is settling on the legislative session, what do the City of Charlottesville and County of Albemarle see as particularly meaningful to them? They both like the ability to set up photored cameras at intersections, which they see as a […]
The City has finalized its list of transportation proffer priorities in the Biscuit Run development south of Charlottesville in Albemarle County: City Council (www.charlottesville.org) decided at their February 5 meeting to request improvements for Old Lynchburg Road, synchronized lights in the city and money toward a Fontaine connector. Those recommendations have been forwarded to the […]
As an update to a story last week (“County tackles research park’s ‘awful’ lighting”), the County Planning Commission approved a lighting waiver for additions to UVA Foundation’s (www.uvafoundation.com) North Fork Research Park off Route 29N. The commission denied a similar request in November because the lights didn’t meet the definition of full-cut off, meaning some […]
Kendra Hamilton, City councilor since 2004, has decided not to seek re-election in November. “It was about creating some balance in my life,” says Hamilton. “It’s a big job, and it takes some time. It just wasn’t a good time for me professionally.”
City police lead out Jeff Winder, 38, one of three locals arrested February 21 for refusing to leave Congressman Virgil Goode’s Charlottesville office. Part of a simultaneous effort nationwide in a dozen other cities, a group of locals staged a sit-in in Congressman Virgil Goode’s office on February 21. Three were arrested: Jeff Winder, Shelly […]
The info was already out there—on physical maps, at the real estate assessor’s website, in files in the Albemarle County Office Building. But the new Geographical Information System website, GIS-Web, combines all that information in one central location and provides the most powerful tool to date for Albemarle homebuyers, developers, real estate brokers, watchdogs, interested […]