In a move toward broader inclusion, 84 members of the Charlottesville Democratic Committee voted last night to change its process for nominating candidates to city office from a mass meeting to a “firehouse primary.â€
Contractor Faulconer Construction Company will begin by clearing right of way from East Rio Road to Meadow Creek so that work can start on a bridge over the stream. The construction will shut down the Rivanna Trail on February 17.
Retirement comes a week after settlement in lawsuit against him
Last year, Wendy Fisher bought a modest, rehabbed home on Fifth Street SW for $285,000.
Last Wednesday was national signing day for high school seniors preparing to play college football, and beleaguered UVA Head Coach Al Groh got a lift when Morgan Moses, a highly regarded 6’7" 330-pound offensive lineman from Richmond, announced at a press conference that he’s coming to Charlottesville by unzipping a jacket to reveal a Virginia […]
District renamed “Fifeville and Tonsler Neighborhoods” rather than “Fifeville-Caste Hill.”
Governor Tim Kaine and House Speaker William Howell announced today that they have reached a compromise on legislation that will ban smoking in “nearly all†Virginia restaurants.
Today, UVA Athletic Director Craig Littlepage sent out an e-mail to Virginia ticket holders, letting them know that he too sees how badly the men’s basketball and football teams have performed.
The UVA Foundation, the real estate holding wing of the University, bought the 60-room Econo Lodge at 400 Emmet St. for $6 million. That news is unsurprising—the acquisition is a logical connector, right in between the sports facilities and the heart of Grounds. What is surprising is that, rather than register the purchase under its […]
Local property owners just got their latest assessments, which, for the most part, reflected the slump in real estate value.