Overtaxed: Numbers don’t add up for diners
Charlottesville raised its meals tax to 6 percent July 1, which, on top of the 5.3 percent state sales tax, adds more than 11 percent to your dinner tab. But […]
‘Shocked, humiliated:’ Jefferson School executive director sues tenant for defamation
The executive director of the Jefferson School Foundation is suing one of the building’s resident nonprofit partners for defamation, after the tenant accused her of conducting “unethical fundraising” in a […]
One year in: Police Chief RaShall Brackney talks civilian review board, sexism, style, and more
RaShall Brackney took the job as Charlottesville police chief a year ago, despite the notoriety the department faced following the violence of August 2017, the damning indictment of the Heaphy […]
Bridge builders: Charlottesville’s unsung heroes
By Kay Slaughter Each day, people cross the Drewary J. Brown Bridge on West Main Street oblivious of this memorial to Charlottesville’s history. Nothing announces the bridge over the railroad […]
Rugby Avenue gets the green light
A test to make the intersection of Rugby Avenue and Rose Hill Drive safer by installing four-way stop signs concluded this week with plastic bags coming off the old stoplights […]
One giant leap: 50 years after moon landing, UVA students build their own spacecraft
July 20, 1969. It’s one of the most significant dates in human history, and the groundbreaking event occurred almost 240,000 miles away from our home planet. American astronauts Neil Armstrong […]
Ahead of the curve: CHS offers free SAT exams for select students
Many Virginia high school students see taking the SAT or ACT as almost a basic requirement—it’s a cultural norm. But according to a recent study published by University of Virginia […]
In brief: Lynching memorial installed, ICE threatens with fines, Jim Ryan’s big bucks, and more
History of lynching acknowledged In Court Square, Albemarle County’s seat of justice, a memorial was installed July 12 to commemorate a historic injustice—the lynching of a black man on that […]
The jury is out: Judge agrees councilors have immunity in Confederate statue case
Five current and former city councilors can breathe a little easier now that a judge has ruled they aren’t personally liable for their votes to remove two Confederate statues downtown. […]
Life plus 419 years: Judge goes with jury recommendation in Fields case
After a four-hour hearing July 15 in the cramped room temporarily housing Charlottesville Circuit Court, a judge handed down the same sentence recommended by the jury that found James Alex […]