Charlottesville Electoral Board chair Joan Schatzman became a casualty of the Sheri Iachetta registrar scandal January 10 when she was booted from reappointment to the board where she’s served for more than 11 years at a special meeting organized by her own party. Schatzman, a Democrat, and her fellow board members, Republican Rick Sincere and […]
Charlottesville Electoral Board chair Joan Schatzman became a casualty of the Sheri Iachetta registrar scandal January 10 when she was booted from reappointment to the board where she’s served for more than 11 years at a special meeting organized by her own party. Schatzman, a Democrat, and her fellow board members, Republican Rick Sincere and […]
The Virginia Alpha Chapter of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity has been reinstated at UVA after Charlottesville police indicated an investigation “has not revealed any substantive basis” to confirm allegations of a gang rape at the fraternity in 2012, according to a Monday announcement from University President Teresa Sullivan. The fraternity voluntarily rescinded its Fraternal Order […]
Think you were paying attention to Virginia politics in 2014? Take our carefully curated multiple-choice quiz and find out just how much of an electoral obsessive you really are. 1. Although they won a pair of State Senate seats in January special elections, Virginia donkeys were dealt a huge blow when Democratic Senator Phil Puckett […]
The U.S Forest Service is taking public comments through this Friday, January 9 on Dominion Resource’s request to survey the portion of the George Washington National Forest where it hopes to route a natural gas pipeline. The Forest Service says it will consider the comments as it decides whether to allow Dominion surveyors to inspect […]
Long & Foster, the largest independently owned real estate company in the country, has set up shop in four Charlottesville-area offices and taken a big chunk out of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate III, with nearly 60 top agents defecting to the new firm. “Our missing link for years has been Charlottesville,” said Long […]
It was never easy for Justin Frazier, 24, beginning at birth, when his umbilical cord wrapped around his foot and it was amputated when he was a baby, according to his best friend, Walker Perfater. Despite wearing a prosthesis, Frazier played football and baseball. “He was a hell of a damn athlete,” said Perfater. “This […]
This updated and expanded story includes reporting from a previous, shorter piece on Dominion’s pipeline lawsuits posted late last month. This week, courts in Nelson and Augusta counties are expected to start delivering Dominion Resource’s Christmas present to landowners there: the first of dozens of lawsuits, announced last month, against holdout residents who since May […]
Accused abductor Jesse Matthew, 33, will appear in court January 8 and 9 in Fairfax County for motions hearings pertaining to a 2005 rape in which he’s charged with attempted capital murder, abduction with intent to defile and sexual assault. Matthew’s attorney, former Albemarle commonwealth’s attorney Jim Camblos, is seeking a gag order and money […]
A majority of the Charlottesville City Council agreed Monday night to study the cost and impacts of installing of publicly owned security cameras on the city’s Downtown Mall, the West Main Street corridor and the University Corner. Charlottesville Police Chief Timothy Longo and city Commonwealth’s Attorney Dave Chapman made the case for the cameras in […]
UPDATE 12:45pm Friday, January 2: Police have identified the person found dead in the Water Street parking garage New Year’s Day as Justin Michael Frazier, 24, of Crozet, and have said video surveillance indicates Frazier was the victim of an accidental fall. In a follow-up press release issued Friday, Charlottesville Police Lieutenant Steve Upman said detectives […]