Neither natural elements nor any team in its path has so far been able to stop the UVA baseball team, as it defeated Ole Miss (48-21) 4-1 Saturday—the second win over the Rebels in a week—to earn its first ever bid to the championship of the College World Series in Omaha. The win pushes the […]
Neither natural elements nor any team in its path has so far been able to stop the UVA baseball team, as it defeated Ole Miss (48-21) 4-1 Saturday—the second win over the Rebels in a week—to earn its first ever bid to the championship of the College World Series in Omaha. The win pushes the […]
Each week, the news team takes a look at upcoming meetings and events in Charlottesville and Albemarle we think you should know about. Consider it a look into our datebook, and be sure to share newsworthy happenings in the comments section. The Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority Board of Directors meets from 2:15-3pm Tuesday, June […]
In dramatic fashion for the second time in three nights, UVA baseball pulled out a down-to-the-wire win in the opening round of the College World Series on Tuesday, this time in 15 innings to take down fellow top-seed Texas Christian University 3-2. The win puts the Cavaliers one victory away from advancing to the best-of-three championship series. […]
Early this month, the Albemarle County Planning Commission heard from not one but two private school headmasters at its regular meeting in Lane Auditorium at the County Office Building. The institutions themselves were very different: Tandem Friends School, a 44-year-old Quaker middle and high school, and Regents, a small Christian K-through-12 academy founded in 2010. […]
The Women’s Initiative’s Eboni Bugg Shares What Inspires, Sustains Her If you stop by The Women’s Initiative office at Jefferson School City Center, don’t be surprised if you don’t find Eboni Bugg there. Her role as Therapist and Outreach Coordinator has her in the office as much as out. “As a therapist, I provide individual […]
It’s been almost four years since Martha Jefferson Hospital sold its Locust Avenue property to developer Octagon Partners and moved to a new Pantops campus. Now, in a milestone for redevelopment in Charlottesville, the commercial overhaul of the site is coming to a halt. The main hospital building was occupied by CFA Institute in December […]
Like a scene in a movie, the kidnapper allegedly knocked out his female victim with a chemical-soaked rag and hauled her to an abandoned house where he seized her cell phone and began taunting her boyfriend with text messages. “She’s so sexy when she’s passed out,” read one. “IMMa warm her up,” read another. It […]
“That genie is out of the bottle, and it’s not coming back in,” said Belmont resident Peter Krebs, one of more than a dozen people to address city council on Monday night during a public hearing on the future of the Belmont Bridge. At issue is a decision over whether to use already approved state funding […]
It was unanimous. Charlottesville’s City Council voted together Monday night to select local developer Keith Woodard’s plan to redevelop the downtown lot that’s been home to the weekend City Market since 1993. Woodard’s proposal, dubbed “Market Plaza,” calls for an open-air public space with room for 170 vendor stalls bordered on two sides by a […]
A vote to adopt a $203 million plan for improvements to Route 29 through Albemarle County could occur as early as Wednesday morning, possibly along with the beginning of the process of selling off the state’s right-of-way to the corresponding land. The Commonwealth Transportation Board will meet on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 17-18 in Richmond to continue […]