Literacy Volunteers Students Celebrate Success at Achievement Ceremony On Tuesday, September 24, 2013, a crowd of over 50 Literacy Volunteers students, their families, tutors, and staff gathered in Vinegar Hill Café at the Jefferson School City Center to celebrate the achievements of 34 Literacy Volunteers students. Executive Director, Ellen Osborne, kicked off the celebration, followed […]
Literacy Volunteers Students Celebrate Success at Achievement Ceremony On Tuesday, September 24, 2013, a crowd of over 50 Literacy Volunteers students, their families, tutors, and staff gathered in Vinegar Hill Café at the Jefferson School City Center to celebrate the achievements of 34 Literacy Volunteers students. Executive Director, Ellen Osborne, kicked off the celebration, followed […]
A 19-year-old New Jersey man is the latest person charged in connection with a fraud ring whose fake ID manufacturing operation led to a high-profile May raid of a Rugby Road mansion, the seizure of $3 million, and the arrest and subsequent guilty pleas of three young city residents. Michael A. Delrio of Edison, New […]
That fall feeling is here. The morning air is crisp, autumn blooms like yellow crownbeard and native asters dot the roadsides, and our vegetable gardens are in transition. The tomatoes are looking bedraggled—perhaps due to blight, perhaps to infestations of stink bugs—the cucumbers are kaput, and cravings for slow-cooked greens and butternut squash soup begin […]
Each week, C-VILLE’s Green Scene page takes a look at local environmental news. The section’s bulletin board has information on local green events and keeps you up to date on statewide happenings. Got an event or a tip you’d like to see here and in the paper? Write us at news@c-ville.com. Trail training: Want to […]
After a dozen years of planning, VDOT has awarded Nelson County $750,000 to begin restoring what was once the world’s greatest railroad engineering effort: The Claudius Crozet Blue Ridge Tunnel. “When it was built, it was the longest tunnel in the nation, and the longest mountain tunnel in the world,” said Allen Hale, a Nelson […]
The Tom Tom Founder’s Festival is headed back to school. Paul Beyer is getting ready to launch the second annual Tomtoberfest, the smaller autumn sister of the spring music and innovation showcase he created in 2012 in the image of Austin’s SXSW. This year’s fall fest runs Wednesday through Saturday, and doubles down on a concept Beyer, a developer and […]
For the first time since 2006, the Democratic candidates for City Council face two Republicans in a race for two empty seats. This year’s Democratic candidates are Vice Mayor Kristin Szakos—who’s running for a second term and is the only candidate with prior experience as an elected official —and local construction contractor Bob Fenwick, who […]
It’s been seven months since city officials unveiled designs of two different replacement concepts for the Belmont Bridge, and the project’s start date is still nowhere in sight. A report presented by city staff last week revealed that building an underpass would cost nearly twice as much as the $15 million quoted by local design […]
Our regular Education Beat reporting is the result of a partnership with the nonprofit community news platform Charlottesville Tomorrow, which covers growth, development, public education, and local politics. Albemarle County Public Schools announced last week that the division has been reviewing its policy of reporting class rankings to college admissions offices. The review is 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 Piedmont Group of the Sierra Club is hosting sponsoring a forum for the […]