What’s Happening at the Jefferson School City Center?

Common Ground Healing Arts is preparing for its Spring Wellness Festival for the weekend of March 22-24.  During the weekend, all sessions will be open to the public on a donation basis. Kate Zuckerman, Executive Director of Common Ground says, “All of our presenters and instructors are donating their time for the weekend, so that […]

Green happenings: Charlottesville environmental news and events

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. Lit lecture: Head t0 […]

Top cop: Charlottesville Police Chief Tim Longo takes your questions

Charlottesville Police Chief Tim Longo sat down with C-VILLE to talk about policing priorities— including homelessness—and now he wants to hear from you. Do you have questions for him? Send them to news@c-ville.com. Charlottesville Police Chief Tim Longo hit the streets of Baltimore in 1982 at the start of city’s crack cocaine epidemic, a newly minted […]

City homelessness survey highlights a common cause

Over the course of two days in late January, teams of volunteers filed into shelters in communities around the country to conduct a massive point-in-time survey on homelessness, including here in Charlottesville. The results of the survey of about 130 locals have just been released. The data doesn’t offer a complete picture of the homeless […]

Tom Tom 2.0: Why UVA is investing in Charlottesville’s take on SXSW

Short, sweet, and smart. That’s what Paul Beyer wants the second annual Tom Tom Founders Festival to be, and the erstwhile City Council candidate has a powerful partner backing his vision. The University of Virginia is providing brainpower, funding, and even an appearance by its own president to help fuel this year’s pared-down version of the […]

What will it take for Dominion to bury power lines?

Before the end of the winter storm that dumped more than a foot of snow in central Virginia and put the Commonwealth into a state of emergency last week, 233,000 Dominion Power customers around the state were without electricity in freezing temperatures, including tens of thousands in Charlottesville and Albemarle.  At 10am Wednesday—the morning after […]