Literacy Volunteers Trains 13 New Tutors On Saturday, March 22, Literacy Volunteers of Charlottesville / Albemarle (LVCA) Program Director Deanne Foerster welcomed thirteen new tutors to LVCA’s crew of volunteers who work one-on-one with adults in the community. Foerster explained to the group that LVCA serves adults seeking support in basic literacy as well as […]
The Blue Ridge Home Builders Association’s (BRHBA) 41st Home & Garden Festival, April 4-6, makes the Main Street Arena on the Downtown Mall the place to dream and plan and plot, to chat with local home and garden professionals, pick up a few ideas, and figure out how to make them happen. With 80 booths […]
Fluvanna County Public Schools The Fluvanna County Public School system is comprised of five schools: Carysbrook Elementary, West Central Primary, Central Elementary, Fluvanna Middle School, and Fluvanna County High School. All of Fluvanna’s schools are fully accredited. Fluvanna County Public Schools will: • Provide a quality education to all students. • Build a culture that […]
Real Estate Related News Tommy Brannock joins Loring Woodriff Real Estate Associates Loring Woodriff Real Estate Associates is thrilled to welcome Tommy Brannock. A Charlottesville native and UVA grad, Tommy is well known in our community for his years of success in real estate sales as well as for his commitment to giving back to […]
Ron Cooper, C-VILLE’s legal columnist, contributed to the reporting of this story. Consider a courtroom scenario in Albemarle County. A man is charged with a crime but can’t afford a lawyer, and the top assistant attorney from the local public defender’s office represents him. Prosecuting the case is the top assistant Commonwealth’s attorney for the […]
The former Charlottesville school teacher arrested in February on child pornography charges has been released from jail on personal recognizance pending trial, according to records in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Corey R. Schock, a veteran fourth-grade teacher at Venable Elementary School, was arrested February 10 during a search of […]
If you’re a parent of school-age children in Central Virginia, chances are you feel like your kids have been out of school as much as they’ve been in school this winter. For working parents, it’s been a scramble. On the heels of yet another snow storm that caused delays in Albemarle and Charlottesville, now it’s […]
Charlottesville officially is gaga over UVA Men’s Basketball Coach Tony Bennett. “If you had to call anybody a saint, I’d put that in front of his name,” said Barry Parkhill, a star UVA basketball player in the ’70s and the second in school history to have his jersey number retired. It’s been a long, dry […]
Long days of interstate travel, sleepless nights in college town hotels, adrenaline-packed hours on the boards in sports arenas all over the East Coast. That’s been the life of Tony Bennett’s Cavaliers as they racked up historic wins this season, but for the last two weeks, it’s also been the reality for a small crew […]
If not a Bypass, then what? That’s the question being put to a committee of local and statewide elected officials, business leaders, and environmental advocates tasked with advising the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) on how best to spend the $244 million allocated for the scrapped Western Bypass around Charlottesville. The advisory panel of 10 meets […]