Our education coverage appears thanks to a partnership with Charlottesville Tomorrow. As Albemarle County heads into budget season, the Board of Supervisors and school board are trying to figure out which body will lead the conversation about a possible expansion of Bright Stars, the County’s pre-K program for at-risk 4-year-olds. “The real issue here is […]
Hard to believe it, but yet another election season has come and gone, leaving a combination of ebullience and bitter disappointment in its wake. The tighter-than-expected election of Governor Terry McAuliffe has been certified, and State Senator Ralph Northam is busy measuring drapes for the lieutenant governor’s office. Luckily for us, there is still some […]
The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors last week signaled its approval of a request to connect Monticello to public sewer lines and expand its access to public water, despite county staff’s recommendations against the new infrastructure. The Thomas Jefferson Foundation, the private organization that owns and operates the UNESCO World Heritage site and in 2011 […]
A week after Democrats swept the Albemarle County Supervisors election, focus on the Western Bypass is heating up yet again. In the weeks before the election, a group called the Charlottesville Bypass Truth Coalition stirred controversy by running anti-Bypass ads that pushed for the defeat of Republican Bypass supporters Duane Snow and Rodney Thomas. Some […]
Theater professor and American Shakespeare Center Director of Missions Ralph Alan Cohen is never one to keep audiences in the dark. Instead, he puts them in the spotlight. Such was his hope 25 years ago when constructing the Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton with a group of former students. Today it is the world’s only recreation […]
Court Squared is a regular column on local legal and justice issues by Charlottesville attorney Ron Cooper. If you’ve ever sat in on a trial, on top of the multitude of emotions you’re experiencing depending on why you’re there, you’ll instantly recognize that real world litigation looks nothing like an episode of Law & Order. […]
In 10 months, a massive helium balloon will drift upward from the New Mexico desert to the edge of space, expanding to the size of a football field before it reaches a stopping point 23 miles above Earth. On a platform attached to it will be a tiny sub-orbital satellite, the result of nearly a […]
Halloween Extravaganza Offered Frights and Delights at the YMCA Intergenerational Learning Center Halloween spirits arrived the YMCA Intergenerational Learning Center, with costumed creatures gathering for family fun at the First Annual Halloween Extravaganza on October 31st. Approximately 60 guests attended the evening event at the Jefferson School City Center, which featured activities for a wide […]
Love is in the air for white-tailed deer this month. Unfortunately for humans, there’s nothing romantic about a smashed car, and deer-vehicle collisions soar in November as the randy animals roam through woods, over fields, and into roadways during the peak of their mating season, which coincides with the start of deer hunting season. According […]
Election day has come and gone, heralding a new era of Democratic dominance in Albemarle County. But Republicans are agitating for further investigation into the activity of a local advocacy group they say stepped over the line in the weeks leading up to election day by operating as an unregistered PAC. “It seems like there’s […]