With Dems ruling Albemarle, can the Western Bypass be rolled back?
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 […]
Merely players: Blackfriars founder Cohen to speak at TEDx
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 […]
Finger on the scale? Debating the fairness of Virginia’s limited criminal discovery
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 […]
Student-built satellite project funded by NASA and UVA will go aloft next year
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 […]
What’s Happening at the Jefferson School City Center?
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 […]
Oh, deer: November the deadliest month for road run-ins
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 […]
Anti-Bypass group’s pre-election political activity draws ire from Republicans
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 […]
Albemarle County feeling blue after big Dem wins
Election day delivered a big shakeup in Albemarle as Democrats swept three races for seats on the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors and a left-leaning independent took a fourth. Democratic […]
Update: Arrest in Woodland Drive shooting
Charlottesville police have made an arrest in last month’s shooting death of 22-year-old Jarvis C. Brown. Twenty-one-year-old Charlottesville resident Tsaye Lemar Simpson has been charged with first degree murder, use of a […]
What happened to Pat Collins? UVA grad student’s bones turn up in NY police locker
Twenty-seven years ago UVA graduate student Patrick Collins vanished, leaving behind a mystery that would haunt his family, obsess local reporters, and raise questions about UVA’s handling of the case. […]