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When Belmont resident Brian Wimer saw Norfolk-based MMM Design Group’s proposal for a new bridge connecting his neighborhood to the Downtown Mall, he wasn’t impressed.

To combat a crippling and volatile economy, since 2009 city schools have cut 25 positions and services that equal 2.14 percent of the general fund. This year, the school division is faced with an estimated deficit of about $4.3 million. Among some of the proposed reductions is the elimination of two assistant principal positions at […]

City and county tax values decline The real estate market in Charlottesville and Albemarle is still contracting. In the city, the total value of taxable property decreased by 1.22 percent, and existing residential property declined in value by 3.08 percent. Commercial property, however, increased by 0.84 percent. Albemarle County’s taxable values declined by 3 percent, with […]

UVA Law Professor Anne Coughlin spoke to students about the legal intricacies of Virginia’s homicide law in an effort to prepare them for the upcoming trial of former UVA student George Huguely. 

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A common refrain when an extremist legislature is elected is that the voters didn’t realize what they were voting for. Whenever a lawmaking body goes off the deep end and starts proposing all sorts of laws that were never mentioned during campaign season, charges of bait-and-switch are never far behind. Thus, as Virginia’s Republican-controlled General […]

For most Americans, Monticello is the home of Thomas Jefferson, an icon of American architectural expression, a treasured National Historic Landmark and the only American residence on UNESCO’s prestigious World Heritage List. But it’s also the best documented and best preserved early American plantation, and for that reason, a window into the obscure institution of slavery.

One month before Richmond’s Riverstone Group began negotiations to purchase the Keswick Corporation, previous owners Orient-Express Hotels told investors that the properties carried roughly $24 million in impairment charges

Since January 26, 2010, the Harrington family has kept a steady vigil on their blog and continued to make media appearances as part of their Help Save the Next Girl campaign and their effort to bring Morgan’s killer to justice