Red Dirt Alert!

  Don’t get mad—get even. After West Main Street parking lot owners Gabe Silverman and Allan Cadgene lost a highly publicized dust-up to Maya restaurant co-owner Peter Castiglione, the pair agreed to pave the pothole-plagued lot. Silverman and Cadgene contracted Digs, Inc. to do the job, which began in March and should conclude by June […]

Lives of the parties

After a seemingly interminable period of playing coy, former Governor Tim Kaine took to the Interwebs on April 5 to announce (in both English and impressively enunciated Spanish) that he is indeed running for Jim Webb’s soon-to-be-vacant Senate seat.

When the Levy breaks

Last month, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) split the Choice Neighborhood grants among 19 recipients—Baltimore, Memphis, Philadelphia and…well, not Charlottesville.

Sullivan steps out

Cloaked in orange and blue robes, Teresa Sullivan was inaugurated Friday as the first female president in UVA’s nearly 200 year history. The ceremony, held outside Old Cabell Hall, drew an audience of faculty, students, and community members that spilled halfway up the Lawn. Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, along with University of Michigan President Mary […]

The relativity of recklessness

On a fall night in 2009, a UVA student named Darren hopped a fence at the Carl Smith Center football stadium. Wearing a climbing harness, he made his way to the base of a light tower, one of four that illuminate the field during UVA football games. He attached a carabiner—a small, metal clip used by […]

Red dirt alert!

  Recent construction on the Cavalier Marching Band’s new rehearsal hall (foreground) has caused a few headaches for Rugby Road drivers. Culbreth Road, a popular shortcut between University Avenue and Rugby Road, was closed to through traffic for five weeks between February and March, which led to a lot of U-turns in the nearby Zeta […]

Trump buys Kluge winery operation for $6.2 million

The Trump Organization, headed by business mogul and potential presidential candidate Donald Trump, bought the bulk of the Kluge Estate Winery & Vineyard at auction last week. While The Donald didn’t make a personal appearance, a team of business advisors purchased more than 700 acres, along with the old and new vineyards, the winery, labels […]

Huguely defense lines up 20 witnesses for hearing

One year ago this week, George Huguely notched his final points as a member of the UVA lacrosse team. The fourth-year student assisted on a goal against the University of North Carolina, and then scored one of his own during a home loss to Duke in front of a crowd of 8,000. Within weeks, Huguely […]