Fear global, act local

In January, when Fifth District Republican Congressman Robert Hurt opened his new Charlottesville office, Jefferson Area Tea Party (JATP) Chair Carole Thorpe told C-VILLE that the group planned to turn from the federal government to local issues. Representatives of the local tea party, part of the national swell of groups calling for reduced government oversight, […]

Cheek to cheek

In 2008, Mark Warner was elected to the U.S. Senate, and Cantor suddenly discovered that he wasn’t the only pair of chiseled cheekbones and Chiclets-perfect choppers on the Hill.

The way of the gun

 On February 13, 2008, Carmello “Pee Wee” Martinez was sentenced to four years in prison for his role in a shooting that left a local 16-year-old in critical condition. Reportedly a member of the Bloods street gang, Martinez had pursued an argument from the Herman Key Recreation Center on Market Street to the Blue Ridge […]

Fight for your rights

This year, about 40 immigration-related bills were introduced in the General Assembly that would have affected undocumented immigrants and their families.

Former Albemarle Place awaits start

A long-awaited development slated for the corner of Hydraulic Road and Route 29 North in Albemarle County is officially ready for construction. The Shops at Stonefield—the 1.2 million square-foot development formerly known as Albemarle Place —will break ground in the coming months, according to its developer, Edens & Avant. However, a formal date has not […]

Fixing a hole

The rotten awning on Ophelia Wells’ Fifeville home was patched last fall. In two months, repair crews organized and operated by AHIP—the Albemarle Housing Improvement Program—installed a new roof and siding. They also resolved plumbing and electrical problems and conducted a lead paint abatement program inside the house. The cost? Roughly $55,000—not an unusual cost […]

The work of the future

  Now it’s our turn. We know what it takes to compete for the jobs and industries of our time. We need to out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build the rest of the world. We have to make America the best place on Earth to do business. We need to take responsibility for our deficit and reform […]