Digging up Albemarle history

How do you lose a courthouse? It seems a lot more challenging than, say, losing your car keys, and yet Virginia has lost courthouses by the fistful to fire, age and poor record keeping. But in a cow pasture just outside Scottsville, the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society is working with a team of archaeologists and […]

Rotunda scheduled for a $50 million makeover

Anyone who’s been to UVA in recent months has surely walked away wondering, “What’s up with that black fabric wrapped around the tops of the columns at the Rotunda? Is UVA in mourning or something?” Turns out, it’s part of a much larger effort to completely overhaul the entire building. Stately though it may seem—architectural […]

Water update: Earth-moving decisions

Last week, City Councilor Kristin Szakos broke a 2-2 vote on one of the most contentious elements of the $143 million water supply plan, which was first approved in 2006. In a 3-2 vote, City Council supported the replacement of the existing Lower Ragged Mountain Dam (pictured) with a new earthen structure composed of materials […]

Dorm dilemma

According to Patricia Romer, UVA’s Acting Chief Housing Officer, portions of the project are up to one year ahead of schedule, which translates into an earlier completion, but less available housing now. Overall, the Alderman Road Replacement project will provide an extra 500 beds.

Stretch your legs

If you’re anything like us, you spent the winter the way our Neanderthal ancestors did: At home, where the hearth is hot, the whole family’s around and the threat of being attacked by a saber-toothed tiger is minimal. But now that March is here, it’s time to cast off those old ways; there’s a lot […]

UVA Living Wage: That'll be $11.44

Casar tells C-VILLE that the campaign is ready to send Sullivan a letter asking her to “audit the contracting companies that work at UVA” with the hope that, during a March meeting, Sullivan will be able to address all their concerns.

Tangled Webb

Unwilling (or unable) to temper his prickly nature, Webb became notorious for brusquely brushing off reporters and refusing to hold his tongue, even when it was in his political interest.

Biscuit Run credits spur Assembly action

The legacy of Biscuit Run continues to reverberate in this session of the General Assembly, where two bills head towards passage, each tackling the implications of the state’s hasty acquisition of the 1,200-acre former development for a future state park. After the Virginia Department of Transportation appraised the 1,200-acre Biscuit Run tract at $12 million, […]

The Trump Card

Until business colossus and “The Apprentice” star Donald Trump cuts checks for Patricia Kluge’s foreclosed properties—the 45-room Albemarle House mansion, the unrealized luxury real estate development Vineyard Estates and the 900-acre Kluge Estate Winery & Vineyard—the three parcels belong to three separate banks, which hold combined liens totaling $65 million. However, sources close to negotiations […]