Finals countdown: A students' exam week diary
Wednesday, May 10, 8pm (Photo by John Robinson) As things come to a close for graduating fourth years, we asked our news intern, Tyler DeBoard, to keep a diary of […]
Planned hotel project may mean new life for West Main, but is the city losing its last cheap startup space?
The property at the corner of Ridge McIntire and West Main Street, pictured here in a 2007 photo, is slated to become a 70′-tall hotel—a project the city says will […]
City Council addresses marijuana enforcement problem (with audio)
A resolution that would have marked a shift in city policy toward prosecuting marijuana possession was ultimately passed by City Council last week as a watered-down request for
Traffic disruptions to expect this summer
Now that the students are heading out for the summer, traffic should be more manageable around the University. But what about other areas of Charlottesville, Albemarle, and beyond?
Greene County GOP newsletter editor booted after suggesting armed revolution
The Greene County GOP was in the media spotlight last week, though not, perhaps, for a welcome reason. Ponch McPhee, editor of the party’s monthly newsletter, was dismissed after a […]
Albemarle County, schools bite the bullet on state mandate to increase pension contributions
Both Albemarle County and the county school district are going full speed ahead on funding a new state mandate that gives to public employees with one hand and takes with […]
Green Scene: This week's environmental news
I spotted my accountant in front of her office this spring, planting perennials to spruce up the parking lot. I liked seeing her away from her desk, and it struck […]
It's election time again—let the wooing begin!
President Obama made an appearance at Virginia Commonwelath University in Richmond May 5, one of two stops on his first official campaign weekend. Virginia is poised to get plenty of […]
Biotech U: Marrying academia and industry in Charlottesville
Critical mass. With 35 biotechnology companies currently doing business in the city, members of Charlottesville’s biotech industry say they’ve got it. Two years after the University of Virginia retooled its […]
Mercedes Helnwein "The Beautiful Person"; Second Street Gallery; Through May 28
Mercedes Helnwein’s “The Beautiful Person” provokes and questions observers at Second Street Gallery. (Courtesy the artist) What are you looking at? A stern portrait’s half-lidded stare seems to ask this […]