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With his last day of office slated for July 31, was outgoing University of Virginia President John Casteen being a tad rough on himself during his final State of the University Address? 

At Tuesday night’s City Council meeting, in the midst of a contested amendment to the city’s noise ordinance, one thing was agreed upon: Charlottesville’s music scene is vibrant, unique and in need of protection.  Musicians, restaurateurs and venue owners vocally opposed two proposed amendments that would lower the evening noise level to 55 decibels citywide […]

We’ve all heard that timing is everything; likewise, time equals money. So when Frank Stoner, vice president of business development for local real estate developer Stonehaus, said the time was right for a 16-acre sale within the company’s 207-acre Belvedere neighborhood, it also meant the price was right. Cathcart Properties plans to construct a collection […]

“This is a huge win for the courageous workers who brought this lawsuit, really by any measure,” says Tim Freilich, Immigrant Advocacy Program director at Legal Aid Justice Center, visibly pleased.   Thanks to local efforts from Legal Aid’s Tim Freilich (pictured) and many others, Arkansas’ Superior Forestry Service will pay a total of $2.75 […]

Matt Reeves is a jovial Ph.D. who travels the grounds of Montpelier on a mountain bike, wearing a knapsack. When I met him at the presidential estate he was standing near a team of seven or eight workers. They milled about like a road crew, not 200 yards from where President Madison once penned the […]

In February of 2009, Frank Hardy of Frank Hardy, Realtors, Inc. filed suit against Vineyard Estates, LLC, a.k.a. Patricia Kluge and William Moses, for breach of contract on two listing agreements. On Friday, an Albemarle County Circuit Court judge will decide whether the case will head to trial on April 2. According to the suit, the listing […]

One week after roughly 500 people gathered to mourn the death of 20-year-old Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington at a memorial service in Roanoke, Gil Harrington says that her family is more focused on the artifacts of her daughter’s life rather than factors that many say contributed to Morgan’s disappearance.   READ MORE News Analysis: John […]

Although you’d be hard-pressed to prove it, the Old Dominion’s Democrats still maintain control over one branch of Virginia’s three-headed bureaucratic Hydra.

Dear Ace: On a scale of “one” to “a sullen wintry gloom,” how disappointed are you about the apparent lack of Mardi Gras awareness in this town?—Carnival-Craving-in-Charlottesville Oh merde, that was this Tuesday?   Hey, look: Roughly since February 2nd, when Punxsutawney Phil predicted another six weeks without joy or hope, Ace had been encased […]

How to look at UVA President John Casteen’s 20th State of the University Address—his last before the task falls to incoming president Teresa Sullivan in August?