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A disconnect between City Council and the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) over the planned 250 Interchange

 When he began leading the University of Virginia’s investment management firm, he oversaw roughly $2.5 billion in assets. More than five years and one Great Recession later, Chris Brightman, CEO of the University of Virginia Investment Management Company, resigned for “personal reasons,” with an endowment pool totaling $4.4 billion, according to a January 31 investment […]

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 On a muddy lot about a half hour north of town there’s a big recycling container that’s been repurposed as the production office for a horror movie called House Hunting. Inside are a couple of card tables covered with papers, folders and open laptops. The day’s call sheets hang in manila folders taped to the […]

 Hate to break it to you, but the music on the radio, in YouTube videos, in your iPod—it’s all dead. All recorded sound is a bunch of ones and zeros graphing—as best they can—the shape of a soundwave made in an isolated soundbooth far away and long ago. Technically speaking, the most vibrant music today […]

 Those walking in late to Wednesday night’s concert at the Jefferson Theater might have mistaken it for a comedy show. “Saturday Night Live” cast member Fred Armisen was shaking a tambourine onstage, the audience wore lovestruck grins, and at the grand piano, a long sheet of hair dangling over her shoulders, Joanna Newsom looked something […]

 Dear Ace: Times are tight right now. What’s the history of finding gold in the area? And do you think it might pay off for me to hit the creek with some panning equipment?—Ain’t-sayin’-he’s-a-gold-digger-but-ain’t-messin’-with-no-broke-rivers-in-Charlottesville So you want to know whether your auric ambitions will pan out? Fortunately, there are several factors working in your favor. […]

 Contentious words were exchanged. A lobbyist was hired. A City Council resolution was passed. And in the end, Charlottesville Mayor Dave Norris liked the outcome. READ MORE Charlottesville and Albemarle are locked in a battle over $2.6 million in school funding. Who will come to the breaking point first? The General Assembly thwarted Delegate Rob […]

 As a result of one of the toughest budget seasons in recent memory, County Executive Bob Tucker’s $293.8 million budget does not include any funding for Creciendo Juntos

 Last week, members of the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors sent a March 15 work session on the capital improvements budget into a two-day, sudden death overtime scramble. And, a month out from an April 24 meeting between city and county officials proposed by Delegate David Toscano, Team Albemarle may yet find itself competing against […]