Stonehaus sells 16 Belvedere acres to Cathcart Properties

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 […]

Legal Aid helps in big labor dispute win

“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 […]

Charlottesville archaeologists uncover local Black stories

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 […]

Holidazed and confused

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 […]

Charlottesville mayor: A popularity contest?

With the announcement of City Manager Gary O’Connell’s impending departure to head the Albemarle County Service Authority, C-VILLE wanted to know: Does Charlottesville need a popularly elected City Mayor?  Once current City Manager Gary O’Connell (pictured) heads to the Albemarle County Service Authority, should a popularly elected mayor appoint a new City Manager? “I am […]

Bill to share medical and criminal records might lose exemption

Freedom’s just another word for “sharing information.” Take Delegate Rob Bell’s House Bill 903, a bill that would allow members of college threat assessment teams to discuss medical and criminal records of potential threats, as well as exempt records produced by those teams from the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).   Public access to threat […]