College from jail
Inmates at Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women in Troy, Virginia will soon be able to earn a degree from behind bars.
Occupy Charlottesville looks to the future, readies for inevitable
In the two months since the first organizers occupied Zuccotti Park in New York City to protest national economic inequality, similar encampments sprung up throughout the country, each of them […]
$3.5 million lawsuit against Hollymead Town Center developers may grow
A $3.5 million lawsuit filed by the Forest Lakes Community Association (FLCA) and the Hollymead Citizens Association against some of Albemarle County’s most prominent developers may grow in scope and cost
UVA upgrades gun prohibition
The November 4 vote also sets the stage for a heated General Assembly battle that could pit Second Amendment advocates and Virginia’s concealed carry law against universities like UVA and George Mason
Getting past Vinegar Hill
The destruction of Vinegar Hill in the 1960s in the name of urban renewal and the displacement of the many African-American families who lived there have caused irreparable damage to race relations in Charlottesville.
Dede Smith won. Now what?
A radiant Dede Smith gladly subjected herself to a whirlwind of affectionate embraces and congratulatory handshakes last Tuesday night at Vivace Restaurant on Ivy Road, moments after the final vote tally revealed she had won one of the three open seats on Charlottesville’s City Council.
Council's elected Dems design next steps
Kathy Galvin: The Architect Galvin ran a successful City Council campaign on the message of intelligent design, an idea she promoted through her slogan “Greener, Smarter, Stronger by Design.” She believes […]
Albemarle Supervisors: Same as always?
Scottsville Supervisor Lindsay Dorrier and his successor, 26-year-old Democrat Christopher Dumler, stood in the lobby of Vivace and sized each other up. Dorrier is Dumler’s senior by more than four decades. He is also the Board’s Rosetta Stone, a man whose tenure as supervisor totals 15 years, and includes the swing vote that paved the way for the long-contested Western Bypass. But there are similarities
2011 Elections: Fundraising totals for Charlottesville and Albemarle candidates
On November 8, Charlottesville and Albemarle residents headed to the polls to pick their representatives for City Council and the County Board of Supervisors, respectively. C-VILLE Weekly collected campaign finance information for each race, including top donors, cash on-hand, and total funds raised in 2011
Llezelle Dugger promises to modernize Clerk of Courts office
"The challenge right now is getting the clerk’s office where I want it. You hear that Charlottesville is a world class city, a progressive city, and yet we have a clerk’s office that is not in the 21st century"