According to the Virginia Department of Education, the drop-out rate for Charlottesville high school students is 13 percent. How would you address this question? What measures would you recommend, specifically, to lower the rate? Ned Michie (Incumbent) As of last year, the state is calculating the dropout rate in a new, more accurate manner than […]
According to the Virginia Department of Education, the drop-out rate for Charlottesville high school students is 13 percent. How would you address this question? What measures would you recommend, specifically, to lower the rate? Ned Michie (Incumbent) As of last year, the state is calculating the dropout rate in a new, more accurate manner than […]
The rising number of inmates in state prisons correlates to the rising number of detached families and a rising number of children raised without parents. Are there meaningful changes the legislature can make to the justice system to reverse this problem for Virginia families? 57TH DISTRICT Robert Brandon Smith III, (I) Robert Brandon Smith III […]
GOVERNOR Creigh Deeds Born: Richmond, 1958. Family moved to Bath County. Education: B.A., Concord College. J.D., Wake Forest University School of Law. Political career: – Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1992 until 2001 and has been serving in the Senate since December 2001, following the death of Senator Emily Couric. – In […]
GOVERNOR Bob McDonnell Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1954. Grew up in Northern Virginia. Education: B.B.A., University of Notre Dame. M.S.B.A., Boston University. M.A./J.D., Regent University School of Law. Political career: – Served 14 years as a representative of the 84th District (Virginia Beach) in the Virginia House of Delegates, starting in 1991. – Co-chair of […]
With the local elections less than a week away, C-VILLE asked candidates to speak directly to readers. GO TO: • Charlottesville City Council • Albemarle Board of Supervisors • Charlottesville City Sheriff • Charlottesville School Board • Albemarle School Board • 57th and 58th District in the House of Delegates We gave every candidate in […]
The events surrounding the 1995 Million Man March confirmed for Gwendolyn Whiting that her training as a dialogue facilitator needed to continue.
A line on a map, representing a road not likely to be built for decades, has nonetheless become a political hot potato in Albemarle.
Welcome to the 42nd week of our year-long trip through two decades of C-VILLE archives. Here is your table. Here is your napkin.
Dear Ace: The fall is here, and the leaves are starting to turn. It‘s putting me in a real circle-of-life, survival-of-the-fittest kind of mood. Ace, what is the most prevalent tree in Virginia? I want to plant one in my yard, to teach my sons how to be stronger and more prolific than their rivals.—Eugene […]
Read up and drink it up: • eggs • peppers • goats • apples • tomatoes • cucumbers • peaches • goat cheese • microgreens • beer • wine • take-out For many, many reasons—for the good of our communities, our environment, our bodies—our food intake should start with the local produce, meats and […]