Water update: Ragged Mountain Dam compromise?
In less than 48 hours, the waterlogged debate between Charlottesville and Albemarle County officials over the Lower Ragged Mountain Dam became measurably different for every person involved.
Stop picking on us
Nothing is dead on Davis Avenue, a cozy stretch of brick homes north of the Downtown Mall. However, you wouldn’t know it to look at the massive birds that roost in a group of trees nearby. A mob of turkey vultures roost in trees near Davis Field, north of the Downtown Mall. While Charlottesville and […]
An Albemarle House divided?
It appears that no house is a safe house for former winery owner Patricia Kluge, whose financial struggles continue. Last week, a county judge appointed J. Todd Willett, Director of Asset Services for real estate firm CB Richard Ellis, to “maintain the status quo” of Albemarle House, the property she acquired in her divorce settlement […]
Make up your mind
If, as G.I. Joe once told us, “knowing is half the battle,” then what is the other half? Charlottesville is one of the brainiest cities in the country—which means, presumably, that we know a lot. The irony? We don’t know how our collective brainpower works. Local entrepreneur Jeff Gunther describes his OpenSpace business as a […]
Mann stays in the hot seat
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, no doubt still aglow from his latest victory in his war on health care reform, got some help this month from an outside nonprofit in his quest to pry loose a bevy of documents related to former UVA climate scientist Michael Mann. On January 6, the American Tradition Institute (ATI), along […]
New Members Show; McGuffey Art Center; through January 30
McGuffey Art Center excels at hauling Charlottesville's rich seams of artistic talent to the surface during its yearly New Members Show.
City mulls new middle school site
On January 4, about 20 local parents sat in Greenbrier Elementary and peppered Charlottesville Superintendent Rosa Atkins with questions about the school division’s middle school revamp.
Dam debate nearing resolution?
Will the new year finally bring a resolution to the controversial water supply debate?
Master of the art
VIDEO BY COOGAN BRENNAN In Richard Crozier’s studio behind his Preston Place home, about 1,000 of his original works line shelves and baskets on the floor. You could find a football field, lay them all out, and spend hours looking at an impressionistic map of Charlottesville, composed entirely of the many moments Crozier spent brush […]
When Brown stands down
Thinking about running for public office in the city? Start getting your ducks in a row. While City Councilors Satyendra Huja and Holly Edwards contemplate reelection bids, David Brown—arguably Council’s most outspoken member—will not seek a third term. The seats currently occupied by Brown, Huja and Edwards may find new occupants following a November reelection. […]