City Council: Let there be goats!
A herd of new neighbors may soon be grazing in the city’s backyards. At its August 16 meeting, City Council supported an amendment to an ordinance that would allow miniature […]
Could tax rebate seal Waterhouse deal?
Thanks to actions last week by Charlottesville City Council and the Board of Architectural Review (BAR), architect Bill Atwood’s Waterhouse project has quickly thawed from glacier to geyser. One day […]
Well, we still need water
For both fans and foes of the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority’s (RWSA) 50-year Community Water Supply Plan, glasses will remain half-full or half-empty until expansion studies of the Ragged […]
Good spirits
If you walk through the doors of the ABC store on West Main Street with fantasies of mojitos and margaritas watering your mouth, you’ll find your buzz is soon killed. […]
Food & Drink
Food & Drink intro video by Okay Yellow RESTAURANT Mas Runner-up: C&O Restaurant O.K., Mas-obsessed reader, we get it. Choosing Mas for nearly every category —including Best Coffeehouse and, inexplicably, […]
Never-before-seen curiosities
Biscuit Run, now slated to become a state park! Watching Biscuit Run make the inconceivable switcheroo from 3,100-unit development to 1,200-acre state park was a bit like watching magician David […]
Retail
Retail intro video by Okay Yellow JEWELRY STORE Angelo Runner-up: Andrew Minton Jewelers We suspect he stays on top year after year not simply because jewelry artist Lee Marraccini designs […]
John Hunter rumored as a speaker at TED conference
Local gifted education teacher John Hunter spent the end of July at the annual EduStat conference, where he was a featured speaker alongside a former chief learning officer for the […]
New UVA self-disclosure policy toughest on athletes
Three months after the May 3 death of UVA lacrosse player Yeardley Love—allegedly at the hands of fellow student-athlete George Huguely
Hydraulic Whole Foods building to be finished by winter
Combined with the development of Hillsdale Drive Extended, construction of the new 40,000-square-foot Whole Foods grocery store has dotted Hydraulic Road with orange cones and construction signs for months. […]