While some local residents pack cars and make plans for summer vacations, Charlottesville officials remain busy with one of the most important decisions City Council will make all year. The informal process of selecting a new City Manager began in January, when Gary O’Connell announced plans to leave his 15-year post and accept a position […]
By his own estimation, architect Bill Atwood is the sort of guy who puts too many ornaments on the Christmas tree
The proposed Albemarle economic development action plan has been drawing much attention.
Dear Ace: It’s well known that Presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died within an hour of each other on the Fourth of July in 1826. What other famous Americans expired on the holiday?—Patrician-Mortician-in-Charlottesville Ace wonders if every classic American patriot—statesman, war hero, spaghetti Western character actor, etc.—secretly hopes his life’s trajectory will end on […]
On June 17, the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) distributed $21.9 million in grants throughout the state as part of its Transportation Enhancement Program.
During a June 22 meeting of the Rivanna Water & Sewer Authority (RWSA), Casey Burch, a project manager for HDR Engineering, shared results of the firm’s Dredging Feasibility Study. All told, Burch wagered that a one-time dredge of the South Fork Reservoir could cost between $34 million and $40.2 million—and subsequent dredging might be more […]
WTJU is like a box of chocolates. Can it stay that way? The management at UVA’s community radio station continues to face widespread consternation among its volunteer staff about a proposed set of changes that DJs fear would bring an end to free-form programming, long a hallmark of the station and its culture. “It seems […]
It would be quite easy to dismiss the experimental music played at The BridgePAI Saturday night
Ten UVA engineering students are interning this summer at a Rolls-Royce jet-engine factory in Indianapolis.
As we ease into this year’s post-primary, pre-election lull, we can’t help but gaze back at the first half of this eventful year. And as we do, we’re struck by all of the curious and outrageous news items that we somehow failed to cover the first time around. So, as a public service to Virginia’s […]