From "YMCA" to "Why MCP?"
Winter may have slowed the day-to-day routine of locals, but it certainly didn’t freeze some residents’ opposition to what they consider the destruction of McIntire Park.
Nixon's Nixon; Hamner Theater; Through March 13
Russell Lees’ Nixon’s Nixon is an animalistic powerplay in the manner of McClure’s The Beard and Mamet’s Oleanna; two hungry beings in a single room, both jockeying for the upper hand. Here, it’s Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger, alone on the eve of Nixon’s resignation. To say the situation is timely is an understatement: A […]
Still no contract for Martha Jefferson redevelopment
During a 2008 meeting with neighborhood residents, Martha Jefferson Hospital spokesperson Steve Bowers said that a rough credit economy could potentially make for a smoother redevelopment of the hospital’s current home. Martha Jefferson Hospital’s current 14-acre site, the subject of exclusive negotiations between the hospital and developers Crosland LLC, could make its way back onto […]
Hostel territory
Dear Ace: Some friends of mine are passing through Charlottesville, but I don’t have enough room in my apartment to put them up for the weekend, and their shoestring budget—to say nothing of their enormous, shaggy beards—puts most local hotels, inns and bed & breakfasts out of their range. Where in this town might a […]
Charlottesville and Albemarle are locked in a battle over $2.6 million in school funding. Who will come to the breaking point first?
In November 2009, when the Albemarle County School Board sat at a table with Delegate Rob Bell and informally gave him the nod to ask the 2010 General Assembly to revise the state’s school funding formula, members knew Charlottesville officials would not be happy. Bell’s proposed amendment would subtract $2.6 million in school funding from […]
Downtown Mall's storefront vacancies triple in under two years [with video!]
VIDEO BY LANCE WARREN “People come in here and ask, ‘Why are there so many vacancies?’ It gives them the impression that the Mall is going under,” says George Benford, owner of Siips Wine Bar and board member of the Downtown Business Association of Charlottesville (DBAC). Benford explains that increasing vacancies on the Downtown Mall […]
Friends of the Wilderness battlefield are foes of Wal-Mart
On February 3, Judge Daniel Bouton of the Orange County circuit court heard arguments from attorneys concerning the proposed Wal-Mart to be built on Route 3 near Fredericksburg
County budget: $10 million less?
After Albemarle County executive Bob Tucker finished his hour-long budget presentation for Fiscal Year 2010-2011—the proposed grand total is $293.85 million, for you eager readers—he asked members of the Board of Supervisors if they had any “general questions.” Board chairman Ann Mallek responded first: “Sobering news.” Likely, plenty of tax payers will pore over Tucker’s […]
Suit against Patricia Kluge's Vineyard Estates heads to trial
It’s been a tough couple of weeks for Patricia Kluge and husband William Moses.