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Although you’d be hard-pressed to prove it, the Old Dominion’s Democrats still maintain control over one branch of Virginia’s three-headed bureaucratic Hydra.

Dear Ace: On a scale of “one” to “a sullen wintry gloom,” how disappointed are you about the apparent lack of Mardi Gras awareness in this town?—Carnival-Craving-in-Charlottesville Oh merde, that was this Tuesday?   Hey, look: Roughly since February 2nd, when Punxsutawney Phil predicted another six weeks without joy or hope, Ace had been encased […]

How to look at UVA President John Casteen’s 20th State of the University Address—his last before the task falls to incoming president Teresa Sullivan in August?

With the announcement of City Manager Gary O’Connell’s impending departure to head the Albemarle County Service Authority, C-VILLE wanted to know: Does Charlottesville need a popularly elected City Mayor?  Once current City Manager Gary O’Connell (pictured) heads to the Albemarle County Service Authority, should a popularly elected mayor appoint a new City Manager? “I am […]

Freedom’s just another word for “sharing information.” Take Delegate Rob Bell’s House Bill 903, a bill that would allow members of college threat assessment teams to discuss medical and criminal records of potential threats, as well as exempt records produced by those teams from the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).   Public access to threat […]

The fight over the Virginia City plant isn’t the only bad environmental PR Dominion’s recently endured. In Northern Virginia, residents fiercely opposed the 500-kilovolt TrAIL line between Meadow Brook and Loudoun, though it did end up receiving state approval in 2008. Actor Robert Duvall, a Fauquier resident, lent his name to the fight, but neither […]

It’s a dim, drizzly afternoon, and I’m riding around Wise County with Kathy and Gary Selvage. I can see what they’re pointing out—evidence of surface mining—but I can’t see it the way they do.    READ MORE Dogged by controversy: How Dominion’s shiny green image gets tarnished The Selvages have lived here for decades, and they […]

At a time when budget cuts have placed some major constraints on government activity, Charlottesville is moving full speed ahead with the restoration of Meadow Creek

Landmark Hotel owner Halsey Minor has put to rest the hopes of any residents who were ready or willing to buy into Minor’s Albemarle estate.

Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia is an unusual choice for Play On! While the play may be far from agit-prop or avant garde, it ain’t Moss Hart. It’s a challenge. Stoppard has always written as if to show how clever he is, and damn if he doesn’t succeed at every turn, decade after decade. Play On! risks […]