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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]