A tale of two foreclosures
There are many good reasons to read C-VILLE. Among them: to find out if your landlord is facing foreclosure and you may have to move out in a month.
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A tale of two foreclosures
And a look at their place in the scheme of things
There are many good reasons to read C-VILLE. Among them: to find out if your landlord is facing foreclosure and you may have to move out in a month.
Red dirt alert!
Norcross Station, the railroad warehouse turned chic apartment complex, is prepping to add a third building. R.E. Lee & Sons have been clearing the strip of land between Garrett Street and the Norcross Station parking lot since the end of November. Rick Jones, of R.E. Lee, says they have begun pouring concrete, and estimates that […]
Synthetic fields: unsafe at any speed?
The county Board of Supervisors couldn’t make a decision about the safety of synthetic turf at their December 3 meeting. The Board was asked to give $225,000 to aid the county schools’ replacement of natural grass on three high school stadium fields, but Board members were uneasy green lighting the project without concrete data on […]
RWSA: Past chair wants job back
City Council faces a very political decision this week as it interviews and selects the chair of the board of the local water and waste authority. Seven have applied for the position, which is the only citizen representative on a five-person board that makes decisions for the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority (RWSA) and the […]
Your tax dollars at work
Job title: Training and accreditation supervisor for the Emergency Communications Center. Wade trains the folks who handle all of our emergencies, and keeps our area on the cutting edge. Worked for the county for: 24 years Resides in: Fluvanna County Best of times: Receiving national accreditation. “I spent two-and-a-half years working to have our department […]
Empty retail abounds on east end of the Mall
Unable to find a tenant for the former Order from Horder space on the east end of the Downtown Mall,
Away went the manger
Dear Ace: I’m a Charlottesville native who moved away for 10 years during that time a controversy over the Nativity Scene at Lee Park began. I’m wondering, what became of the statues/figures/stable/fencing, etc.?—Mary Anne Joseph Mary Anne: Oh, how Ace loves a controversy. If there’s a conversation brewing about genetic engineering, Ace will be there. […]
Pringle bells
Dear Ace: What are the best items to donate to the food bank? Some people patronizingly donate uber-healthy items that they think the recipients should eat; I like to drop in a 3 lb. can of SpaghettiOs for the kids. What to do?—Gerald Food Gerald: You know, this question sounds suspiciously like you’re wanting Ace […]
Correction from the November 25 issue
Due to a reporting error, in the November 25, 2008 “Your tax dollars, at work” [Government News], it was stated that Sarah Temple works for the city. She, in fact, works for the county.
The upside of the downturn
If you’re like me, you’ve spent the last six months in the glow of computer screens that shine slumping graphs onto your bewildered face, mumbling the day’s TED spread in your sleep and generally trying not to freak out as we ride out our sputtering economy as Amelia Earhart surely rode out her Lockheed Electra. […]