Evergreen, or just lucky?
Hey Ace: Over the past few weeks, I’ve noticed an oak tree on the 250 bypass (heading east, on the left side of the McIntire Park interchange) that is still […]
University Limited to turn Alcove condos into 31-roomer
With the Landmark Hotel still serving as the city’s largest monument to failed accomodations, it bears asking whether Charlottesville needs another hotel, no matter the size. Then again, for Whit […]
County reductions would close JMRL branches in Scottsville, Crozet
As Albemarle County whittles away at a budget, community relations director Lee Catlin wrote last week in a press release that the county asked multiple community agencies “to assess the […]
Van der Linde agrees to pay $600,000 in settlement
Did Peter van der Linde fight the Rivanna Solid Waste Authority into a settlement stalemate of sorts, or vice versa? This much we know: Months after the RSWA filed an […]
What UVA faculty members are up to during their sabbaticals
Academia has many perks, but few of them are as heavily romanticized as the sabbatical.
UVA versus Michigan, by the numbers
Total student population University of Virginia: 21,057 University of Michigan: 56,857 (all campuses) Total operating budget University of Virginia: $2.25 billion (through June 2010) University of Michigan: $5.42 billion (all campuses), […]
Belmont residents discuss noise ordinance before special City Council session
Things are heating up with regards to the noise issue in Belmont. Although official discussion has been deferred until February, City Council will hold a special session this Thursday, where […]
Virginia's Dems win a squeaker
On Tuesday, January 12, somewhere in Richmond, Tim Kaine breathed a very shallow sigh of relief.
Virginia Quarterly Review; Winter 2010
“Most American writers seem to have forgotten how to write about big issues,” Virginia Quarterly Review Editor Ted Genoways wrote in the February issue of Mother Jones. “As if giving […]