Big backyard unit has city rethinking density
About five years ago, while hosting a party for the Charlottesville 10-miler, Bill Hinckley got
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Big backyard unit has city rethinking density
Neighbors clash over accessory apartment
About five years ago, while hosting a party for the Charlottesville 10-miler, Bill Hinckley got
IMPACT targets education after dental success
Last March, somewhere around 2,000 churchgoers amassed in University Hall to show their support for the social justice advocacy group IMPACT
Unable to vote, foreigners campaign for Obama
Only U.S. citizens can vote for the next American president. However, Charlottesville’s foreign guests and legal resident aliens have done what they could to influence the outcome before sitting on the sidelines on November 4. Tanya Omeltchenko and her husband received green cards after six years in the United States. She asks, “Why is it […]
Your tax dollars, at work
Job title: Recreation program supervisor. Smith organizes, plans and implements everything from summer camp to sports leagues. Has worked for the county for: 15 years Resides in: Albemarle County Best of times: The middle school sports program’s track meet at Walton Middle School. “Getting 300 kids together and having it all happen by sunset —that’s […]
Presidential stand-in
New Mexico Governor and former Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson took the stage at the Martin Luther King Performing Arts Center at Charlottesville High School on October 31 on behalf of Barack Obama. Speaking to a crowd of hundreds, Richardson, who publicly endorsed the Illinois senator after ending his own bid for the White […]
A-school gets new buildings, loses key faculty
UVA’s School of Architecture has lost two key senior faculty and a dean this year. This might sound like a precipitous situation, but members of the faculty regard the loss as a recurring cycle. “It is normal for a school to have a turnover in faculty,” says Associate Professor William Sherman. “Especially a school […]
Resurgent Cavs fumble win to Miami
The UVA football team, which last year set an NCAA record by winning five games by 2 or fewer points, suffered a heartbreaking run-in with the law of averages on November 1, losing at home in overtime to Miami, 24-17. “Well, we’ve been on the other end of that deal before,” said Head Coach Al […]
Community leaders inundated by green efforts
With 500 buildings and more than 40,000 students and employees, UVA is a big consumer of water and energy. But, as Director of Energy and Utilities Cheryl Gomez explained when the University met with members of various city neighborhood associations, members of City Council and of the city’s Planning Commission at its annual Neighborhood Advisory […]
What's in your backpack?
Erin Conroy Age: 21 Hometown: Purcellville, Virginia Year: Senior Major: Anthropology Erin Conroy What’s in your backpack? Laptop, cable charger, wallet, gum, iPod, cell phone, lip balm, sunblock, gum, ziplock bag of baby carrots, Anthropology folder, Anthropology binder, History of Anthropology course guide and planner, Tylenol, pencil case with pencils, pens and tampon. C-VILLE welcomes […]
Rebricking dishes up anxiety about cafe space
Downtown businesses have been anxious about the long winter ahead: Starting January 2, the City of Charlottesville will commence rebricking the entire Downtown Mall, a construction project sure to deter many would-be shoppers. But restaurants with café space got cause to grow even more concerned when they received a letter October 30 from Charlottesville’s zoning […]