City Council moves ahead with sewer discussion
On Tuesday, September 8, City Council held a public hearing on the relocation of a sewer pipeline into McIntire Park
Fifeville, a traffic hazard
The school bus stops outside Stephanie Gist’s house at the corner of Fifth and Dice streets in Fifeville, a neighborhood of hills, narrow roads and odd intersections.
UVA freshman class more diverse
“Diversity must be part of excellence,” said Dr. Marcus Martin, UVA’s interim vice president and chief officer for diversity and equity, at the September 11 session of the University Board […]
From The Inside; Tim Be Told
Is this the new sound of Charlottesville? This summer Sparky’s Fl—er, Parachute—hit it big with a mix of modern-pop and blued-eyed almost-soul, and now we’ve got Tim Be Told, another […]
Twenty years of news and arts in the spotlight
Some journalistic traditions deserve to endure: coverage of season-opening football games, jokes at the expense of millionaire rock bands, exasperation at callers who want to pitch stories about Charlotte. But […]
How to dismantle a U2 concert
U2’s Claw stage, here pictured in Berlin in July, is 164 feet tall, will make use of 72 separate subwoofers and costs between $25 and $35 million dollars. With much […]
A week in review: the gubernatorial race
Last week, Democratic gubernatorial nominee, Creigh Deeds, and his Republican counterpart, Bob McDonnell, found themselves in uncharted territory.
Monticello High School installs turf
At the end of July, Monticello High School athletes got a new state-of-the-art synthetic turf field. The school is the first of the three county high schools—including Western Albemarle and […]
Virginia may tighten screws on runoff pollution
Here’s a riddle. When is rainfall bad for the environment?
Monticello garden director Peter Hatch talks shop
It’s hard to believe, but Peter Hatch didn’t have gardening in his blood. Now 32 years into his work restoring the gardens at Monticello, a task that his former boss […]