As a way of exploring whether the idea of transferable development rights (TDR) has a place in Albemarle County, “stakeholder” talks got underway last week. David Slutzky, the county supervisor who has been hawking the idea since fall 2006, is still enthusiastic about the possibilities, and he spent most of the first meeting laying out […]
As a way of exploring whether the idea of transferable development rights (TDR) has a place in Albemarle County, “stakeholder” talks got underway last week. David Slutzky, the county supervisor who has been hawking the idea since fall 2006, is still enthusiastic about the possibilities, and he spent most of the first meeting laying out […]
As the McIntire School of Commerce enters its second semester of operation in its new $61 million facility on the Lawn, the adjustment seems to have gone swimmingly for students and faculty of the undergraduate business program. The commerce school has bounced around campus since its founding in the 1920s. It was most recently housed […]
He isn’t nervous yet, because there isn’t any reason to be. Is there? Nothing in the car. Nothing in his pockets. Expired tags. Just popped into the office to grab something, his wallet with his ID left at home. A cop asks him to step out of the car, please, sir. Another officer says he smells […]
With a crowd of more than 150 people tossing about like salt-lipped waves and Jay Purdy, lead singer of The Extraordinaires, baring the whites of his eyes and shaking his beard like Ahab on the hunt, one wonders: “What do you do with a drunken sailor later in the evening?” The beauty of The Extraordinaires […]
Dear Ace: Ever notice that the school colors for the University of Florida are strikingly similar to the school colors for the University of Virginia?—Allie Gater Allie: Yep, Ace noticed. Next question. Oh, calm down. Ace is just pulling your leg. Though, he would like to point out that that isn’t actually a question he […]
Due to reporting errors, in “Searching for Harvey Wallbanger” [The Working Pour, July 22, 2008], two misstatements were made regarding Cirrus Vodka founder and CEO Paul McCann’s background. He has a master’s degree in environmental health and industrial hygiene, and not industrial health and environmental hygiene. Also, he worked for the Virginia Department of Mines, […]
The recent Board of Architectural Review (BAR) approval of a nine-story building at 301 W. Main St. has returned a spotlight to the busy intersection of that street where it meets Ridge/McIntire streets in the former Vinegar Hill neighborhood.
In a specially convened meeting Wednesday evening, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors quickly passed a resolution supporting the replacement of the Advance Mills Bridge.
Though the dirt has been red on the Whole Foods site for weeks, the Planning Commission at its July 23 meeting finally recommended approval of a 66,000-square-foot store on Hydraulic Road, which company reps say will be the grocery store chain’s greenest building this side of the Mississippi. No matter how “sustainable” the structure, planning […]
Happiness doesn’t always conquer everything. UVA psychology professor Vikram Jaswal and colleagues at the University of Plymouth in England studied children there and found that happy children don’t perform as well as sad children. With the help of video clips from The Lion King and The Jungle Book and the music of Mozart and Mahler, […]