New blood likely won’t revive Western Bypass

Harrison Rue, executive director of the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission (TJPDC), announced recently that he’s leaving his post to take a consulting position in Raleigh, North Carolina. Could the departure of Rue, who has been a key leader in the Places29 master planning process, allow the Western Bypass to arise phoenix-like from the dustbin […]

City staff will build for Habitat

Charlottesville is turning over several city-owned parcels to the local chapter of Habitat for Humanity. While that’s nothing particularly new for the city, in addition, the city is acting as the primary sponsor for the construction of two new houses—which is, as far as local officials can tell, the first time nationally that a city […]

Playing on Sundays [April 26]

While other UVA undergrads were getting drunk in a field, football phenom Chris Long was donning a St. Louis Rams hat after being selected second overall at the NFL Draft. The defensive end wasn’t the only Cav tapped in the first round: Branden Albert, a lineman expected to move to left tackle in the pros, […]

Cavaliers feel ’crosse [April 27]

The Duke men’s lacrosse team had the psychological edge from Thursday night onwards, when the Blue Devils’ entire attack unit was named to the All Atlantic Coastal Conference team during a ceremony to kick off the weekend’s 2008 ACC lacrosse championships at UVA. Despite a handful of goals from midfielder Brian Carroll and attacker Ben […]