29N plan returns as road funding disappears
Even though the woefully underfunded Virginia Department of Transportation has had to cut $2 billion from its budget since June and allocates zero dollars for new road projects over the […]
Students vote on single-sanction referendum
For what seems like the hundredth time, UVA students are currently voting on an Honor-related referendum,
Appliance science
Dear Ace: How long do clothes need to wash to be clean?—Jim Patient Jim: Mother Atkins, is that you? Ace thought he told you not to bother him at work. […]
Senator Deeds’ bill would create a bipartisan state legislature at last
Change. If the November election was about anything, it was about changing the political culture in Washington.
Ben Kweller's pony express
As a friend recently told me, “You can’t ride two horses with one tokhes.” For a musician like Ben Kweller, who wriggled his Levi’s into a cozy ass-groove of alt-rock […]
Twenty years of local news and arts in the spotlight
We’re now into the second month of our highly selective tour through the past two decades of local news and arts in C-VILLE. Already, we’ve touted our early jump on […]
Once again, lawmakers take on predatory lending
New year, same legislative agenda. At least that’s the story when it comes to payday lending regulations. New laws targeting payday lenders went into effect January 1, extending repayment periods […]
Obama adds value to black history relics
If you trekked to D.C. for the inauguration, you probably spotted or even purchased your fair share of commemorative Obama merchandise: the usual t-shirts, water bottles, and baby bibs; the […]
Fifeville on the rise—but is it a good thing?
Last year, Wendy Fisher bought a modest, rehabbed home on Fifth Street SW for $285,000.
New Whole Foods waiting on site plan
Despite the apparent halt in construction on the site of the future Hydraulic Road Whole Foods, the project is still progressing, says Alan Taylor of Riverbend Management, Inc., a company […]