The Board of Visitors convened last week at UVA, and while there was no big news coming out of it on par with the $100 million donation by Frank Batten last year, several facilities were christened as a result. The 11th Street parking garage has been named (drum roll!): the 11th Street Garage. Meanwhile, the […]
The Board of Visitors convened last week at UVA, and while there was no big news coming out of it on par with the $100 million donation by Frank Batten last year, several facilities were christened as a result. The 11th Street parking garage has been named (drum roll!): the 11th Street Garage. Meanwhile, the […]
Erin Williams Age: 22 Year: Senior Major: Spanish What’s in your backpack? cell phone, iPod, peppermint Orbit gum, lipgloss, sunglasses, prescription glasses, 56 cents, six pens, one pencil, Starbucks receipt, Espana y los espanolas de hoy by Fernando Opere and Carrie B. Douglass, an out-of-date Cavalier Daily.
Scott Deke, UVA’s third string quarterback last year, put himself in an excellent position to possibly start in the fall after completing 17 of 23 passes for 160 yards and two touchdowns in the spring scrimmage on April 12. There are plenty of other open spots for ambitious athletes: In addition to graduating studs like […]
After years of discussion with a local developer, the city has decided to put two city lots on Ridge Street up for sale. While some neighbors are crying foul, the city argues it’s trying to do the right thing with vacant parcels.
Albemarle County already has active special-interest groups looking after homebuilders, realtors, farmers, the environment and business. But Hank Martin has started a new group, Forever Albemarle, with a mission to advocate for property rights to the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, a role that has typically fallen to the Farm Bureau. “We’re seeing these decisions […]
Previous coverage: City rethinks its heightMall should come down, West Main should go up After more than a year of committee meetings and deliberations, the city Planning Commission voted April 8 to recommend changing the allowable heights of buildings throughout the major commercial corridors. The winners are those with property on West Main Street, where […]
In March, University of Virginia police charged UVA student Mike Brown—a cornerback on the football team—with grand larceny after he allegedly broke into a car and made off with items worth more than $3,400.
Charlottesville Police have arrested three people and charged them with first degree murder in connection with a shooting that resulted in the death of 29-year-old Shawn Anthony Luck of Palmyra. Around 2:45pm on April 8 in the area of Meade and Fairway avenues, two of three occupants exchanged gunfire inside a white Dodge van that […]
Plaintiff: Katherine A. Miller Defendants: Belk, Inc.Court: Albemarle County Circuit CourtWhat’s at issue: Whether Belk is negligent for packing boxes that an employee left on the floor next to a checkout counter at the Fashion Square store. According to the plaintiff’s complaint, the boxes were left in a shopping aisle and were not immediately visible […]
19 Years: A Collection of Alex Chilton April 2, 1991 He’s the whiniest rock god ever. His limber guitar has informed such persuasive arguments as R.E.M., The Replacements, the dB’s, and the rest of their ilk with the crucial elements of blues, country, gospel and good old R&B. He’s Alex Chilton, and Rhino has brought […]