Correction from the November 25 issue
Due to a reporting error, in the November 25, 2008 “Your tax dollars, at work” [Government News], it was stated that Sarah Temple works for the city. She, in fact, works for the county.
The upside of the downturn
If you’re like me, you’ve spent the last six months in the glow of computer screens that shine slumping graphs onto your bewildered face, mumbling the day’s TED spread in […]
Student neighbors could be worse
“We had cases of students urinating on another neighbor’s bushes or yelling and screaming, bonfires in their yards,”
Ryan has hoops on upswing
In Debbie Ryan’s 32nd season as head coach, UVA women’s basketball team (5-2) is once again showing signs of greatness—albeit inconsistently. After the Cavaliers knocked off women’s basketball powerhouse Tennessee […]
NGIC appraisal finally comes to light
What began as a simple fact-checking measure has ended in a court settlement, with C-VILLE freelancer and former staff writer Jayson Whitehead coming out on top—sort of.
McGehee leaves local Habitat
In January, Overton McGehee, executive director of Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville, will take his talents to Richmond, where he will serve as executive director of the state Habitat […]
City, county compromise on water studies
It took a couple of hours, but at a rare joint meeting on November 25, Charlottesville’s City Council was able to work out a compromise with the Albemarle County Board […]
Let the Fifth District recount begin
As expected, Virgil Goode did not go gently into that good night. Down 745 votes to his Democratic challenger Tom Perriello, Goode filed paperwork last week in Albemarle County Circuit […]
When doves cry
Dear Ace: I saw that a local school was offering chances for locals to get hunting licenses. Where does one go hunting in Charlottesville? Or, where do hunting enthusiasts in […]
Through a mirror, darkly
Life is strange. It is the human condition to believe that it isn’t going to be—it’s going to just be normal. But thanks to myriad little agendas, paranoias, psychoses, gullibilities, […]