City asks N.Y. Giants for sign money
NFL Hall-of-Famer and Charlottesville hometown hero Roosevelt Brown has a street named after him, but he may soon have more than that. The City of Charlottesville, gently pushed by city […]
Your tax dollars, at work
Job title: Captain, Albemarle County Fire Department. Brooks staves off blazes and educates county residents on fire safety. Has worked for the county for: 11 years Resides in: Goochland County […]
Staff member explains HR decision
After 15 years working at UVA, Michael Kidd has to decide what to do with his HR plan. To switch or not to switch? That’s the $64,000 question. In July, […]
Students give to homeless by going homeless
Five days after the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur began the Festival of Sukkot, an week-long commemoration of the biblical 40-year period during which the children of Israel wandered in […]
Darden funds tied up in Lehman
The effects of the recent Wall Street crash that drove Lehman Brothers to its historic bankruptcy have reached the Darden School of Business’ student-managed capital funds.
What's in your backpack?
Tara Altizer Age: 22 Hometown: Nelson County Year: Senior Major: Athletic training Tara Altizer What’s in your backpack? Three notebooks, wallet, iPod, sweater, Dependent Rational Animals: Why Human Beings […]
Poop pipe mistake remains unclaimed
When Mark Watson bought a new house on St. Charles Court in 2006, he knew that a sewer interceptor ran underneath the edge of the property. What he did not […]
UVA class documents local foreclosures
Last week, a group of UVA seniors studying foreclosure trends presented preliminary findings to the Piedmont Housing Alliance (PHA) staff. What the students found—using data from June 2006 to August […]
No consensus emerges from TDR meetings
On October 3, 2006, county Supervisor David Slutzky stood outside the Albemarle County Office Building flanked by an unusually diverse array of local land-use group representatives. Out of the ashes […]