Closing down After 33 years in business, George Swingler will be closing down Rose Hill Market. The former Albemarle County police officer first opened up the store in 1989. The idea came to him while having a casual conversation with a friend about how he would keep himself busy after retiring. A week later, he […]
Closing down After 33 years in business, George Swingler will be closing down Rose Hill Market. The former Albemarle County police officer first opened up the store in 1989. The idea came to him while having a casual conversation with a friend about how he would keep himself busy after retiring. A week later, he […]
For more than two years, Charlottesville’s Police Civilian Oversight Board has been embroiled in internal disputes over its ordinance and procedures, preventing its appointed members from doing their main job—reviewing the Charlottesville Police Department’s internal investigations. Last Thursday, the board was scheduled to hold its long-awaited first hearing concerning the violent arrest of a man […]
By Jesse Crosson We rolled down a bumpy and winding road, just 45 minutes south of Charlottesville. My heart was racing. My breath was shallow. The last time I had been down this road, I had shackles on my wrists and ankles. As we rounded a final curve, the tree cover pulled back to reveal […]
One of Youngkin’s new Board of Visitors appointees opposes UVA’s ‘wokeness’ Last month, Governor Glenn Youngkin announced four new appointees to the University of Virginia Board of Visitors: Dr. Stephen Long, Amanda Pillion, Doug Wetmore, and Bert Ellis Jr. Unlike the other appointees, Ellis, CEO of Ellis Capital, has been vocal online in his support […]
Several thousand people will be returning home from Virginia prisons over the next two months, due to a new earned sentence credit law that went into effect July 1. While the exact number coming back to the Charlottesville area hasn’t been determined, a new weekly initiative called One Stop Shop hopes to make their landing […]
At the beginning of the year, Amy Glover fell behind on rent. After her boyfriend’s employer cut his hours due to the pandemic, he struggled to find another stable job, leaving the couple with just one income for a while. Glover informed the management team at her apartment complex, Spark Charlottesville, of their situation, and […]
Rent prices on the rise While Charlottesville is seeking ways to make housing more affordable (see p. 12), rent prices keep climbing as pandemic eviction protection and rental assistance programs end. “Just over the past month, the median rent increased by 2.3 percent. And when we look year over year, rents in Charlottesville are now […]
By Katie Kenny In the past few decades, rising housing costs have forced many families who have lived in Charlottesville for generations to move out of the city. They’ve left for Louisa, Fluvanna, and Greene counties and the City of Waynesboro, localities close enough to commute to Charlottesville but where the cost of living is […]
What’s in a name? A month after the president of a local descendants organization called on the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library to change its name to something more inclusive, library leadership says the effort would be an uphill battle. According to reporting in The Daily Progress, that’s because a 1974 agreement between the five localities—Charlottesville, Albemarle, […]
At its June 21 meeting, Charlottesville City Council voted to pay $1.6 million for a 39-spot parking lot at 921 E. Jefferson St. to expand downtown parking capacity. While a new parking lot has been framed as a pressing need for years, some community members claim the decision to purchase the lot is based on […]