County steps up English proficiency courses
Immigration and English fluency are a hot- button issue these days. But Albemarle County is in its 30th
Your tax dollars, at work
Resides in: Albemarle County Job title: Senior tax clerk. Flowers collects tax payments, sells decals and dog tags. Best of times: Helping those who come to the office with questions. “I really like helping people understand the county’s procedures.” Worst of times: Tax deadlines. “Twice a year, they have to come in here and pay […]
Word problem
Dear Ace: Where did the “Venable” in Venable Elementary come from? Doesn’t that word mean you’re really, really old?—Justin A. Child Justin: It is a curious thing, linguistics. Just a few letters and the entire word can change meaning. Of course, it is even more curious, perhaps, that one does not know the origin of […]
Crozet community center worth the price?
When the Charlottesville Waldorf School moved from Crozet to its new campus off Rio Road in 2007, it left behind an aging building on a nine-acre campus that it occupied for 16 years. Now Albemarle County is trying to decide what to do with the Old Crozet School property and a consultants’ report pegs the […]
Landmark Hotel investor sued by Sotheby's
Bloomberg.com reported on September 3 that Halsey Minor, a principle investor in the Landmark Hotel, is being sued by Sotheby’s auction house
Other news in development
Local developer Wendell Wood (United Land Corporation) badgered the Board of Supervisors to make an exception for him and fast track a change to his project for the National Ground Intelligence Center. The supervisors told him to wait or show them a contract that proves the space has to be occupied by January.Will Yancey formally […]
Perriello shows rhetorical flash in Danville debate
Tom Perriello, the Democratic challenger for the Fifth District congressional seat, went on the attack against incumbent Republican Virgil Goode on September 3 during a debate in Danville before a crowd of more than 300. He attacked Goode’s effectiveness as a congressman: “Southside has not been getting its fair slice under Congressman Goode. The numbers […]
County schools brace for $2.4M in cuts
Just a few weeks after Governor Tim Kaine announced significant cuts to the budget for the next year, Albemarle County officials are bracing for a shortfall of $4.1 million to the current fiscal year, and county schools will have to absorb a $2.4 million cut. The county Board of Supervisors will meet Wednesday, September 10, […]
City schools want more walkers
In 2003, Greenbrier Elementary School was the first school to start a weekly event called Walking Wednesdays
Biden his time
cap p.17:Palin comparison: “I never attack the person,” Joe Biden said last Thursday in Virginia Beach, “I take issue with ideas,” distancing himself from the pit bull with lipstick that was Sarah Palin at the Republican National Convention. Well, we know Sarah Palin can read a telepromter. According to right-wing Republicans in the tank for […]