What's in your backpack?
Brian Whitener Age: 20 Hometown: Sterling, Virginia Major: Commerce Year: Junior Brian Whitener What’s in your backpack? Empty water bottle, tupperware containing an apple core, folder, pens, pencil, highlighter, […]
When football was king
While the primary motivation for bringing back middle school sports is what it can do for those kids at Buford, Charlottesville High coaches have their own reasons to be thankful […]
Not lacking in Flavor
In a crowd of poseurs—drunken college students pretending to have the time of their lives, 40-something couples in age-inappropriate outfits—Alanis Morissette is just herself: brilliant but comfortable, jilted but on […]
If the suit fits…
In the second panel of Rosamond Casey’s 10-panel exhibition of Capitol Hill imagery, “Men In Suits: A Day on the Hill,” there are no men in suits. Instead, there’s a […]
Did citizen activist spur Westhaven clean-up?
On September 2, Charlottesville resident Raymond Mason addressed City Council, decrying the disrepair and mess at Westhaven, the city’s oldest public housing project.
City spends $48K for new voting machines
A record number of registered voters in the city prompted the City Council on September 15 to authorize $48,500 for the purchase of nine new voting machines in preparation for […]
Senate takes lessons from Whitehead
John W. Whitehead’s prose is in demand. Whitehead, founder and president of the Rutherford Institute (and recent C-VILLE cover boy), has provided written testimony to the Senate Constitutional Subcommittee about […]
Your tax dollars, at work
Worked for the city for: 2 years Resides in: Charlottesville Job title: Spanish teacher and wrestling coach for Charlottesville High School Best of times: Working with the wrestling team. […]
No-show residents delay city lot decision
What happens when you hold a public hearing and no one comes?
Zero fistfights as pro-growth meets no-growth
The director of a pro-growth business organization is seldom invited to guest lecture the no-growth grassroots, but Michael Harvey of the Thomas Jefferson Partnership for Economic Development (TJPED) did just […]