Supes quickly advance bridge design
In a specially convened meeting Wednesday evening, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors quickly passed a resolution supporting the replacement of the Advance Mills Bridge.
Red dirt alert!
Though the dirt has been red on the Whole Foods site for weeks, the Planning Commission at its July 23 meeting finally recommended approval of a 66,000-square-foot store on Hydraulic Road, which company reps say will be the grocery store chain’s greenest building this side of the Mississippi. No matter how “sustainable” the structure, planning […]
Prof explains why sad children learn better
Happiness doesn’t always conquer everything. UVA psychology professor Vikram Jaswal and colleagues at the University of Plymouth in England studied children there and found that happy children don’t perform as well as sad children. With the help of video clips from The Lion King and The Jungle Book and the music of Mozart and Mahler, […]
Greater access behind move to Common App
Applying to UVA just got a little bit easier. The admissions office has decided to accept the Common Application, a standard form used by about 350 mostly private colleges and universities. The reason? Yet another way to increase access, says Admissions Dean Jack Blackburn, which goes along with AccessUVA, dropping early decision and guaranteed admission […]
What's in your backpack?
Patrick Costello Age: 22 Year: Fourth Major: Art Hometown: Charlottesville What’s in your backpack? X-acto knife, Diana camera, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling, a ball of yarn. C-VILLE welcomes news tips from readers. Send them to news@c-ville.com.
For rebricking, activist pushes local hiring
One outcome of the July 21 City Council vote to move forward with the $7.5 million rebricking of the Downtown Mall was the mandate from Councilor Holly Edwards to Neighborhood Development Services Director Jim Tolbert to explore ways to incorporate local residents into the renovation workforce. “I would hope there are employment opportunities,” she said, […]
Your tax dollars, at work
Worked for the city for: 14 years Resides in: Charlottesville Job title: Commonwealth’s Attorney Best of times: The courtroom experience. “If you are interested in doing trial work, you have access to the most serious and most challenging, most important criminal cases that take place, and that has its own set of rewards in terms […]
Perriello workers get Web lessons from blogger
As Lowell Feld tells it, his blog, RaisingKaine. com (the self proclaimed “Voice of Progressive Virginia”) was born out of cynicism, depression, anger and just a teensy bit of hope.
What's in your backpack?
Age: 35 Year: Grad student Concentration: Italian Hometown: Milan, Italy What’s in your backpack?: Agenda, CD with recordings of students, cell phone, sunglasses, pencils, Avanti Italian book, international papers, class grade book, visa, passport. Marco Prina
Appraising Kaine
Dear Odd:
I’m the once-beloved governor of a mid-size, Southern, formerly Jeffersonian brick-red