Undocumented workers aren’t likely to speak up in public places where their legal status can be readily questioned, so they’re not likely to speak out against the plethora of bills in the state General Assembly that would make their lives more miserable. That’s where Tim Freilich, director for the Legal Aid Justice Center’s Immigrant Advocacy […]
Undocumented workers aren’t likely to speak up in public places where their legal status can be readily questioned, so they’re not likely to speak out against the plethora of bills in the state General Assembly that would make their lives more miserable. That’s where Tim Freilich, director for the Legal Aid Justice Center’s Immigrant Advocacy […]
The Associated Press reported today that Virginia corn, soybean and cotton crops suffered a decline in production in 2007.
Fifeville residents living along King and Grove streets had better get used to the idea of even heavier traffic on their one way roads during rush hour.
“Since 1983, the people in Woolen Mills have been trying to establish a national historic district,” says photographer Bill Emory. In 2006, he started a nonprofit for just such a reason and a correlating website, HistoricWoolenMills.org. That year, he also began to look into a piece of property that sits west and stretches back south […]
C-VILLE’s long been reporting on the possibility of a nine-story building at 600 E. Water St., on the site of the C&O parking lot next to the old railroad depot, and it now appears that the project is coming close to earning its preliminary site plan approvals. Rich folks will have another option to buy […]
C-VILLE thought that rural area protections would be a high priority for the new Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, and we were right: Amended versions of ordinances to restrict family subdivisions, driveways on steep slopes and building near streams will be the subject of a work session Wednesday, January 23. Now that he has Biscuit […]
Sandeep Dias filed suit against his former employer, Milan Restaurant, on January 9, seeking an award of monetary damages and declaratory relief on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated. In his complaint, filed by the Virginia Legal Aid Justice Center, Dias charges that the Indian restaurant, specifically owner Charanjeet Ghotra, failed to pay […]
On January 10, Dominion Virginia Power maintenance workers discovered that someone had loosened the nuts that lock in place two high-powered electrical towers, which are located in the West Leigh subdivision in western Albemarle. In no time, the county and the FBI had launched an investigation. According to county Lieutenant John Teixeira, the FBI is […]
As usual, there are almost 3,000 bills filed for consideration by the Virginia General Assembly. And as usual, a couple dozen of those bills would directly affect the University of Virginia. Delegate Steve Landes is fighting for “academic freedom” and no instate tuition for illegal immigrants. Two of the biggest issues surround access to health […]
“I swear I can’t remember how we got the [hotel] room,” says Paul M. Gaston.