Between 2000 and 2006, the median sales costs of houses doubled in the Charlottesville metropolitan area, and the county nearly kept the same pace. As a result, housing became affordable only for the few with enough money to spend on escalating properties. Your average family was practically priced out of town. “I was at a […]
Forget the motor mile—Preston Avenue is repositioning itself as the music mile, thanks to a little love from Coran Capshaw and his people. Red Light Management, operating under its moniker Starr Hill Presents, will lease a roughly 5,000-square-foot space at 608 Preston Ave. from the development team, led by Andy McGinty, that is renovating the […]
On Saturday, July 19, the Barack Obama campaign opened 20 offices around the state of Virginia—including one on the Downtown Mall in the old A&N building—as it prepares to wage battle against John McCain for the presidency of the United States.
During discussions last year regarding what to do about the city’s crumbling indoor swimming facilities, the lap swimmers of the world—well, at least of the city—seemed to hold their collective breath. With the subsequent decision to remodel Smith Pool, there were many fears that the pool’s closure would overload nearby Crow Pool. However, early signs […]
Worked for the county for: 30 years Resides in: Albemarle CountyJob title: Copy Center supervisor. The Copy Center handles copy and printing equipment and holds a small office supply area. The Center also makes booklets and forms for county schools, the HR department and other local government offices. Best of times: “Every day is different. […]
The wall separating one side of Fifeville from the other looks to become even thicker if the city approves the second and third phases of Grove Square, which goes before the Planning Commission Tuesday, July 22.
Dear Ace: Synchronization of traffic lights between Rio and Hydraulic roads seemed to work well for a while, but now I notice that I frequently have to make stops at one or more lights down there. Have these lights become, as Kurt Vonnegut would say, “unstuck in time”? Can Ace determine the truth behind this […]
Due to a production error, Detective Todd Lucas was not identified in the opening photograph of last week’s cover story [“Does Charlottesville have a gang problem?” July 8, 2008]. Additionally, in the section of that story titled “The summer of white t-shirts,” the author wants to make explicit that when Charlottesville Police Chief Tim Longo […]
Once upon a time, a dark-eyed, merry girl grew up in a city walled-in and defended from hot-blooded tribesmen. She bought trinkets at the bazaar and marveled at whirling dervishes. During a great war, she hid within the cloister of a harem and, peeping through the lattice, saw her own people marched in as slaves […]
Previous coverage: Hope Community Center helps get jobs for two homelessFollow-up Residents question Hope shelter [April 22]Edwards: Haven’t talked about homelessness in “comprehensive” way Area homeless numbers rise [April 8]Children counted doubles I first wrote about area poverty and homelessness a little more than a year ago, and that is when I met Tom Shadyac. […]