After the December 3 City Council meeting, Charlottesville Chief of Police Tim Longo stood outside the chamber talking to a woman who expressed her support for Longo’s plan to install closed circuit TV cameras on and around the Downtown Mall. Minutes before, it appeared that councilors were close to killing that plan, which would cost […]
After the December 3 City Council meeting, Charlottesville Chief of Police Tim Longo stood outside the chamber talking to a woman who expressed her support for Longo’s plan to install closed circuit TV cameras on and around the Downtown Mall. Minutes before, it appeared that councilors were close to killing that plan, which would cost […]
The temperatures outside have finally started to dip, but the waters of Lake Anna are unseasonably warm this time of year. Not from any natural hot springs in the area—instead, the warm waters of the lake, located about 30 miles from Charlottesville, are the result of discharge generated from the nearby nuclear power plant’s cooling […]
With the Ivy landfill no longer a landfill and expected to surpass its permit limit next year, reworking the area’s waste disposal plans has become urgent. About 50 people showed up at a December 4 info session held by the Rivanna Solid Waste Authority (RSWA) meeting on waste disposal in the city and county. The […]
As officials from the state, city, county, UVA and FEMA sat at tables in fleeces and jackets, munching on potato chips, a woman stood up and said, "Today is May 15. The event has already happened." Behind was a screen with the words "Flood 2007 Table Top Exercise" projected across it. Previous coverage: When hypothetical […]
Dennis Kucinich is a kook, yes, but he is a kook on a mission, rocketing out of the small conference room where he's been waiting, head cocked to one side with a look of urgency on his face and a sense of nervous purpose in his stride, through the door and down the hall, where he hits the podium and turns to the crowd with a big grin.
It's a safe bet that the two dozen cabinet officials trailing Tim Kaine throughout the Charlottesville area on Monday for his Community Cabinet Day underwent plenty of interviews and negotiations before earning the Governor's appointment.
Charlottesville, we have a squirrel problem. In addition to absconding with all our nuts and generally chattering loudly…
Nathan Antonio Washington pleaded guilty to four sexual assaults in the City of Charlottesville…
Amid the Justin Timberlakes, Amy Winehouses and John Mayers, there were a couple a local names in this year’s…
Central Virginia is becoming quite the sports town in the eyes of national magazines lately—recreational sports, that is.