Fluvanna County leaders got a shock last month when Furniture Brands International’s Creative Interiors announced that it planned to close its doors in Carysbrook next month, taking its 170 jobs with it. The closing comes at a time when the county’s economic prospects are slim. It also comes at a time when the area’s real […]
Fluvanna County leaders got a shock last month when Furniture Brands International’s Creative Interiors announced that it planned to close its doors in Carysbrook next month, taking its 170 jobs with it. The closing comes at a time when the county’s economic prospects are slim. It also comes at a time when the area’s real […]
On this particular Sunday, it is very hot in Rising Sun Baptist Church, and as the noon hour nears small handheld fans bearing the visage of Martin Luther King, Jr. are passed around. Apparently, the heat was turned on this morning and the unseasonable warmth outside is not helping. For a fourth-term incumbent like Lindsay […]
"I’m still riding around with Mr. King," Sergeant Jim Larkin tells a police dispatcher halfway through his hour-long road trip with the Scottsville candidate. "He’s throwing out some serious questions." "Yeah, right," Denny King counters, guffawing, but the sergeant is right. The 63-year-old media executive has peppered the county policeman from the moment the two […]
Invited to address the Mill Creek South Homeowner’s Association, which had been especially active during the Biscuit Run rezoning process, Kevin Fletcher’s night actually begins when he walks through the door of the Cale Elementary cafeteria 10 minutes before his 7pm address and finds one resident sitting on one of the small, hard, round stools […]
The Scottsville race is the least clear cut. Lindsay Dorrier is an incumbent Democrat who tends to vote with the two Republicans on the Board.
Five bridges spanning railroad tracks in Charlottesville and Albemarle County are considered "structurally deficient" by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), and there are currently plans to replace only one of these troubled overpasses. These figures are the result of a recent study of area bridges by local VDOT officials. The qualification of "structurally deficient" […]
In Holly Edwards’ view, hiring a public housing prevention specialist strikes the balance between doing the right thing and doing things right. "You have to have policies in order to provide continuity of care regardless of what your clientele base is," says Edwards, who is the program coordinator for the Public Housing Association of Residents, […]
Over the past month, C-VILLE has heard rumors of an increase of city break-ins. Local podcaster Sean Tubbs had a too-close encounter with city police (and their firearms) while they were tracking down a breaking and entering suspect near his home.
Just back from Boston, where he caught a Red Sox playoff game, UVA's Michael Klarman sits down with C-VILLE to talk about his new book, interesting cases on the Supreme Court docket and why war plays a larger role in American race relations than you'd think. Here's an edited transcript of the conversation.
After denying a 10-acre soccer facility in northern Albemarle County—and breaking the hearts of shin-guarded kids, who are legion—the county Board of Supervisors is backing a new facility for the Soccer Organization of Charlottesville Albemarle (SOCA).