Time nearly runs out for nine-story building
Last year, the city gave the developer of a 101', 100-unit luxury condo building on Avon Street 365 days to submit finalized site plans for the project.
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Time nearly runs out for nine-story building
Developers submit plans on last day
Last year, the city gave the developer of a 101', 100-unit luxury condo building on Avon Street 365 days to submit finalized site plans for the project.
Waynesboro man sues Ford for $15.5M
Ford Motor Company is facing a hefty product liability lawsuit through the Albemarle Circuit Court because of a tragedy involving one of its minivans.
North Anna to formally plan third reactor
Heated debate concerning the North Anna Power Station is expected to continue Wednesday, October 24, as Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff meet with members of the public to discuss the intention of Dominion Power to build a third nuclear reactor at the site, located 30 miles from Charlottesville.
Wanted: First-time homebuyers
Let’s just get this out of the way: There are still a lot of homes on the market in the Charlottesville area. A whole lot. According to the third-quarter report [pdf] by the Charlottesville Area Association of Realtors (CAAR), there are 3,471 homes on the market, 479 more than this time last year and three […]
Election Watch 2007: Albemarle County
What a difference a day makesCounty voters may face a clear cut choice on November 6 Election Watch 2007Board of Supervisors: The money race Scottsville Focus on Scottsville DistrictThe issues and candidate profiles A different kind of preachingOn the campaign trail with challenger Kevin Fletcher In a sweltering churchOn the campaign trail with incumbent Lindsay […]
Guitar hero
Since the May 2007 release of Sky Blue Sky, Wilco's sixth proper album, the searing sounds of distorted jazz guitar—courtesy of lead guitarist Nels Cline—have wreaked impressive havoc on the eardrums of the C-VILLE staff. But Cline is only partially to blame for making our heads ring with exquisite racket.
On the road (with Wilco)
"On one of the first nights that we were playing," Shannon Worrell recounts, "I think it was in Charleston, South Carolina, Jeff [Tweedy] came up to me and asked if I was afraid of him. That was one of the first things he said to me. I said, ‘No.’ "He said, ‘Well, sometimes people are […]
Blue skies ahead
1994 Following nearly four years of recording and touring together, the band Uncle Tupelo (and, notably, the songwriting team of Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy—a scruffy, midwestern Lennon and McCartney) disbands. Farrar forms Son Volt; Tweedy and the rest, including bassist John Stirratt, form Wilco. Key track: "Acuff-Rose," a fiddle-driven tune that puts the "country" […]