It’s hard to compete with Flannery O’Connor. Even if it is just a letter to a librarian, bitching about critics and lamenting the brain-dead old ladies that populate her town, as up-and-coming writers go, “O’Connor” is never a name you want to follow in a journal. But for all the offerings of the latest Meridian, […]
You know, there’s a reason we rarely allow arcane fiscal matters to intrude upon our little bi-weekly political rant here at The Odd Dominion. Yes, we know that the collection and apportionment of funds is the very lifeblood of government, and that focusing on the foibles and electioneering idiocy of vain politicians does nothing to […]
As the county grows, building out its open land with retail, residential and mixed-use projects like Hollymead Town Center and Albemarle Place…
Multifamily housing is the primary redevelopment opportunity for the Martha Jefferson Hospital site, according to a Martha Jefferson Hospital Market Study released last week by the hospital. Composed by consulting firm ERA, the study spells out that the 14-acre site could absorb 108 to 130 condo and rental units annually. A grocery store is the […]
We try to avoid gazing at our navels here at the C-VILLE, but we thought we’d pass along what our head honchos told us, which is that they’ve reached a deal to move the office a couple of blocks down the Mall to 300-308 E. Main St. C-VILLE Publisher Frank Dubec hopes to complete the […]
Previous coverage: Enough staff for Biscuit Run proffers?County official hopes for gentle wind in dealing with complex promises Biscuit Run: This too has passedCraig says he, not large corporation, will see project through Supes candidates address Biscuit RunIs the development good for the community? Developers wrangle over proffersHollymead, Biscuit Run push for less, county pulls […]
With the two-year controversy over the second vehicular crossing at the east end of the Downtown Mall having finally ended in December, it took comparatively no time for the city Planning Commission to affirm February 26 that the crossing should remain at Fourth Street rather than move to Fifth Street. Commissioners did complain that too […]
Pastor Harold Bare is excited. A couple of Sundays ago, he had a young man and woman stand up in church and announce that they were getting married.
Just four years ago, Peter Wurzer retired from his position at the Dr. Pepper/7-Up company in Dallas, Texas, and moved to Albemarle to build his dream house. “For the first three years, I was busy with that house,” he says. “When I finally got finished, I said, ‘Let’s take a look at what’s going on,’ […]
Worked for the county for: 12 years Resides in: Lake Monticello in Fluvanna County Job title: Lieutenant in the Albemarle County Sheriff’s office. Responsibilities include overseeing the daily operation of state-mandated tasks—the courts, transports, and civil process divisions of the office. Sprouse makes daily trips to the jail to transport inmates and is on a […]