Fifty years ago, college students had to return their beer bottles to the local brewery so that they could be cleaned, refilled with more suds, and distributed to the next thirsty customer. Similarly, it was also the norm to return one’s rented textbooks at the end of the term so the next crop of students […]
Fifty years ago, college students had to return their beer bottles to the local brewery so that they could be cleaned, refilled with more suds, and distributed to the next thirsty customer. Similarly, it was also the norm to return one’s rented textbooks at the end of the term so the next crop of students […]
Correction appended Daniel Strickland had a friend that, like a lot of people nowadays, wanted to move to Charlottesville. So Strickland did what most anyone would do: He jumped on the Web to start researching neighborhoods and available houses. What he found, though, was a dearth of what he calls “good Charlottesville real estate websites.” […]
Everybody has somebody to blame for our local water problems. That was the lesson from the September 13 public meeting of the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority (RWSA), held to review the $142 million community water supply plan [PowerPoint presentation] to provide for the next 50 years. Among those blamed: developers for not paying their […]
For months now it’s seemed everyone has been biting their nails in anticipation of when the housing bubble is going to burst. Well, the needle may finally have touched the balloon: Toll Brothers—the nation’s largest builder of luxury homes, previously reported by C-VILLE to be scouting Albemarle for future development opportunities—recently announced plans to scale […]
For 25 years hippie artists David and Elizabeth Breeden have been sitting on 1,000 acres of prime property just five minutes south of town. But last spring the Breedens put much of Forest Lodge, as their property is known, on the market. Speculation as to who would grab the hefty parcel ran rampant—but lately, a […]
Not until after midnight did anyone bring up the scheduling issue. “Is this how we want to make major decisions about the future of our city and county, late at night after many hours and hours?”
It should be no surprise that a discussion of the future of Route 29 North would involve Wendell Wood. The long-active local developer has requested that three changes be made as part of the so-called Places29 master plan, and, at a September 5 work session, the Board of Supervisors seemed game for two of the […]
Despite warning of growing local gang activity, authorities in Charlottesville and Albemarle County are currently not receiving any federal or state funding designated for fighting gang violence. These funding streams, however, are beginning to appeal to local officials. "We’d be open to it," says Albemarle County police Lieutenant John Teixeira. "We have to be flexible […]
A trip to the local convenience store is apparently a dangerous endeavor. Both CVS and Family Dollar are being sued in Charlottesville Circuit Court. It’s alleged that their negligence caused customers to fall, with costly results. First, Marilyn Jean Welch is suing the Standard Drug Company (a.k.a. CVS). On March 4, 2005, Welch slipped on […]
Dear Ace: Can I keep a goat as a pet? And where’s the whole pet/livestock distinction there? Could I sell my pet goat’s milk at the City Market?—Bill E. Gotes Bill: Seriously? Goats are some pretty nasty characters. They might look cute, but if "Looney Tunes" has taught Ace nothing else, it’s that goats are […]