Well, assessments are out once again, though this year, city and county residents may not need their real estate-related defibrillators. Assessments have finally caught up with the market, rising only 4.2 percent in the city and less than 1 percent in the county—three county districts actually saw assessments fall. All of this comes after years […]
As the story goes, UVA grad and Hollywood director Tom Shadyac returned to the area after years away to film his most recent movie, Evan Almighty. “It was really neat to see how the town had grown, how the Downtown corridor had come alive,” he says. “Then I also became aware that a segment of […]
Montalto “Scholar Housing” The skinny: The Thomas Jefferson Foundation, which owns and operates Monticello, bought neighboring “Montalto” (a.k.a. Brown’s Mountain) in 2004 for $15 million. It’s already torn down apartments formerly filled with mostly law dogs—now it wants to convert the house, barn and tower that remain on the property into eight to 10 apartments […]
Kyle Lewis, manager and bartender at Coupe DeVille’s on Elliewood Avenue, was talking with a friend outside the entrance on the night of June 30 when he noticed the awning at the top of the brick stairs shaking. Peering up, he saw a scuffle in progress. He grabbed his friend John Minturn, a former bouncer, […]
On January 17, Michael Pudhorodsky, who says he’s the president of a group called Generation Y, sent an e-mail to members of the Charlottesville media in anticipation of that night’s School Board meeting. “A member of Generation Y will be at every public meeting,” the press release stated, “calling for Dr. [Alvin] Edwards’ resignation until […]
Plaintiff: Marie L. Diaz Defendant: Lutel, LLC. What’s at issue: Whether the manufacturer of an inflatable obstacle course failed to properly store the straps on the course. Plaintiff Diaz claims in Charlottesville Circuit Court to have suffered serious and permanent injuries at Pump It Up in Harrisonburg as a result of Lutel’s alleged negligence. What’s […]
Dear Ace: I’ve seen cars around Charlottesville with Ekeland County stickers on them, but there’s no such county in Virginia. What’s that all about?—T. Own-Cryer T.: Well, Ace isn’t too sure what exactly that’s “all about,” but he can tell you this: Ekeland County isn’t real. Rather, it’s a “fictional composite of counties in the […]
Roger Depue, former FBI agent and member of the Virginia Tech shooting commission, stood in front of members of the mental health officials and talked about “leakage.”
On Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2001, White House counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke sent out an e-mail warning of a great tragedy where “hundreds of Americans lay dead in several countries, including the U.S.,”
Todd Lucas is a natural public speaker. With his close-cropped hair and nearly perfect sense of timing, he talks with an aggressive brand of humor that isn’t so much of the in-your-face variety as it is a “Get a load of this” inclusiveness. With his arms waving, chin jutting out and his ever-present laser pointer […]