Teens to cops: what curfew?
No kid likes to be told that it's bedtime, but when kids become teenagers, police might be the ones enforcing the rules.
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Teens to cops: what curfew?
Local kids weigh in on the laws that send them home
No kid likes to be told that it's bedtime, but when kids become teenagers, police might be the ones enforcing the rules.
Local "jailed" artists given cash, sent to prisons
Rose Hill has been teaching art to local jail inmates since 2005; now she and her colleague Lindsay Michie Eades will enjoy funding to expand their efforts, with a grant from the Virginia Commission for the Arts The deadline for submitting grant applications to the Virginia Commission for the Arts for 2007-2008 fell on March […]
Area's largest employer expands
The number of us employed by UVA. It’s expected to increase by at least 300 this year. One out of every five of us who work works for UVA. If that wasn’t enough, now the University is looking to hire even more employees, from those who are both "physically capable" and "able to read and […]
UVA names preparedness director
On August 7, UVA announced the creation of a new officer, the emergency preparedness director. The new position will oversee all of the University’s emergency response plans and assess its readiness in the wake of natural, epidemic or terrorist emergencies. Marge Sidebottom, the director of emergency preparedness for the UVA health system since 1993, will […]
$7,845 versus $25,945
If you’re like many smug out-of-state undergraduates, you came to UVA proudly boasting your Pennsylvania pedigree, and you spent your first year finding subtle ways to constantly remind everyone that you got into UVA even though you don’t hail from Virginia and can’t dribble a ball or run a 4.6-second 40 to save your life, […]
What's in your backpack?
Rich Bishop Year: Sixth-year Ph.D. student Major: Religious studies Home state: Montana What’s in your backpack? Umbrella, water bottle, old eyeglasses, loose change, pens, Latin dictionary, lunch pal, portable filing cabinet, clipboard, old G3 Apple laptop.
100 doorbells in 90 degrees
"Didn't we do this street already?" Harold Folley, an apprentice organizer with the Virginia Organizing Project, leans back from the wheel for a second look at the seemingly endless rows of beige houses for a better look.
"Photo red" cameras, redux
Smile, you’re on candid camera: The General Assembly has made it easier for localities to put cameras on traffic signals. Prime candidates in the city include the Preston-McIntire intersection. Red-light runners may soon be smiling for "photo red" cameras at problematic intersections in Charlottesville and Albemarle County. As of July 1, localities have the legal […]
City funds sustainable population study
The City of Charlottesville will help fund a study to define an optimal population for the Albemarle-Charlottesville community. A request for $11,000 by the Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population (ASAP) was unanimously approved by City Council at its August 6 meeting. The city’s contribution comes on the heels of a $25,000 appropriation from Albemarle […]
Drought watch '07 continues
C-VILLE has been following local water levels ever since a drought watch was declared in late July, and the news isn’t getting any better. This week’s figure for local stream levels is 19 percent, down from 23 percent the previous week. (The number reflects how the flow compares to seasonal norms.) Meanwhile, Sugar Hollow Reservoir […]