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Best use of an apology: Hunter Craig. The county Planning Commission unanimously recommended denial the first time around on…
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How to win friends and influence politicians
If Best Ofs went to the development crowd
Best use of an apology: Hunter Craig. The county Planning Commission unanimously recommended denial the first time around on…
What's up with the Western Bypass?
Once upon a time, one of the area’s most rollicking controversies was the Western Bypass, a six-mile stretch of road proposed to help through-traffic on Route 29 from D.C. to Lynchburg avoid the crawl through strip-mall hell. Meetings were held, letters were written, an endangered species was found, lawsuits were filed. Even as recently as […]
Developers wrangle over proffers
Last Wednesday the developers of two of the largest projects in the county stood before the Board of Supervisors and tried to get some of their money back. The August 8 Board work session was a chance for the developers of Biscuit Run and Hollymead Town Center to hear what kinds of proffers the county […]
Green building standards make a local mark
Forgive the pun: In the local news business these days, there’s no shortage of leads on LEED. Briefly, that’s a national certification program for green—i.e., sustainable—buildings that’s setting the standards for a growing number of local projects. One recent example: Developers with the Belvedere project, an upcoming 700-unit, mixed-use neighborhood off Rio Road, told us […]
Local prisoners pay more for stamps
Felons already forfeit plenty of rights when they enter correctional facilities, but now inmates at the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail (ACRJ) can add to that the lost privilege of paying the right price for a stamp. They pay 44 cents to purchase a first-class stamp, 3 cents more than those of us on the outside. That’s […]
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.
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, […]