C-VILLE thought that rural area protections would be a high priority for the new Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, and we were right: Amended versions of ordinances to restrict family subdivisions, driveways on steep slopes and building near streams will be the subject of a work session Wednesday, January 23. Now that he has Biscuit […]
Sandeep Dias filed suit against his former employer, Milan Restaurant, on January 9, seeking an award of monetary damages and declaratory relief on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated. In his complaint, filed by the Virginia Legal Aid Justice Center, Dias charges that the Indian restaurant, specifically owner Charanjeet Ghotra, failed to pay […]
On January 10, Dominion Virginia Power maintenance workers discovered that someone had loosened the nuts that lock in place two high-powered electrical towers, which are located in the West Leigh subdivision in western Albemarle. In no time, the county and the FBI had launched an investigation. According to county Lieutenant John Teixeira, the FBI is […]
As usual, there are almost 3,000 bills filed for consideration by the Virginia General Assembly. And as usual, a couple dozen of those bills would directly affect the University of Virginia. Delegate Steve Landes is fighting for “academic freedom” and no instate tuition for illegal immigrants. Two of the biggest issues surround access to health […]
“I swear I can’t remember how we got the [hotel] room,” says Paul M. Gaston.
Two weeks ago, Virginia Governor Tim Kaine, surrounded by the families of Virginia Tech shooting victims, announced his support for legislation to close what has come to be known as Virginia’s “gun show loophole.” Creigh Deeds, state senator representing Charlottesville, who recently announced his run for governor in 2009, has opposed such legislation in the […]
As if answering questions about public housing isn’t difficult enough.
“You see,” writes Myra Anderson in her essay “Healing Words,” “when you’ve been hospitalized over one hundred times, taken away in handcuffs, subject to medication against your will, thrown into seclusion and restraints constantly, traumatized repeatedly, and forced to grow up in a system which prided itself on conformity and compliance, maybe then you can […]
Parents of city and county schools gave it to administrators for not calling off school when it snowed last week. Many (if not all) city and county parents of school-age children were livid January 17, when school officials opted not to call it off like surrounding counties—and instead did so two hours into the school […]