Joint housing task force finally meets
A week before Thanksgiving, the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation reported an unsettling statistic. Of any town in Virginia, Charlottesville has the highest average cost of a Turkey Day dinner for […]
Right wing rhetoric v. left wing policy
Ronald Utt meets a waiter in a Slidell, Louisiana, Applebee’s who moved there from California because it’s cheaper. To him, it’s another sign that California is going to hell in […]
Mixing up at Fontaine Research Park
Like most UVA add-ons, the Fontaine Research Park has been built to resemble the Lawn, with a broad, verdant expanse of grass connecting two rows of brick buildings that frame […]
Undergrads push for new major
A motivated group of UVA students is attempting to do something that has never been done at Mr. Jefferson’s university—implement the first student-proposed major. For the past year, members of […]
Even Singletary's not superhuman
With only 1.2 seconds left, and the UVA men’s basketball team down 70-67 in the squad’s first marquee home matchup against the Syracuse Orangemen on December 5, senior point guard […]
Mitchell's court date moved
The court date for the city man who was hit by an Albemarle Police car while crossing the street in his wheelchair—and then ticketed—has been moved to January 3. Gerry […]
Teacher gets 10 years for enticing minor
"Neal Willetts is a young man who has amazingly supportive friends and family," said a letter crafted by his attorney, Francis Lawrence, and released to the media December 4 shortly […]
Powell gets two years for perjury
Previous coverage: New charge in trailer park murderDead girl’s boyfriend picked up for perjury Ronald Powell was sentenced to two years in prison on December 4 for two counts of […]
Of Cars, cows and courts
Let’s say that it is 2:30 in the morning, you are out driving, and you take Stony Point Road. Turning off 250 at Pantops, you pass a McDonald’s on the […]
The gospel according to Kucinich
More on Kucinich’s visit: Winning a losing campaignDennis Kucinich preaches to his choir in Charlottesville Also: Check out the Charlottesville Podcasting Network for audio and video. "He breathes life into […]