C-VILLE recently noticed the Cherry Avenue IGA for sale on an online property listings website. "Central to everything going on," reads the ad. Perhaps… as long as everything includes prostitution. The ad claims that the site can house 80 units per acre, when in fact zoning only allows up to 43 units per acre by-right—anything […]
Two days after Michael Stuart Pritchett and William Douglas Gentry, Jr. were arrested for the murder of Jayne Warren McGowan, Pritchett’s grandfather issued a public statement of his "deepest regrets" to McGowans’s family. It brought the family of the alleged killers into the light, making a connection that is often put forward when evaluating the […]
Local civil rights Attorney Deborah Wyatt is on the verge of retirement, but some of her courtroom adversaries just won’t let her go. In the midst of battling federal sanctions brought by UVA attorneys over her conduct in a wrongful termination lawsuit, Wyatt successfully fended off charges of the obscure crime of "embracery," brought by […]
Sexual abuse charges against Bryan Antwann Vaughan have been dropped because an alleged victim can’t be found. On November 14, Vaughan appeared in the Charlottesville Circuit Court to be tried, only to have the case suspended indefinitely. The assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney, Elizabeth Killeen, asked that the charges be "null prossed," or not prosecuted, at this […]
In 1969, Richard J. Bonnie was teaching at UVA's School of Law, from which he had just graduated, when he read about a case in Roanoke that involved a sentence of 20 years in jail for possession of a small amount of marijuana.
Ben Wiley Year: Senior Major: French and English Home town: Richmond Backpack contents: Notebook, binder, personal checks, Hayao Miyazaki’s Howl’s Moving Castle, Jean de Lery’s Histoire d’un Voyage Faict en la Terre du Bresil
UVA men’s basketball Head Coach Dave Leitao did a lot of fussing during the first half against Howard on November 14. The visiting Bison were pummeled 92-53, but they had the lead early in the first half, up 24-19 at one point. Senior Sean Singletary wouldn’t let it last, however, pouring in 14 second half […]
Previous coverage: Supes struggle over tax rateCounty approves 68 cents, city opts for 95 cents Pressured leaders lower tax rateCounty schools look to lose some funding County attacked for tax rateSupervisor Slutzky irked by “intellectual dishonesty” Last April, as the county Board of Supervisors were trying to set the real estate tax rate as part […]
Previous coverage: Water may be low, but blame’s highRWSA weathers stormy comments on water supply plan Flowing toward the futureRWSA approves $118M five-year plan to ease strained infrastructure Uncharted watersWhat happened to our water supply plan? Assuming the maxim "Laugh now, cry later" holds true, city and county residents are in for some serious weeping. […]
A day before the public hearing for the proposed 250-McIntire Interchange, one part of the Meadowcreek Parkway (MCP), Marc Holma sent a letter to the City of Charlottesville arguing that the city had not included enough parties in the project’s planning. This might have been just another angry letter from another principled and vocal opponent […]