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The Advance Mills bridge on Route 743 in northern Albemarle County is closed indefinitely after an April inspection revealed several areas of deterioration in the ancient structure’s

How open should an “open ideas” competition be? That’s the question at the center of a debate among city planners and members of a steering committee tasked with drawing up guidelines for the Water Street parking lots design competition. The City Market’s days on the Water Street parking lot may be numbered—but draft guidelines for […]

Two teens, accused of making and planting fake bombs at Henley Middle and Brownsville Elementary schools in Albemarle County, appeared in court Wednesday, May 9. But the judge closed the proceedings, and prosecutors have shared very little about what will happen next to the 13-year-old teens. On March 27, three cylindrical packages were discovered around […]

There are many signs in Charlottesville and Albemarle County that reflect the strain growth is increasingly placing on the area, from the inadequacy of sewer infrastructure to a limited

Parents send their kids to college for a safe environment where they can earn a degree and learn to be independent adults. So, when things go awry at universities, colleges—the supposed safe havens—can expect to get sued. Though no lawsuits have been filed yet, April’s Virginia Tech shooting could prompt the parents of victims to […]

Along with peas and leafy greens, local-food talk is in bloom this early May. A mass mailing by the Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC), plus a pair of events connected to UVA’s Department of Urban and Environmental Planning, are attempting to jump-start local buzz about how food is produced, distributed and eaten around Charlottesville. “A number […]

Observatory Hill is the high water point of the UVA campus. Only a few miles away, the new John Paul Jones Arena sits over the low water point, the gully that separates Emmet Street

Mystified by the selection of author John Grisham and Dave Matthews Band violinist Boyd Tinsley as the commencement and valedictory speakers for UVA’s graduating class of 2007, C-VILLE went about brainstorming the selection process. While not precisely steeped in “fact” or “reality,” this was by far our most entertaining conclusion. Enjoy. Dusk had fallen like […]

Mayor David Brown looked around at the thin crowd at May 7’s City Council meeting and asked if there were any speakers for a public comment session on the cigarette tax. The few remaining audience members looked around at each other, likely trying to figure out which people were secretly tobacco users, cursing the progressive […]