Let it flow
One recent afternoon, a friend and I put in on the Rivanna and for the next three hours floated down its mellifluous waters. Up in the front of the canoe, my friend acted as guide
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Let it flow
After nearly three centuries of human progress dirtied the Rivanna, local groups are trying to clean up Jefferson’s river
One recent afternoon, a friend and I put in on the Rivanna and for the next three hours floated down its mellifluous waters. Up in the front of the canoe, my friend acted as guide
Biscuit Run submits new plans
Biscuit Run developers took six hours worth of lumps in March from the Planning Commission. But they’ve used the criticisms from the public and from the Commission to come back with a higher offer. “We went above and beyond what we thought the Planning Commission’s expectation was,” says Steven Blaine, the LeClair Ryan attorney who […]
Newsplex buys new building
The Charlottesville Newsplex, which operates CBS 19, ABC 16 and Fox 27, has only been in town since 2004, but already they’ve grown too cramped in their current quarters. On April
Supes hunt for development’s fair share
“Development isn’t paying its fair share.” So goes one of the primary arguments against allowing developers to build new houses. Assuming new houses usually bring new people, each sprawling subdivision brings more cars for the roads and more kids for the school system and more bodies in the parks and more books from the libraries […]
City rethinks its height
Perhaps it would have taken genius to have written perfect zoning when the city reworked its code to encourage high-density mixed-use development throughout the city’s corridors in 2003. After a series of plans for tall buildings has come forward for Downtown, as well as some inappropriately small structures, city planners are hunting for the Baby […]
Gun loophole closed
New information will be added to the state database of criminal records that prevents felons and others from legally buying firearms, per an executive order by Governor Tim Kaine,
Life-plus for Wife Killer
Anthony Dale Crawford, the Manassas man who shot his wife, raped her and positioned her body in a room at the Quality Inn on Emmet Street, will serve two life sentences plus 67 years for his crimes, a judge upheld May 3. The jury recommended the sentence in February in a trial for one of […]
Albemarle makes robbery arrests
When the weather’s warm, watch out: Criminals, just like law-abiding citizens, are likely about. That’s according to Albemarle County Police Lieutenant John Teixeira, who jokes that February is his favorite month because it’s cold and “all the bad guys are inside.” County police have had a fair number of robberies on their hands lately, the […]
Did WAHS coach provide alcohol?
A young woman from Nelson County has been charged on two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Alishia Stewart is accused of giving alcohol to a 15-year-old Western Albemarle High School student. Stewart, 24, is the junior varsity softball coach for WAHS. She is not a teacher at the school.County police began […]
Elevator fails in Old Cabell Hall
Shortly before 8pm on Saturday night, April 28, the UVA Music Department’s director of promotions was heading to a performance by the UVA Jazz Ensemble when she and a couple of friends boarded one of Old Cabell Hall’s elevators. The three were going up—when suddenly they found themselves falling. Next time, take the stairs: Three […]