Ever since Stan and Marilyn Epstein announced plans to sell the Hardware Store building to Octagon Partners, Downtown Mall watchers have wondered what might materialize in the space zoned for nine stories. With the restaurant closed and the $2.5 million sale in the books, architects for the developers presented some designs to the Board of […]
Ever since Stan and Marilyn Epstein announced plans to sell the Hardware Store building to Octagon Partners, Downtown Mall watchers have wondered what might materialize in the space zoned for nine stories. With the restaurant closed and the $2.5 million sale in the books, architects for the developers presented some designs to the Board of […]
In the days before the 3,100-unit Biscuit Run was proposed, any project with units in the triple digits was a pretty big deal. But in these times post-Biscuit, the 124-unit Avinity project gets as much attention as a garage renovation.
The latest incarnation of the Southern Urban Area B report may be two and a half years old, but there’s still a chance the county will adopt the plans before it turns three. The County Planning Commission approved most of the recommendations from the study of the area that intersects city, county and UVA. If […]
Bryan Antwann Vaughan sat solemnly alongside his attorney in the Charlottesville City Courthouse March 19, awaiting a verdict and facing a possible 10 years in prison if convicted of sex-abuse allegations
An alcoholic and often homeless, Eduardo Calzada lived his life on the margins of Charlottesville society. He lived in Central Virginia for 15 years, taking construction or handyman jobs around Charlottesville, periodically disappearing for long stretches to binge on alcohol. On his left forearm Calzada had his name tattooed in blue ink. He once told […]
Following a March 16 opinion by U.S. District Court Judge Norman K. Moon, Dena Bowers’ attorney was left with only one argument: that Bowers was denied a right to be heard before she was fired from UVA, a violation of her due process rights under the 14th Amendment. In October 2005, Bowers sent an e-mail […]
The Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women is located on an isolated piece of land off U.S. Route 250 in Troy, Virginia. Its cinderblock walls are white and clean, the staff are friendly as officers pass through a metal detector, raise their arms and get patted down. A series of heavy doors, painted government green, lead […]
Mildred Jeter married Richard Loving in June of 1958, expecting an ordinary life in Tidewater, Virginia, the community where they had grown up. Instead, they spent the next nine years in separation and effective exile from their home state. Mildred was black, Richard was white, and the “Racial Integrity Act” rendered their marriage a crime. […]
Nestled within the city’s $140 million proposed budget is a line that provides $966,122 for an ambulance service for the city fire department. Officials say the new service will supplement the 47-year-old volunteer rescue
It could have been that the city’s budget and tax rate are of extreme importance to many citizens, especially middle-class homeowners getting squeezed by rising assessments. Or, it could have been that teachers at Charlottesville High School picked March 19’s City Council meeting as required attendance for dozens of yawning students scribbling on meeting worksheets. […]