Rutherford challenges abusive driver fees
Back in July, The Rutherford Institute threatened to do it, has done it and now has to try to do it harder.
Neighbors look to protect hospital houses
This August, the Martha Jefferson Neighborhood Association (MJNA) sent Martha Jefferson Hospital and the City Council a letter requesting that a series of houses the hospital has owned for decades and currently uses as office space be rezoned to residential from commercial.
Alvin Edwards defends support of convicted teacher
On September 27, after former Charlottesville High School chorus teacher Jonathan Spivey was sentenced to 21 months in prison for sexual relationships with students, an area message board lit up with discussion.
Visiting higher ed leaders warn of issues to come
UVA President John T. Casteen has said that he finds it difficult to predict what his successor will have to worry about. “I think that presidents who try to meddle in and predict what comes after them inevitably botch it up,” said Casteen at a recent press conference. Perhaps with that in mind, he invited […]
Pen Park still possibility for new road
Of the many developments resulting from the October 5 Steering Committee Meeting on the Eastern Connector (which would connect the Pantops area to 29N), the most surprising will surely be the decision to reconsider an option that would connect Route 20 to Rio Road, passing right through the heart of Pen Park.
Maroon 5, with The Hives and Sarah Bareilles
A succession of hands and flashlights grace tickets as the audience makes its way into the rafters and onto the floor, filling rows of seats that run to within a few yards of the catwalks that jut from the stage placed at one end of the John Paul Jones Arena, an elongated “U” shape.
Group protests Lewis and Clark (and Sacagawea) statue [October 8]
A group of protesters—four of them in prom gowns, sashes and tiaras—set up camp Monday morning at the Lewis and Clack statue on the corner of W. Main and Ridge/McIntire streets. They were protesting the celebration of Columbus Day and the statue itself.
Just say no
Ace, I live out in Zions Crossroads and am thoroughly sick and tired of having to drive either into town or down to Forest Lakes for a gym. Any word on whether with all this new development there is an ACAC or other gym planned in the Crossroads?—Mrs. Hermussles Mrs. H: Ace has never been […]
Dwell time
If you had to cast Virginia’s U.S. Senate delegation as the leads in a Hollywood buddy cop movie, the dynamic duo of Jim Webb and John Warner would seem like a pretty good match. Republican and Democrat, sure, but with a curmudgeonly, oil-and-vinegar chemistry that brings to mind the best the genre has to offer: […]
Correction from September 25 issue
Due to a reporting error, an incorrect date was included in the story about Virginia wine published last week [“From the ground up”]. Oakencroft Winery was established in 1983, not 1990, as stated.