Stand, wave, smile and protest
When you get right down to it, there are three types of honkers who drive past the weekly anti-war protest in front of the Federal Court House every Thursday. You’ve […]
Cartoonists respond to Cav Daily controversy
In recent weeks, UVA undergrad Grant Woolard has stepped inadvertently into the national spotlight for his drawing “Ethiopian Food Fight.”
Traveling fans look for comfort of home
Lisa Womak leads a double life. During the week, her neighbors spot her picking up the mail, working in the garden or walking the dog; come Friday night, she’s nowhere […]
Bookstore offers textbook rentals
Fifty years ago, college students had to return their beer bottles to the local brewery so that they could be cleaned, refilled with more suds, and distributed to the next […]
Web could shift real estate market
Correction appended Daniel Strickland had a friend that, like a lot of people nowadays, wanted to move to Charlottesville. So Strickland did what most anyone would do: He jumped on […]
Water may be low, but blame’s high
Everybody has somebody to blame for our local water problems. That was the lesson from the September 13 public meeting of the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority (RWSA), held to […]
Bursting our bubble
For months now it’s seemed everyone has been biting their nails in anticipation of when the housing bubble is going to burst. Well, the needle may finally have touched the […]
Bye, bye land. Bye, bye emptiness…
For 25 years hippie artists David and Elizabeth Breeden have been sitting on 1,000 acres of prime property just five minutes south of town. But last spring the Breedens put […]
Biscuit Run: This too has passed
Not until after midnight did anyone bring up the scheduling issue. “Is this how we want to make major decisions about the future of our city and county, late at night after many hours and hours?”
Board weighs in on Wood's requests
It should be no surprise that a discussion of the future of Route 29 North would involve Wendell Wood. The long-active local developer has requested that three changes be made […]