Both City and County governments have been working on adding new tools to allow them to address two hot-button issues: adding affordable housing and substracting rural development. Several City leaders have been pushing for an ordinance that would give developers increased density in exchange for affordable housing; in the County, Supervisor David Slutzky has championed […]
Both City and County governments have been working on adding new tools to allow them to address two hot-button issues: adding affordable housing and substracting rural development. Several City leaders have been pushing for an ordinance that would give developers increased density in exchange for affordable housing; in the County, Supervisor David Slutzky has championed […]
Only one bill regulating the payday lending industry has survived the 2007 legislative session. Passed by the Virginia Senate and awaiting House debate is State Bill 1014;
This time of year, the item dominating the agendas for local school boards (www.ccs.K12.va.us; www.k12.albemarle.org) tends to be the annual budget funding request. After the school board wrangles over their priorities, it forwards the request to local government, which has final say. Contentious issues in the County have included the ol’ “living wage” issue: Some […]
Local schools have got less than one month left to make their nominations for the Emily Couric Leadership Scholarship. Unlike other scholarships, this one, open to girls from 11 Charlottesville and Albemarle area high schools, doesn’t award young women who keep their noses in the books—it awards women who get up and do. Named for […]
Charlottesville’s ties to its sister cities will soon grow more, um, concrete. The image above is a rendering for a “sister city” sculpture, designed by former director of strategic planning, Satyendra Huja. It already has the approval of the Board of Architectural Review and now awaits word from City Council (www.charlottesville.org). The current plan is […]
On Saturday, November 20, 2004, John and Irene Powers drove up the long, wooded drive to their daughter’s secluded apartment outside Manassas. Two nights before, they had seen her at Outback Steakhouse,
When Charlottesville Police Captain J.E. “Chip” Harding discovered about 20 percent of local felons who should have been included in the State DNA databank were missing, officials got pretty excited about solving the presumably statewide problem. House Bill 3034, sponsored by Albemarle Delegate Rob Bell, would grant authority and set up a system for swabbing […]
Ed Robb, Albemarle sheriff since January 2000, has announced he won’t run for re-election. Two potential sheriffs have announced their candidacy: Current Charlottesville Police Captain J.E. “Chip” Harding will likely snag the Republican nomination and Larry Claytor, who has run before as an independent, will seek the Democratic nomination. Robb, who will turn 70 this […]
Judge Edward L. Hogshire found Region Ten Community Services Board (www.regionten.org) to be in violation of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (www.usdoj.gove) for holding a closed meeting last February to discuss The Mews, a housing complex for its mentally disabled clients, The Daily Progress reports. Region Ten, a local mental health agency, will have […]
Due to a production error, the final sentence of last week’s feature story, “Something in the air,” a quote from Avir’s Keith Holland, was cut short [in our print edition]. The correct sentence is: “If we happen to make money along the way—as Dr. Laufer says—we won’t complain about that either.”