For the four members of Charlottesville’s Board of Architectural Review (BAR) (www.charlottesville.org) that were around in 2004, the night of February 20 offered a moment of déjà vu. The application for a nine-storey, 86,000-square-foot, 100-room hotel was the same exact submittal the BAR approved three years ago for the site of the former Central Fidelity […]
For the four members of Charlottesville’s Board of Architectural Review (BAR) (www.charlottesville.org) that were around in 2004, the night of February 20 offered a moment of déjà vu. The application for a nine-storey, 86,000-square-foot, 100-room hotel was the same exact submittal the BAR approved three years ago for the site of the former Central Fidelity […]
The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution protects the rights of American citizens by placing a number of restraints on the government. “Individual rights are not meant to make the government’s job easier,” says Albemarle Delegate Rob Bell. “They’re meant to make it harder.” One restriction the Bill of Rights sought to impose was […]
The City has finalized its list of transportation proffer priorities in the Biscuit Run development south of Charlottesville in Albemarle County: City Council (www.charlottesville.org) decided at their February 5 meeting to request improvements for Old Lynchburg Road, synchronized lights in the city and money toward a Fontaine connector. Those recommendations have been forwarded to the […]
Alia Anderson’s most recent accident pitched her off the bicycle she uses to travel from her home on Cherry Avenue to the Alliance for Community Choice in Transportation (ACCT)
It’s a common sight at UVAâa large lecture class dismisses, a flood of students pours out a set of double doors and they all plug in, dialing cell phones or popping those telltale white
“I’m an improviser,” announced Bobby Seale (www.bobbyseale.com), once Black Panther Party (BPP) (www.bp.org) chairman, during his February 22 address to a packed Harris-Small Auditorium. And for an hour and a half, he stuck to form, delivering a rambling but illuminating recital of the group’s beginnings. Invited to speak as part of Black History Month, Seale—sartorially […]
As an update to a story last week (“County tackles research park’s ‘awful’ lighting”), the County Planning Commission approved a lighting waiver for additions to UVA Foundation’s (www.uvafoundation.com) North Fork Research Park off Route 29N. The commission denied a similar request in November because the lights didn’t meet the definition of full-cut off, meaning some […]
With a key-pounding “Root Beer Rag” dedicated to Virginian pianist Bruce Hornsby, a rendition of AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell” fronted by a roadie named Chainsaw, and even a dirty joke or two, on February 23 the aging Piano Man showed the John Paul Jones crowd that he can still kick in on a Friday night. […]
The Virginia State Bar is considering getting rid of a rule that has long prevented legislators from practicing in law firms that employ lobbyists. The Washington Post reported on February 16 that one local legislator especially has an interest in seeing the ethics rule eliminated: R. Creigh Deeds (www.creighdeeds.com), a Democratic State senator from Bath […]
In 2005, a law was passed that said Albemarle farmer John Coles couldn’t sell his unpasteurized goat cheese anymore. Coles now makes his living selling vegetables, grown at his farm off Route 29 about eight miles north of Fashion Square Mall, and gives away pounds of cheese on a donation-only basis. Like many small farmers, […]