Steamy temperatures aside, it’s not turning out to be such a hot summer for Kluge Estate, the business incarnation of local millionaire Patricia Kluge. First, the company’s boutique gas station/bistro/café, Fuel Co., closed abruptly on June 30. Now, Kluge Estate is being sued in Albemarle County Circuit Court by a cleaning service for unpaid bills […]
Dear Ace: What’s a good nickname for me? I’ve never had one.—Nick Namor Nick: Sorry, but Ace has never had to suffer the misfortune of coming up with a suitable nickname for himself, as he was born presobriquetted. No Eustace or Cuthbert here; Ace has always been just plain Ace. And let Ace tell you, […]
Due to a production error, the wrong photo accompanied the photo caption in the story "Porn, gambling too much for Darden" [UVA News, July 31, 2007]. The photo is not of Bob Bruner, dean of UVA’s Darden School of Business, as the caption states, but of Gene Block, former UVA provost. We sincerely apologize to […]
A provision requiring the mandatory registration, identification and tracking of all livestock in the United States was removed from the massive farm bill passed by the House of Representatives July 27. That’s good news for the Charlottesville-based Virginia Independent Consumers and Farmers Association (VICFA), which vehemently opposes the National Animal Identification System (NAIS), citing its […]
The debate surrounding the renewal of a water-discharge permit at the North Anna Power Station is nearly as heated as the water it pumps into Lake Anna. The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has been fielding comments from the public before deciding whether to renew the permit this fall, even as Dominion Power considers building […]
It may have rained, but it still needs to pour. Continuing to track local water levels following the drought watch declared in late July, C-VILLE checked in with the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority (RWSA) to see how streams and reservoirs were looking. RWSA Director Tom Frederick told us that, though weekend thunderstorms had improved […]
I remember distinctly the moment in my adolescence when I decided that rock music was cool.
"What You Will," the phrase that Shakespeare cast as a second title for Twelfth Night, is a tool, a means to an end.
After some procedural wrangling, a decision not to follow its own proffers policy and a 45-minute, closed-door meeting between the county attorney and developer Wendell Wood
Two weeks ago the Charlottesville City Council called out Albemarle County on what it perceived as the county’s unwillingness to move forward on transportation projects supporting the Meadowcreek Parkway (MCP). County officials answered with the bureaucratic equivalent of turning their pockets inside out: pointing to a budget stretched thin by a decrease in state funding. […]