The final site plan for a 300-unit residential development off Sunset Avenue, just south of I-64 on the western side of Charlottesville, has been approved by the County Planning Commission at their November 7 meeting. Developed by Athens, Georgia based Dovetail Companies, the “Woodlands” will bring more student housing to the outskirts of Charlottesville, joining […]
The final site plan for a 300-unit residential development off Sunset Avenue, just south of I-64 on the western side of Charlottesville, has been approved by the County Planning Commission at their November 7 meeting. Developed by Athens, Georgia based Dovetail Companies, the “Woodlands” will bring more student housing to the outskirts of Charlottesville, joining […]
The parking lot west of the former C&O railroad station building at 600 E. Water St. is for sale. The asking price for less than a third of an acre? $2.4 million, or roughly $200 per square foot. And that’s just the parking lot, not the former station. “It’s an excellent spot for a mixed-use […]
A man who was acquitted of child sex charges in Madison has been brought up on related charges in Albemarle County. Oscar Robert Lemen faces 18 indictments on various charges, including forcible sodomy, penetration with an inanimate object, aggravated sexual battery and attempted rape. All these crimes allegedly occurred with one female victim between November […]
After two years of consideration, 60-year-old Wilbert Johnson filed a suit against the UVA Medical Center on November 7 at the U.S. District Court in Charlottesville. Johnson, a resident of Gordonsville, seeks $350,000 in damages from the medical center after he was discharged without “adequate evaluation,” following a fall that he took in his home […]
Anyone who’s watched A&E’s “Dog the Bounty Hunter” has felt the itch. No, not to grow Dog’s crested cockatiel-esque mullet—to take the law into one’s own hands, to hit the pavement with a bandolier of pepper-spray cans and a chip on the shoulder. We’re all familiar with the idea of a citizen’s arrest, if only […]
Two major UVA projects were up for review in the City and County earlier this month. A parking garage set for W. Main Street got the nod from City Council, and the County Planning Commission approved additional square footage for Fontaine Research Park. A special-use permit was approved by City Council for a parking garage […]
Dean of UVA’s College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Edward L. Ayers will step down from his position at UVA to take a job as the ninth president of the private University of Richmond this summer. Ayers is also currently the Hugh P. Kelley Professor in the UVA history department. An eminent “New […]
It’s hard to say that either the House race or the Senate race was a surprise. Last minute polls had Virgil Goode far ahead of Al Weed and Jim Webb slightly ahead of George Allen. But the constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage and any civil union was passed by a far greater margin, 57 to […]
Twenty-eight Democrats wrested Congressional seats from Republicans in last week’s elections, but Nelson County farmer Al Weed was not one of them. Maybe the other guys had better cell phone reception. Though Weed lost in his second bid to replace Republican incumbent Virgil Goode as representative for the Fifth District, which includes Charlottesville, he posted […]
Despite glum weather and crowded polling stations, local voter turnout was significantly stronger than in the midterm election of 2002. Albemarle saw 59 percent voter turnout, up 14 percent, while Charlottesville had a respectable 50 percent turnout, up 11 percent.Nationwide, voter turnout for a midterm election hit its highest mark since 1982, with 40.4 percent […]