Staff surveyed for new HR system
Soon, as provided by the state’s Restructured Higher Education Financial and Administrative Operations Act, UVA will be rolling out a University human resources system, separate from the state system, for […]
Cancer Center regains fifth floor
The Emily Couric Cancer Center will get an empty shell of a fifth floor in order to have room to grow The UVA Board of Visitors (BOV) approved a plan […]
Singletary, hope return
Hours before the breathless news stories appeared with Sean Singletary’s decision, TheSabre.com, a UVA sports message board, began to roil. Singletary, who averaged 19 points a game last year and […]
MCP may have future legal problems
City Council will hear recommendations about the Route 250 Bypass interchange at McIntire Road during its July 2 meeting. The interchange would facilitate the traffic flow between 250 and the […]
School Board races heat up
A city School Board race that initially heard from only crickets has suddenly gotten
hot. As the June 12 deadline to file for
Council raises its salary 40 percent
Sitting through those multihour City Council meetings will get a little easier—for the Council at least. During its June 18 meeting, City Council approved the first reading of a $4,000 […]
County parks end pesticide use
The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors recently heard from Jackie Lombardo, representative for a nontoxic advocacy group, about the use of pesticides and chemical cleaners in the county’s parks and […]
Cars too shall pass
City Council voted 3-2 at last week’s meeting to make a vehicle crossing permanent on the east end of the Downtown Mall. The current crossing at Fourth Street has been […]
Train spotting
Dear Ace: I was crossing the railroad tracks on my way into Farmington Country Club and
Corrections from past issues
Due to an editing error in the May 29, 2007 cover story, “Piercing the darkness,” we incorrectly identified Piedmont Virginia Community College as Piedmont Valley Community College. We hope our […]