Dear Ace: Any time I take a scenic drive around Charlottesville, the street I’m driving on inevitably goes through about 15 name changes. What’s the deal?—Jane Jing Lane Yes, Jane, Ace must concur—Charlottesville street names seem to change names more often than Paris Hilton changes partners. But you should count your blessings—you could, after all, […]
Dear Ace: Any time I take a scenic drive around Charlottesville, the street I’m driving on inevitably goes through about 15 name changes. What’s the deal?—Jane Jing Lane Yes, Jane, Ace must concur—Charlottesville street names seem to change names more often than Paris Hilton changes partners. But you should count your blessings—you could, after all, […]
As first reported in C-VILLE on October 31, Mall stalwart The Hardware Store will soon wrap up its three-decade run and put away its toolboxes, condiments and all, for good. Owners Stan and Marilyn Epstein have sold the four-storey building, which houses not only their restaurant but a number of smaller businesses like Race Jewelers and Art Upstairs.
Indoor fireworks, lighted torches, green lasers, a mascot rappelling from the ceiling, players making a smoky entrance, Michael Buffer proclaiming, “Let’s get ready to rumble”: UVA certainly made a spectacle in opening the $130 million John Paul Jones Arena for its first men’s basketball game November 12 against No. 10 ranked Arizona.
On November 9, two days after voters cast their ballots, Virginians finally had a senator-elect when Republican incumbent George Allen conceded the race to Democrat Jim Webb, avoiding what could have been a lengthy recount in the last undecided Senate race in the country. Webb led the former governor by 7,300 votes.
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 […]