Boys & girls club plans new facility
Every day an average of 80 kids crowd into the Boys & Girls Club off Cherry Avenue for one program or another
Garrett Street: hot spot for assault?
“People ask me where I live and I tell them Friendship Court, and they say, ‘I can’t believe you live there.’ It makes me feel bad,” says Justina, a woman […]
City teen faces death penalty
A Charlottesville man faces the death penalty in Buckingham County for charges stemming from the March 9 shooting of Clarence Maurice Austin, whose body was dumped along a rural road […]
Game warden charged in shooting
A Greene County grand jury indicted game warden Robert Orrin Ham, III on charges of voluntary manslaughter in the shooting of 16-year-old Allen Cochran. On January 24, Cochran was suspected […]
Whom would YMCA serve?
Even in the middle of a wet, grey Thursday, as shoppers hurry across the Albemarle Square parking lot, a group of t-shirted guys chuck up jumpshots in ACAC’s indoor basketball […]
Hanger hangs on
State Senator Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. fended off a challenge from Scott Sayre in the June 12 Republican primary for the party’s nomination in the 24th District, which is centered […]
City Council: GOP’s tale of woe
For the first time in decades, the Republicans won’t field a candidate for City Council, which has three seats up for grabs in November. Why no GOP contenders? A look […]
Mall Crossing: stay or go?
The sun’s out, it’s past noon, and the Downtown Mall swells with pedestrians. A grey Acura Integra sits at Fourth Street,
Students take on 29N
A pedestrian crossing Route 29N may seem like a fish out of water, but 10 UVA students have cooked up some intersection designs to make the trek more palatable. “Crossing […]
Valley Road closure pending
It’s a pretty fancy cul-de-sac, but UVA might just have to wait to begin its construction on Valley Road. A part of the University’s South Lawn Project that would close […]