Does the area want more big-box retail? Such was the gist of a contentious public hearing at the Albemarle County Planning Commission at their October 10 meeting, where commissioners considered, but deferred, rezoning 87 acres of county land to accommodate almost 400,000 square feet of commercial development on the southern side of Charlottesville. Representing developers […]
Does the area want more big-box retail? Such was the gist of a contentious public hearing at the Albemarle County Planning Commission at their October 10 meeting, where commissioners considered, but deferred, rezoning 87 acres of county land to accommodate almost 400,000 square feet of commercial development on the southern side of Charlottesville. Representing developers […]
After some debate, the City Planning Commission decided in a 3-2 vote to recommend approval for a nine-storey “mixed-use” building that will include 100 luxury condos at 201 Avon St., just south of the Downtown Mall near the Pavilion.
On September 10, a UVA undergrad sat on the porch of his rented apartment on Wertland Street, chatting on his cellphone at 4am, when two men robbed him at gunpoint and shot him in the stomach. The crime remains unsolved, but several UVA-area landlords donated $1,000 each to increase the Crimestoppers reward for information leading […]
On October 12, Albemarle County’s Development Review Task Force released the results of a voluntary survey that it hoped would generate “ideas and perspectives” rather than “specific conclusions” about the development review process. More than 400 county residents—citizens, developers and Community Development staff—submitted anonymous surveys, which were summarized to yield general themes. Both developers and […]
After you’ve been to Disney World, the Tilt-a-Whirl at the county fair seems a little disappointing. Similarly, after the wild ride that was local real estate in 2005, this year’s tamer market would seem to signal that housing prices and sales are seriously slowing. But in its third-quarter market report, the Charlottesville Area Association of […]
Police have confirmed two armed robberies from the first week of October are related. The perpetrators attempted to abduct a 19-year-old male from Route 29 and assaulted a UVA student on the Corner—guns were used in both incidents. On October 3, a teen was in his car at the 7-Eleven on the corner of Route […]
At least Rich Collins is not a trespasser: Albemarle Circuit Court Judge Paul M. Peatross has found Rich Collins not guilty of trespassing when, in May of last year, he handed out flyers for his General Assembly campaign outside of Whole Foods
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A man who helped jailers quell an August 2004 escape attempt at the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail says staff didn’t do enough to protect him from other inmates. Now he’s braving the civil legal system and has filed suit in U.S. District Court against the jail, facility Superintendent Colonel Ronald Matthews and other staff for $1.5 […]
The Charlottesville Police Department’s Citizens’ Police Academy doesn’t exactly train people for duty—but it does allow them, for one night, to get their hands on some real, police-issue weapons. On Wednesday, October 11, about a dozen participants got to show those paper silhouette targets who was boss at the indoor firing range at Rivanna Rifle […]
Dear Ace: I’ve always set my watch by the SunTrust Bank sign on Rt. 29, but it’s been dark for almost a month now. What gives? —Oudda Thyme Dear Oudda: Ah, SunTrust—official bank of NASCAR, guardian of Coca-Cola’s original formula… What don’t they do? As of right now—for local residents, at least—the answer would be […]