Debate over parking lot-design guidelines
How open should an “open ideas” competition be? That’s the question at the center of a debate among city planners and members of a steering committee tasked with drawing up […]
Albemarle Teens appear in court
Two teens, accused of making and planting fake bombs at Henley Middle and Brownsville Elementary schools in Albemarle County, appeared in court Wednesday, May 9. But the judge closed the […]
Marshals nab suspect in rural homicide
“Can I say he was definitely 100 percent part of the Bloods, no I cannot say that.” Those are the words of U.S. Marshal David Thomas in reference to Ryan […]
Local growth outpaces police staffing
There are many signs in Charlottesville and Albemarle County that reflect the strain growth is increasingly placing on the area, from the inadequacy of sewer infrastructure to a limited
Legal experts weigh VT suits
Parents send their kids to college for a safe environment where they can earn a degree and learn to be independent adults. So, when things go awry at universities, colleges—the […]
local food issues take center stage
Along with peas and leafy greens, local-food talk is in bloom this early May. A mass mailing by the Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC), plus a pair of events connected to […]
JPJ to stormwater: Cleanse thyself!
Observatory Hill is the high water point of the UVA campus. Only a few miles away, the new John Paul Jones Arena sits over the low water point, the gully that separates Emmet Street
The fortress of inexhaustible superstars
Mystified by the selection of author John Grisham and Dave Matthews Band violinist Boyd Tinsley as the commencement and valedictory speakers for UVA’s graduating class of 2007, C-VILLE went about […]
Cigarette Tax passes without a huff
Mayor David Brown looked around at the thin crowd at May 7’s City Council meeting and asked if there were any speakers for a public comment session on the cigarette […]
When hypothetical disaster strikes
To most of Charlottesville, last Thursday may have seemed like a beautiful, sunny day. But inside UVA’s Zehmer Hall, it was like something out of a Jerry Bruckheimer movie: Dams […]