The age of Innocence: “One thing this book taught me,” John Grisham said of his upcoming work of nonfiction, “there are a lot of innocent people in prison.” Like a defense attorney well practiced at making a closing argument, John Grisham promised to speak with “no notes” when, last Thursday, he addressed several hundred UVA […]
The age of Innocence: “One thing this book taught me,” John Grisham said of his upcoming work of nonfiction, “there are a lot of innocent people in prison.” Like a defense attorney well practiced at making a closing argument, John Grisham promised to speak with “no notes” when, last Thursday, he addressed several hundred UVA […]
A spike in the number of traffic fatalities around the state this year may make 2006 one of the deadliest in recent memory. And while accidents can happen for different reasons, fatal accidents have a common denominator: safety belt use. According to a 2005 Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles report, of 750 fatalities from […]
On Sunday, September 10, a 21-year-old student survived a shot in the abdomen, which happened around 4am at a residence on Wertland Street. Police are looking for two black males who are suspected of trying to rob the student. The incident has Charlottesville police and University officials concerned with how students interact with the city […]
After a lawsuit between the Albemarle School Board and Liberty Counsel, a conservative Christian rights advocacy group, the School Board changed a policy that prohibited religiously oriented flyers in schools. Now, a debate about which flyers to allow has schools weighing their role as community centers versus protective educational environments. A board meeting on Thursday, […]
When Dave Matthews finally telephones from the West Coast, he’s 30 minutes late. And full of apologies. “On the rare occasion that I can say it had nothing to do with me I will claim complete innocence,” he says, placing guilt elsewhere. “I hate being late. It makes me sick.”
This design study, a view from the Belmont Bridge, shows what a new nine-storey “green” luxury condo building at 201 Avon St. might look like—if it can win City approval. A nine-storey luxury condo project at 201 Avon St., just south of the Downtown Mall, was deferred by the City Planning Commission at their September […]
The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors met for a work session on Wednesday, September 13, and debated two contested methods for regulating rural development in areas that include the Mountain Overlay District (MOD): clustering and phasing. The latter took the bulk of the hour, and neither method was passed. Supervisors broke into two camps early […]
The City Planning Commission found them-selves spokesmen for the trees of Charlottesville at their September 13 meeting. First they expressed anger at a developer, David Turner, who cut down a 150-year-old beech tree he was supposed to preserve at 3 University Ave. “In my mind, this is an illegal act,” said Commissioner Craig Barton. Then […]
The Charlottesville Planning Commission might not have liked everything about the upcoming South Lawn Project as presented at the September 13 meeting, but they had no power to do anything but voice complaints, and some praise, to UVA officials.
The Planning Commission used their only official opportunity to examine the project to level criticism large and small. The “three-party agreement” among City, County and University allows the City to review, but not alter, UVA’s plans.
Harvard’s September 12 announcement that it will abolish early decision has had other schools mulling their own admissions policies. An article in The Washington Post on Wednesday, September 13 quoted admissions officials about the pros and cons of early decision—apparently, less prestigious schools rely on early decision to cement their applicant pools, a problem Harvard […]