PRINT JOURNALISTJohn BorgmeyerRunner-up: C-VILLE WeeklyA perennial favorite, C-VILLE’s erstwhile news editor John Borgmeyer capped his seven-year career here with that most precious of professional achievements: two consecutive “Best Of” awards. Whether the Missouri native (who’s heading back there to chase down a law degree with the same vigor he chased local government and development questions) […]
PRINT JOURNALISTJohn BorgmeyerRunner-up: C-VILLE WeeklyA perennial favorite, C-VILLE’s erstwhile news editor John Borgmeyer capped his seven-year career here with that most precious of professional achievements: two consecutive “Best Of” awards. Whether the Missouri native (who’s heading back there to chase down a law degree with the same vigor he chased local government and development questions) […]
RESTAURANTZocaloRunner-up: MasWhen this place opened, it won “Best New Restaurant.” Then, last year, it won “Best Restaurant.” Now here it is again with what some might consider the top prize in the entire “Best Of C-VILLE” universe. Wow! Better get on the horn and make yourself a reservation at this Latin-fusion hotspot on the Downtown […]
“Keep your cotton-picking hands off my mountains,” declared Marjorie Maupin Paul shortly into the August 1 public hearing on the Mountain Overlay District (MOD) Committee’s proposal to protect Albemarle County’s mountain resources.
Charlottesville is known as a great place to raise children, and one of the reasons frequently given is the wide array of schools.
Another obstacle was recently overcome in the City’s efforts to revitalize the Jefferson School, the Fourth Street site that for generations served Charlottesville’s African-American community.
A Virginia law that makes it illegal for parents to serve alcohol to minors in their homes has now been in effect for a month. The law says parents can serve their own kids, but can get locked up for serving other people’s. Though the law went into effect July 1, questions remain about how […]
When 18-year-old Keauna Brown allegedly shot her boyfriend in the leg at the Red Carpet Inn on July 31, the Albemarle Police Department needed some assistance to find the weapon. Enter Officer Gunny, a police dog trained in explosive and weapon detection. He quickly located the small-caliber revolver—crucial evidence for investigators. Gunny, a Belgian Malinois, […]
Kevin Leon Smith, 18, was arrested Friday, July 28, while burgling an Albemarle home, and faces more than 40 chargesâmostly theftsâin the city and county.
A Charlottesville-based civil liberties group will appeal a court decision against a Christian rock band that was barred from performing at a school-sponsored event. The Rutherford Institute represents members of the band Pawn, who say their constitutional rights were violated when school officials at the Rossford Exempted Village School District in Rossford, Ohio, kept them […]
There could hardly have been a more fitting show to establish expectations for the John Paul Jones Arena, nor to highlight all of what can happen in that vast space, than Cirque du Soleil, which opened UVA’s new arena on Wednesday night, August 1 with a double-jointed rumination on the stages of man known as “Delirium.”