During the past seven months, the state of Virginia nabbed high honors from Forbes magazine and the Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) for its business climate and legal fairness, respectively. This made Governor Tim Kaine proud, and he praised both rankings in a speech to the Senate and House Finance Committees on August 28.But what’s […]
During the past seven months, the state of Virginia nabbed high honors from Forbes magazine and the Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) for its business climate and legal fairness, respectively. This made Governor Tim Kaine proud, and he praised both rankings in a speech to the Senate and House Finance Committees on August 28.But what’s […]
Otis Scott-Wilkins pleaded guilty Wednesday, September 6, to helping a group of teens beat up two boys, ages 14 and 17, near the Friendship Court housing project on Garrett Street. The April 21 attack just south of the Downtown Mall left the 14-year-old so badly injured that he had to have metal plates drilled into […]
Ralph Sampson, the former NBA star and three-time College Player of the Year for the Cavaliers will go to jail after a plea bargain with federal prosecutors over charges of mail fraud, according to several published news reports, including Sports Illustrated. This isn’t the first time Sampson has tried to run his game off the […]
In a drastic move to confront speeding, Charlottesville City Council has considered making a uniform 25 mph speed limit throughout the city, an area covering 10.4 miles.
As the new Charlottesville schools superintendent, Rosa Atkins may face a school system that’s slightly less troublesome than that her predecessors confronted. Recently released Standards of Learning (SOL) test scores show a picture of a school system improving in some areas, while stagnating in others. Sanctions have been lifted from Clark Elementary, part of an […]
For every second of media coverage devoted to high-profile women’s issues like emergency contraception (and Senator Hillary Clinton’s political ambitions), Geraldine Ferraro is partly responsible. And Charlottesville citizens may have the opportunity to thank, commend, or disagree with her in person next week, when the woman with even more historical hype than Hillary comes to […]
The developers of Hollymead Town Center, otherwise known as the Target shopping center on Route 29, have failed to deliver a promised connector road, and the Albemarle County Planning Commission showed no mercy at their September 5 meeting, unanimously denying a developers’ request for a two-year extension.In order to curry favor with planning officials, development […]
Concerning city development, “a lot of stuff is happening.” That’s what Jim Tolbert, director of neighborhood development services for Charlottesville, told City Council on September 5. And based on the numbers Tolbert presented, “a lot” is right: In the past three years, when new zoning ordinances were adopted, 36 projects have been completed, adding 625 […]
The City planning commission, along with the city public, will get the chance to offer concerns and recommendations about plans for UVA’s much-anticipated South Lawn Project at their September 13 meeting.
This expanse of 15 acres between Cherry and Cleveland avenues, called the Cherry Hill Planned Unit Development, will soon become 117 housing units. The project consists of 94 townhouses that will be ringed by 23 single-family homes, according to plans filed with City Neighborhood Development Services. Some dwellings should be on the market as early […]