In brief
Charlottesville teachers win collective bargaining rights Charlottesville City Schools employees now have collective bargaining rights—and soon, Albemarle County Public Schools staff may too. On March 2, the Charlottesville School Board […]
In brief
Leah Puryear appointed to City Council Leah Puryear is Charlottesville’s newest city councilor. Council unanimously selected Puryear to fill former councilor Sena Magill’s seat during a February 23 meeting. After […]
Feel the Bern
By Sofia Heartney Sen. Bernie Sanders is coming to the University of Virginia this week as part of his book tour for the recently published It’s OK to Be Angry […]
Breaking the stigma
Hair salons and barbershops have long played a critical role in the Black community, serving as safe spaces for Black people to be vulnerable and open up about their personal […]
House call
Dee Dee Hallock moved to Charlottesville from Florida after her son Nicholas fell ill. He began having issues walking in the fall of 2019. Within six weeks, he was fully […]
Building boom
Many of the development firms that build new spaces to live in the Charlottesville area are homegrown with a close-up view of this dynamic market. Names like Southern Development, Riverbend […]
Lost dogs
Last spring, Michael Juers and his wife Pamela dropped their two Chihuahuas off at the home of Adrienne Skaggs, a Ruckersville resident who’d listed her Sweet Dogs Grooming dog-sitting service […]
Sold!
A look through real estate sales in Charlottesville for the first month of the year shows a market with signs of a cooler 2023, while also revealing hints that there is […]
In brief
UVA professor honored for artificial pancreas invention UVA School of Medicine professor Marc Breton has been awarded the university’s 2022 Edlich-Henderson Innovator of the Year for his role in developing […]
(Don’t) go with the flow
Rebecca Reilly was one of five Charlottesville residents to sign a petition urging FEMA to reconsider regulatory changes made to allow real estate development on the floodplain of the Rivanna […]