Supes: How to shrink Albemarle’s footprint
The green-building bandwagon is picking up passengers fast, and the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors wants to reserve its seat. In a February 7 meeting, Supes eyed a wide-ranging series […]
Red Dirt Alert
To make an omelet, you’ve got to break some eggs, and to make a new UVA building in the midst of Charlottesville, you’ve got to tear down something else. This […]
Databases collide for one cool program
The info was already out there—on physical maps, at the real estate assessor’s website, in files in the Albemarle County Office Building. But the new Geographical Information System website, GIS-Web, […]
Man nabbed in baby killing
Robert Wayne Wyant, a 32-year-old firefighter with the East Rivanna Volunteer Fire Company, was babysitting for the daughter of a friend last November 14. Whatever happened during that babysitting session, […]
Wintergreen faces $20M lawsuit
The slopes might seem like the place to be following recent wintry weather, but “skier beware” warns a civil complaint filed this month. Wintergreen Resort
Sheriff Robb: A retrospective
When Sheriff Ed Robb, soon to be 70, announced February 12 he wouldn’t run for re-election for Albemarle County sheriff, he said, “I want to express my heartfelt appreciation to […]
Man fined for playing cop
A former Albemarle County animal control employee was convicted February 13 of impersonating a police officer as a result of an incident that occurred last July. William D. Maiden, 46, […]
County tackles Research Park’s “awful” lighting
For most of us, outdoor lighting is something we tend to only notice when it’s not there. But for astronomers, outdoor lighting done badly can be the bane of observational […]
City, County seek answers on UVA growth
“I would assume you’ve done some projections of expected employment over the next five to 10 years,” said County Supervisor Dennis Rooker towards the end of the quarterly three party […]
Filling in the blanks
Approximately a year and a half ago, Michelle King was in the lab testing how cells expressing the protein tau react to different compounds. “I wanted to watch them live while I added different things to the culture to see if something happened,”