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Sure, we know that Charlottesville is home to the occasionally top-ranked public university in the nation. And we cannot deny the awesome truth of the city’s No. 1 ranking by Frommer’s in 2004. Still, who wants to rest on those laurels forever? Now, we don’t have to: Charlottesville has been awarded runner-up in a survey […]

Although Virginia residents still have four months until they will decide on a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage statewide, they are about to be barraged by groups eager to sway voters one way or another. Based in Richmond, the Commonwealth Coalition was formed specifically to fight the Marshall/Newman amendment. “We are working […]

Dear Lou: What\’s the deal, you ask? You\’ll forgive Ace if he\’s reluctant to play societal psychologist, since he\’s more at home with a pen and a cold one than leather couches and weird dreams about trains and cigars.

The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday, July 5, deferred a decision on Glen Oaks, a cluster of about 30 new homes to be built near the Glenmore neighborhood south of Route 250 in eastern Albemarle. The plan reached the board on an appeal from the Planning Commission, which in May rejected the rural […]

Hey citizens! Fed up? Got something civic to get off your chest? Well, stop bellyaching to your barber and get yourself out to a public meeting. After all, someone’s got to keep an eye on these elected officials so they don’t pull a fast one while everyone’s on summer vacation.     Here, for your politicking […]

A former employee of Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority is suing the City of Charlottesville to the tune of $300,000. Angela Estes, who worked as a property manager for CRHA in 2005, claims in her lawsuit that her former employer discriminated against her because she is black.    Estes alleges that she was denied training, time […]

A former political candidate who sued over his right to distribute leaflets in a local parking lot hit a roadblock last month, when a judge effectively dismissed his case. Now Richard Collins is trying to figure out the best way to get his case before the State Supreme Court.

The good news in the first-quarter crime stats from Albemarle County is that there were fewer violent crimes such as murders, assaults and rapes so far in 2006 compared to 2005. The bad news? This year has so far seen a substantial increase in other types of crime.    As shown here, instances of larceny increased […]