Madison House gets a new master
Who says you can’t go home again? After seven years with Habitat for Humanity (www.avenue.org/habitat) and another three with the AIDS/HIV Services Group, Kelly Eplee is returning to Madison House […]
Will UVA become a “green" LEED-er?
Part of the South Lawn project, the new Arts & Sciences building will be the first UVA building to strive for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification—but if […]
Goode makes complete ass of self
Brace yourself for the following letter, shared with C-VILLE by John Cruickshank, chair of the local Sierra Club chapter. Representative Virgil Goode told us, through his press secretary, “I wrote the letter. I think it speaks for itself.”
Local residents trump State cutbacks
Giant bureaucracies aren’t known for responding to the complaints of the little guys. But enough locals applied pressure, and the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) (www.virginiadot.org) yielded to concerns expressed […]
Tourism, T.J. style
What does every center of the universe need? A cool logo, of course. Recognizing the higher profile of our fair city on the world stage, the Charlottesville Albemarle Convention and […]
Gas leak causes evacuation
Firefighters helped cordon off the area around a gas leak in front of the Charlottesville Circuit Court on High Street. Workers installing a sprinkler system for the building inadvertently cut […]
From Whisper Ridge to Weed puns
By Will Goldsmith, Cathy Harding and Meg McEvoy GOVERNMENT Due to the alcohol-related death of Albemarle High School student Nolan Jenkins in a car accident in May, the Albemarle School […]
Cheap shots 2006
By Will Goldsmith, Cathy Harding and Meg McEvoyObjects of his affection Lawsuits breathing down his neck, scandals tailing him from South Africa and the U.K., Jeremy Harvey did what only […]
A loose rein on reality
Oh-six was a year of contradictions and confounded assumptions. The Republican incumbent who was supposed to be unbeatable for the Senate enacted his own Chernobyl-like meltdown; “affordable housing,” the presumed cause du jour, turned into a dictionary game …
The Santaland Diaries
Stage A good storyteller makes you feel like you’re the only person in the audience. A good actor makes you feel like there is no audience. One-man shows—especially adaptations from […]