Crozet intersection gets poor marks
As development continues in Crozet, increasing traffic means some intersections aren’t making the grade. The intersection of Routes 240 and 250 gets an “F” for drivers trying to turn left […]
County Fair stays put
For the past eight years around August, the arrival of the Albemarle County Fair has been marked by the cropping of white tents on the cattle fields of Bundoran Farm, […]
Robert Lee Cooke talks from jail
Just inside the double-locked doors, past the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail’s lobby, the air is stuffy and hot. Inmates in orange jumpsuits line a narrow, tiled hallway-alking, joking, dragging their feet.
Mary Jane confiscations up this year
After a few years of low-level marijuana busts, Jefferson Area Drug Enforcement (JADE) officers recently confiscated what they price as roughly $4.8 million worth of the drug—one of the biggest […]
Inmate breaks from work crew in city
A man with only four months left to serve made a dash for freedom Wednesday, July 19, when he jumped from an Albemarle County work crew truck at the corner […]
Property owners, cops crack down
An Albemarle County Police Department program that allows landlords to evict problem tenants more easily is catching on. About seven apartment communities in the County have been certified as “Crime […]
Questions for Bob Moje
Bob Moje co-founded local educational-design powerhouse VMDO Architects in 1976, the year he graduated from UVA’s School of Architecture, and has gone on to design dozens of large-scale projects (including the award-winning Manassas Park High School).
Curry School gets $10 million for preschool center
What makes a good preschool teacher? That’s the $10 million question now in the hands of UVA’s Curry School of Education, thanks to a five-year grant for a national preschool […]
Rick Turner opts for retirement
On July 26, M. Rick Turner announced his retirement from his position as Dean of African-American Affairs, 12 days after he admitted lying to federal investigators about “the activities of […]
BOV approves new cancer care center
On Thursday, July 27, the UVA Board of Visitors Buildings and Grounds Committee approved the design for a $59 million, eco-friendly cancer care center to be built at the heart […]