The Albemarle School Board will solidify policies that allow schools to discipline students for off-campus behavior. Since two parties in Albemarle and Crozet resulted in the death of 17-year-old Western […]
With City Council purged of Republican dissent following the May elections, can we expect a year of agreement, decisive action and swift resolution to age-old Charlottesville problems?
The Eastern Connector took a baby step toward existence at the most recent Albemarle County Board of Supervisors meeting. Supervisors approved an Eastern Connector alignment study to explore options for […]
Charlottesville is trying hard not to lose touch with its relatives, but with three official “sister cities,” that can sometimes be a tough job. For those not completely sibling-savvy, Charlottesville […]
The second-floor office is no bigger than 15′ x 20′, but it opens onto the world through a floor-to-ceiling window overlooking Court Square. A bookcase laden with few books, but […]
There’s a new player in the development market looking to become major: Habitat for Humanity. The local chapter of the nonprofit Christian housing builder stepped into the development market last year with the purchase of Sunrise Trailer Park in lower Belmont, a property currently housing 21 families, and stepped up its game dramatically with a recent contract on Southwood Mobile Home Estates, which currently has 371 trailers on 100 acres near Old Lynchburg Road.
The Bundoran Farm project will continue as planned, says new Qroe CEO Robert Baldwin Jr., son of former CEO Robert Baldwin, who died June 14 in an Albemarle plane crash […]
Changes are in the pipeline for Upward Bound, a federal high school program administered locally by UVA that is designed to increase college attendance rates for those most at risk: […]
Dick Laurance was named UVA’s project director for construction administration in 1992, and has been building full steam ahead ever since. He’s overseen many giant construction projects in his day (including the Scott Stadium expansion), but none was bigger than the recently completed $129 million John Paul Jones Arena. We sat down to ask him all about it.
It’s a fact of life—if you’re a big university, you’re gonna get sued. The Virginia Attorney General’s office currently has 48 open suits on the books for UVA. So how […]