For some of us, $43K is a salary. For John Casteen, it’s an annual raise. According to a study by the Chronicle of Higher Education, Casteen was the second highest-paid public university president last year, earning $797,048.
Public Housing Association of Residents (PHAR)’s 10th anniversary party put public and affordable housing issues on the back burner. For a night, at least.
…with people! A recap of a jam-packed concert, plus two shows tonight that you’ll want to arrive early for.
For the price of 2,000 cups of coffee, you can support our city’s nonprofit theater by sponsoring the National Acrobats of China, or Ravi Shankar! What do you get in return?
The Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce has just released data from the first three quarters of 2008 for the region’s retail sales activity. Good news for Augusta, Greene, Louisa and Waynesboro. Bad news for Albemarle and Charlottesville.
The saga over the status of the Landmark Hotel continues to get stranger. After financial partner Halsey Minor and developing partner Lee Danielson traded quips in the media over whether Silverton Bank has or has not paid the project’s bills, Minor now says that when the project resumes, Danielson will no longer be a part of it.
The chant “drill, baby, drill†may soon be heard off the coast of the Commonwealth. The Washington Post reports that the Bush Administration is taking the next step in its efforts to lease waters off the coast of Virginia to companies that are interested in drilling oil and natural gas.
The flow of junk mail’s really been picking up lately at our house, which is no surprise considering the crazy consumption-fest that looms on the near horizon. This arrived in the mailbox yesterday…
ABC News’ Jay Shaylor reports that Virginia Governor Tim Kaine won’t leave his post in the Commonwealth for a position in the Obama administration.
Despite some signs of life on the site this morning, construction has apparently been halted on the nine-story Landmark Hotel, according to The Daily Progress, pending a missed payment of $1.1 million to Clancy & Theys Construction Company.