Albemarle eyes major tax hike thanks to school budget mandates

Albemarle County is facing its first property tax rate increase in years, and it’s a doozy: After a series of workshops that ended earlier this month, the Board of Supervisors advertised a rate of 80.8 cents per $100 of assessed value. That’s a hike of 4.2 cents, which translates to a tax bill of $2,279 […]

Venue change: State seeks to drop child porn charges against Venable teacher, hand case to feds

One month after Venable Elementary School teacher Corey Schock was arrested on child pornography charges, federal prosecutors are taking over the case. According to a motion filed March 10 in Charlottesville Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, the state is seeking to drop the current charges against Schock—two for possession of child pornography and one for […]

Historic real estate buy, fire on the mountain, and revenge porn: News briefs

Below, find our latest news briefs—several stories we’ve got an eye on. Pick up C-VILLE’s print edition tomorrow and check c-ville.com daily for regular updates. Spurzem ‘Wades’ in The already bulging real estate portfolio of developer Richard T. Spurzem just got even bigger with his company’s purchase of 14 student housing buildings from Wade Properties […]