What’s coming up the week of June 17?
Each week, the news team takes a look at upcoming meetings and events in Charlottesville and Albemarle we think you should know about. Consider it a look into our datebook, […]
Primary tie-breaker: Fenwick beats Bellamy by five votes
Bob Fenwick is officially on the ballot for the November City Council election, having beaten fellow Democrat Wes Bellamy for the spot by five votes after a dramatic second-place tie […]
City approves master park plan with five-mile commuter loop
The City of Charlottesville acquired the last parcel of a 40-acre tract of parkland along Meadow Creek early this year, and with City Council’s go-ahead, trail planner Chris Gensic can’t […]
So many primaries, so little time
Okay, we’ll admit it: we’re jealous of you. Why, you ask? Because you are in the future, reading this, while we are stuck in the past, writing it. You are […]
Commonwealth’s attorney clears boy, parents in Crozet shooting
Albemarle County Commonwealth’s Attorney Denise Lunsford has determined that the 10-year-old Crozet girl who was shot to death by her brother in their living room last month was killed accidentally. […]
Councilors say city utility fees are becoming too big a burden for residents
The Charlottesville City Council adopted rates for the city’s three public utilities for the coming fiscal year last month, and the numbers weren’t dire: Water and wastewater rates are up, […]
Dumler’s out—what’s next?
Eight months after his felony sexual assault arrest, four months after he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor sexual battery, and just five days after a judge denied a petition to force […]
UPDATE: Albemarle man killed in area’s second police shooting in two weeks
UPDATE, 3:30pm Monday, June 10: State police have confirmed that the man killed in an officer-involved shooting early Saturday morning in western Albemarle was Gregory A. Rosson, Jr., 21, of […]
To the polls Tuesday: Democratic primary recap
The Democratic primary is Tuesday, June 11, and besides the statewide contests for Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General (in which Albemarle residents will cast votes, too), Charlottesville voters will select […]
“The door that opens when all other doors are closed”: An interview with ASG’s Peter DeMartino
As a reporter, you sometimes find yourself with a really great interview on your hands—one with a subject who is so compelling and well-spoken that you sort of want to […]