RWSA releases dredging feasibility studies, stands by reservoir expansion
The latest round of dredging feasibility reports raises two questions for citizens, "depending on their advocacy," says Tom Frederick
Sixth Street murder suspect faces phone evidence
READ MORE Click here to read a previous cover story about Demonte Burgess and George Huguely. On June 10, three defendants charged in connection with the city’s first homicides since October 2008 were slated to appear in Charlottesville General District Court. While court dates for 22-year-old George Huguely and 19-year-old Demonte Burgess were moved to [...]
Hurt gets GOP nomination, new challenge
Virginia Senator Robert Hurt’s decisive victory in last week’s GOP Congressional primary set the Fifth District’s own political Rube Goldberg machine in motion.
PVCC celebrates grand opening of Stultz Center for Business
"There’s a big difference," said PVCC President Frank Friedman, "between making $8 an hour and making $18 an hour."
NEH awards Charlottesville more than $800,000 in grants
A matching grant could nudge the total past $1 million for projects at UVA and the Virginia Foundation for Humanities
UPDATE: Robert Hurt wins GOP nomination in Fifth District primary
However, Supervisor Ken Boyd still cleaned house in Albemarle County
Warrants in Huguely case sealed due to publicity, ongoing investigation
Prosecution requests order to seal documents because info in warrants might inhibit law enforcement work and jury selection
A time to read: Bernie Madoff pages through John Grisham books
According to New York magazine, Madoff passes a portion of his 150-year sentence reading works by one of Charlottesville’s own
George Huguely’s June 10 court appearance rescheduled for October 7
Following his May 4 appearance by video in the Charlottesville General District Court, a June 10 control date was set.
Both George Huguely and Demonte Burgess will be in court on Thursday. Will their fates be as different as the worlds they come from?
George Huguely Demonte Burgess [Editor's note: After C-VILLE went to press, the date for George Huguely's next appearance in Charlottesville General District Court was postponed from June 10 to October 7. Demonte Burgess' hearing was postponed from June 10 to August 12.] The 22-year-old gets his uniform first. The college senior, except where he’s from [...]
U.S. Marine Corps plans urban training exercise in Charlottesville for June 9
Residents "can expect to see Marines, their vehicles and their equipment, and will hear the sounds of helicopter, tiltrotor aircraft and blank ammunition being fired"
Albemarle school superintendent appointed to McDonnell education commission
Dr. Pamela Moran to serve as sole representative for K-12 education
Westhaven Afterschool Program closes
The rule for students at the Westhaven Afterschool Program used to be “No homework, no entry.” If Harold Folley can’t find the funds to sustain the program for another year, the rule might become “No entry, no homework” instead. Until recently, elementary school students from Westhaven (pictured), the 126-unit public housing project on Hardy Drive, [...]
Provost Tim Garson departs UVA for University of Texas in 2011
UVA President John Casteen praises Garson’s leadership as "powerful and gentle"
University of Virginia files petition to “set aside” Cuccinelli climate investigation
A press release from UVA says that the school "intends to protect academic freedom"
Order sealing documents in Yeardley Love case will remain sealed
Judge Cheryl Higgins brought her Black’s Law Dictionary to Albemarle County Circuit Court this afternoon
Home of UVIMCO Managing Director among 11 foreclosure auctions today
Home priced at $774,900, part of "$21 million of loss to mortgage lenders"
Jefferson-Madison Regional Library ups fees for overdue books, interlibrary loans
Library Director John Halliday says "the library needs to keep its budget balanced"
Casteen urges graduates to step out courageously
Save for the 1907 bronze sculpture of Homer at one end of UVA’s original campus and the life-size, marble Thomas Jefferson at the other, the closest thing to a statue at Sunday’s 181st graduation exercises was University President John Casteen, who appeared both timeless and unshakeable before a crowd of thousands of graduates, his wife [...]
19-year-old charged in city murder
Nineteen-year-old Demonte Burgess has a history with Sixth Street S.E. Last August, he was arrested for trespassing on the 700 block, near the Charlottesville Redevelopment & Housing Authority’s public housing development, after local police asked him not to return to city housing. Now, Burgess is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 32-year-old Miguel [...]
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Fourth-year UVA lacrosse players graduate in afternoon ceremony [PHOTOS]
Fourth-year defender Ken Clausen told the crowd that the "untimely" death of Love had encouraged the team to "come together"
Halsey Minor gets $8.5 million in Christie’s settlement, $21 million in auction
So long, California list of delinquent tax payers?
Yeardley Love honored by UVA politics department with posthumous degree
Memorial schoalrship more than halfway to goal
City resident James Melvin Brown, 22 years old, reported missing
Brown was last seen on May 1 near his home, in the 2100 block of Arlington Boulevard
CACF gives $30,000 to Charlottesville alternative education program
The Future Fund is generated from locals who contribute membership fees between $200 and $400
Charlottesville cyclists ride in silence; Cuccinelli talks abstinence
And other somethings to talk about on your Wednesday
UVA lax believes in life after Love
After his team’s 18-4 dispatching of Mount St. Mary’s on Saturday evening, UVA men’s lacrosse coach Dom Starsia told reporters how important it was for his team to “stay together for a while more.” For last Saturday’s 18-4 defeat of Mount St. Mary’s, the UVA men’s lacrosse team donned shirts honoring slain fourth-year student-athlete Yeardley [...]