Homeless shelter closes—new hope on the way?
A week before Hope Community Center’s homeless shelter was set to shut down, NBC29 and The Daily Progress descended on 341 11th St. NW to document its decline. But some of the homeless weren’t thrilled with the attention.
Supes to study land use tax changes
On Wednesday, May 14, the county Board of Supervisors voted to unanimously “re-validate” the Land Use Taxation Program while also agreeing to study substantial changes to the program. Under the current system, landowners are allowed to significantly lower taxes on undeveloped land used for agricultural uses, while only having to pay full taxes on their [...]
Trailer park owner evicts tenants
On April 25, 2008, R.S. Glass—the owner of the Zion Crossroads trailer park—mailed a letter to all his tenants.
Helping the homeless…by bowling
At the same time that Charlottesville’s homeless population is growing, so are the efforts to help them. After conflicts with city government and lack of funds have forced the Hope Community Center to close a homeless shelter, another attempt to help the homeless took place Saturday, May 17, when people congregated in Kegler’s for the [...]
UVA wrestlers charged in Corner brawl
One night last summer, Gary Hoffman’s two sons went to the Corner with two friends to hang out. While in the Biltmore Grill, his 22-year-old son Jason somehow got into an argument at the upstairs bar with some UVA wrestlers. Shortly thereafter, the fight spilled out front onto Elliewood Avenue. As a result of the [...]
Fluvanna car crash kills five
Five related men were killed around 12:30am Sunday in a single-car accident in Fluvanna County.
Webb fights for G.I.s, against war
The new Weekly Standard has a piece on Virginia senator Jim Webb’s legislative attempt to escalate the educational benefits for G.I.s.
Albemarle shooter charged in Waynesboro
A 19-year-old already facing 15 felony charges in Albemarle County now has six more to worry about in Waynesboro.
UVA lacrosse men win, women lose
The UVA women’s lacrosse team gave up five goals to a UNC freshman yesterday, bringing their season to a close.
Missing girl turns up in Chicago
A missing Charlottesville 12-year-old was safely located in Chicago by federal and local authorities less than two weeks after she went missing. Lorena Sanchez-Toledo had been gone since April 15, after she came home from Buford Middle School. She was last seen near her home in the Meadows Neighborhood. Three days later, an abandoned red [...]
Homeless shelter prepares to close
In less than 30 days, the 45-60 people that regularly spend their nights at the Hope Community Center will have to find another place to crash: Their beleaguered shelter will fold.
Transfers from PVCC on the rise
Over the years, many area residents have had their plans of attending UVA dashed when they failed to gain admission to the elite school sometimes referred to as the “Ivy League of the South.”
Area lacks in fingerprinting tech
When someone perched near I-64 and fired into several vehicles one night in late March, local police shot into action. Area schools were canceled as law enforcement frantically searched for evidence. By the next day, they had arrested two suspects, and charged both with 10 felonies apiece in Albemarle County. “That was a priority,” says [...]
Updated: Hope homeless shelter to close
The Hope Community Center’s role as an evening shelter is coming to an imminent end, its founder revealed today.
Instruments returned after burglar bust
On March 4, Scottsville resident Woody Ward received a distressing call from his friend Andy Waldeck. A diminutive thief had apparently crawled through the dog door of Waldeck’s house in Nelson County and stolen a load of stuff—digital cameras, some jewelry and musical instruments—including two basses that belonged to Ward. “I guess they pretty much [...]
Strom sentenced for child porn
Kevin Strom’s long journey through the court system concluded on April 21, when he was sentenced to 23 months in jail, with credit for time already served. That sentence followed his January guilty plea for one count of child pornography, which carried a maximum penalty of 10 years and a possible $250,000 fine, plus a [...]
Dining hall plates make room for local food
UVA senior architecture student Serena Weaver spent last semester dreaming of an ideal menu for the Fine Arts Café in the School of Architecture.
Governor declares state of emergency
At least 200 people were injured Monday, according to the AP, as severe storms barraged central and southeastern Virginia
Shad shed shackles, roam free in Rivanna
“Shad, shad, shad,†sang more than 70 fourth graders from Stone Robinson Elementary at around 1:30pm today as they prepared to release approximately 10,000 of the tiny fish”all bulging eyes and translucent amoebic tail”into the Rivanna River at Shadwell.
Man on a mission
It was a cold day in early December when Covenant Church pastor Harold Bare received an urgent e-mail from COMPASS. The troubled shelter group had leased the Hope Community Center in the 10th and Page neighborhood from Bare’s nonprofit, the Hope Foundation, during the month of November. But they had yet to pay rent and [...]
However big you think you are
More feature articles: Man on a mission Josh Bare is driven to shelter the homeless. Last week, the city wanted to shut him down. Now, it will try to help. The Sixth Annual Homeless Census and Point in Time Count The Thomas Jefferson Area Coalition for the Homeless finds that number of homeless has risen [...]
Is Hope duplicating PACEM?
More feature articles: Man on a mission Josh Bare is driven to shelter the homeless. Last week, the city wanted to shut him down. Now, it will try to help. The Sixth Annual Homeless Census and Point in Time Count The Thomas Jefferson Area Coalition for the Homeless finds that number of homeless has risen [...]
Where is the First Street Church?
More feature articles: Man on a mission Josh Bare is driven to shelter the homeless. Last week, the city wanted to shut him down. Now, it will try to help. The Sixth Annual Homeless Census and Point in Time Count The Thomas Jefferson Area Coalition for the Homeless finds that number of homeless has risen [...]
County Circuit Court goes online
Almost a year ago, the state jerked more than $50,000 from Charlottesville’s Circuit Court after it found that clerk Paul Garrett falsely claimed his office’s records were online—state law required that all municipalities have their records online by July 2007. Then the General Assembly granted a reprieve for another year, extending the deadline to July [...]
Van shooting suspects denied bond
Less than one week after driving a van into a chain-link fence, Curtis Tyrell Montague, Candace Marie Williams and Jada Marie Dubrose Dickerson were denied bond until May 1, when they will appear in court to set a preliminary hearing. Together, Montague, Williams and Dickerson were charged with first-degree murder, robbery and firearms charges in [...]
BZA to hear homeless shelter appeal
On Thursday, April 17, 40 to 50 men, women and children will learn from the city’s Board of Zoning Appeals whether their home at Hope Community Center will have to shut its doors. For a little more than four months, the Hope Community Center, run by Josh Bare with his father, Harold, has housed the [...]
Student cultivates ideas for Morven Farm
When John W. Kluge donated 7,379 acres of Albemarle County land in May 2001 to the UVA Foundation, he stipulated that the 749-acre core property, Morven Farm, be held in perpetuity to be used to support UVA’s educational programs. Almost seven years later, the non-core properties have been sold off, with Dave Matthews buying a [...]