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Tom Tom organizers say the fest will be back next year
Al Gore grew a beard, expanded his waistline and ducked out of the limelight when he lost the 2000 presidential election.
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Campaign volunteers on Grounds contend with harsh reality facing UVA grads
On the night after President Obama delivered his State of the Union address, his regional field director and youth vote director for Charlottesville stood at the front of a 150-seat lecture hall at the University of Virginia, sharing re-election plans with 20 members of the University Democrats. Volunteer coordinators for Barack Obama’s re-election campaign began [...]
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City-county school funding saga continues
The spirit of compromise has died, and both sides appear ready to dig in for another battle.
City-county school funding saga continues
The spirit of compromise has died, and both sides appear ready to dig in for another battle
Toscano's tall task: Local legislator tries to rally Democrats as House Minority Leader
It may have been a grim 2011 for Virginia Democrats overall, but Delegate David Toscano, D-Charlottesville, bucked the trend. Now, Toscano faces one of the more challenging tasks of his political career
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Crozet school unveils $300,000 Renewable Energy Center
Support grew one cupcake sale at a time, and it culminated in a reworded Bob Dylan song in a Crozet gymnasium
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City schools to push digital learning
Charlottesville City Schools have decided to embrace the uncertainty that comes with adopting new technology on a large scale as they implement the use of tablet computers in the classroom this year.
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Eminent domain revisited
On July 3, 1936, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt manned a microphone at Skyline Drive Milepost 51 and christened Shenandoah National Park (SNP) as he marveled at its restorative powers.
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Will Scottsville district change party hands?
Two candidates, Republican James Norwood and Democrat Christopher Dumler, have emerged as potential heirs to the Scottsville District seat on the Albemarle Board of Supervisors.
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City mulls new middle school site
On January 4, about 20 local parents sat in Greenbrier Elementary and peppered Charlottesville Superintendent Rosa Atkins with questions about the school division’s middle school revamp.
Bell bill would police texting
In a teenage culture where texting is sometimes more common than talking, Del. Rob Bell, R-Albemarle, wants to ensure there are clear ways to police the perverse.
Supervisors trim massive gas station plan
They met in living rooms to craft arguments, stood on the curb of Route 250 to plot traffic flow
Is urgency to privatize ABC stores necessary?
He took his idea to the people with an eight-city “Exit the Liquor Business” tour. His team unveiled a formal plan, chock-full of financial projections and answers to concerns. McDonnell’s privatization plan calls for the state to auction 1,000 retail liquor licenses to the highest bidding stores. Yet even with all that bustle, Governor Bob [...]
Warner seeks to "shake up higher education" at Curry School talk
Soon after U.S. Senator Mark Warner took the microphone September 9 in the atrium of the new Bavaro Hall at UVA’s Curry School of Education, it became clear that the intent of the Democratic senator’s visit was not to wax poetic over the status quo. U.S. Senator Mark Warner remarked that top-tier universities have been [...]
Good spirits
If you walk through the doors of the ABC store on West Main Street with fantasies of mojitos and margaritas watering your mouth, you’ll find your buzz is soon killed. The store has more in common with the sterile confines of a dentist’s office than a tropical paradise. Sure, there are random glimmers of personality: [...]
Mark Brown purchases Ice Park for $3 million
Mark Brown had never stepped foot inside the Charlottesville Ice Park until roughly six weeks ago, when he approached the 25,000-square-foot building with an eye towards buying it. Now, the park has a new owner, a new name and, to hear Brown tell it, more than a few new ideas for its future. From full-time [...]
JPA Bridge set for fall overhaul
This fall, the 78-year-old Jefferson Park Avenue (JPA) Bridge—long overdue for an overhaul—will finally receive more than lip service. The Jefferson Park Avenue (JPA) Bridge, which connects the Fry’s Spring neighborhood to the portion of JPA that leads to UVA, will likely be out of service to cars for 16 months while it is fixed [...]
Jefferson Park Avenue Bridge set for fall overhaul
$10.5 million renovation for long-discussed project could start as early as October
Rolls-Royce partnership revs up UVA job engine
Ten UVA engineering students are interning this summer at a Rolls-Royce jet-engine factory in Indianapolis.
Local leaders concerned over "Boyd Plan"
Since January, Albemarle County Supervisor Ken Boyd has organized meetings with area business leaders to craft an economic “action plan.” The plan seeks to foster a more business-friendly culture in Albemarle that would attract more companies, expand the county’s commercial tax base and increase tax revenues without facing the potentially volatile issue of raising tax [...]
New Ragged Mountain Dam design unveiled
Representatives from Schnabel Engineering Associates on Tuesday showed Rivanna Water & Sewer Authority board members the early designs of a new dam for the Ragged Mountain Reservoir.
New Ragged Mountain Dam design unveiled
Earthen dam cheaper the sooner we act, says RWSA Executive Director Tom Frederick
With a price of $4.1 million, what could replace a dormant Ice Park?
As its June 30 closing date approaches, the Charlottesville Ice Park faces the real possibility of lying dormant
Goode battles "illegal invasion"
Pundits throughout the media realm are pontificating on Arizona’s new immigration law, and Virgil Goode recently added his voice to the fray. Will former congressman Virgil Goode throw his hat in for a third-party run? Seems unlikely, but he can still combat political correctness around the Fifth District. Goode, the Fifth District’s former Republican congressman, [...]
Virgil Goode urges Virginia to embrace Arizona immigration law
"The first thing we ought to do is get every state in the union to lock arms with Arizona and say, ‘You’re exactly right’"
Hurt dominates GOP fundraising in Fifth District race
If money is power in the realm of political campaigns, Robert Hurt is mighty powerful.
Head of UVA's endowment resigns
When he began leading the University of Virginia’s investment management firm, he oversaw roughly $2.5 billion in assets. More than five years and one Great Recession later, Chris Brightman, CEO of the University of Virginia Investment Management Company, resigned for “personal reasons,” with an endowment pool totaling $4.4 billion, according to a January 31 investment [...]