An Albemarle judge has handed a big win to developers in the battle over Biscuit Run, ruling last week that the state under-appraised the 1,200-acre parcel south of Charlottesville by $45 million in a deal that traded tax credits for development rights. “This is a huge victory,” said Craig Bell, attorney for Forest Lodge, LLC, [...]
Government & Courts
Monticello’s big gift, shooting indictment, and the Stonefield suit: News briefs
Check c-ville.com daily and pick up a copy of the paper Tuesday to for the latest Charlottesville and Albemarle news briefs and stories. Here’s a quick look at some of what we’ve had an eye on for the past week. Monticello gets $10 million donation The Thomas Jefferson Foundation announced last week that it has received [...]
What’s coming up in Charlottesville and Albemarle the week of 4/22?
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, and be sure to share newsworthy happenings in the comments section. The Albemarle County Historic Preservation Committee meets from 4:30-5:30pm Monday in room 241 at [...]
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06/19/2013 8:00 pm Jim Waive Blue Moon Diner, Charlottesville
Volunteer firefighters turn pro, cause tension
A long-debated issue resurfaced at a recent Albemarle County Board of Supervisors’ meeting when lifetime firefighters expressed concern that professionals in the county fire department cannot also serve as volunteers. County officials say they need to keep the camps separate to comply with the [...]
What’s coming up in Charlottesville and Albemarle the week of 4/15?
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, and be sure to share newsworthy happenings in the comments section. The Charlottesville City Council meets at 7pm today in [...]
Palmer announces she’ll challenge Duane Snow in Supervisor race
Albemarle County now has a contested race for the Samuel Miller District seat on the Board of Supervisors. Veterinarian and Albemarle County Service Authority Vice-Chair Liz Palmer announced yesterday that she’s seeking the Democratic nomination for the seat, which Republican Duane Snow [...]
End of the road for Rooker, happenings at UVA, and disgruntled homeowners: News briefs
Check c-ville.com daily and pick up a copy of the paper Tuesday to for the latest Charlottesville and Albemarle news briefs and stories. Here’s a quick look at some of what we’ve had an eye on for the past week. Rooker announces retirement from Board of Supervisors During last week’s [...]
What’s coming up in Charlottesville and Albemarle the week of 4/8?
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, and be sure to share newsworthy happenings in the comments section. The Rivanna River Basin Commission meets from noon to [...]
Exit stage right: The inscrutable end of the McDonnell era
Boy, how time flies, eh? It seems like only yesterday that we were appraising the electoral chances of a well-coiffed up-and-comer named Bob McDonnell, who had recently resigned as Virginia’s attorney general to take a shot at the top slot. Our take then was that McDonnell was doing a great job [...]
Legal battle over Stonefield stormwater raises questions about how to deal with runoff
The developers of The Shops at Stonefield are again ensnared in a dispute over stormwater, and this time, the county and city are also under fire in a case that could highlight changes in the ways municipalities are expected to deal with runoff. Great Eastern Management Company, which owns [...]
Harrington suit, tuition hikes, and courts at capacity: News briefs
Check c-ville.com daily and pick up a copy of the paper Tuesday to for the latest Charlottesville and Albemarle news briefs and stories. Here’s a quick look at some of what we’ve had an eye on for the past week. Harrington family amends civil suit More than three years after 20-year-old [...]
What’s coming up in Charlottesville and Albemarle the week of 4/1?
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, and be sure to share newsworthy happenings in the comments section. The Albemarle County Board of Architectural Review [...]
A charity food event, an ironic bake sale, and a special election: Events this weekend and beyond
Here’s a quick rundown of a few upcoming Charlottesville events heading into the holiday weekend. It’s a hodgepodge, but we didn’t want to let these fall off readers’ radars: The First United Church of Charlottesville (101 E. Jefferson St.) is slipping in some community [...]
Petition to remove Dumler from office gets April 2 hearing
The petition to remove Albemarle County Supervisor Chris Dumler from office will be scrutinized in court next Tuesday, despite the fact that the Office of the Registrar has yet to verify the more than 580 signatures gathered by opponents of the embattled official, who plead guilty to [...]
Bellamy: Clerical error over traffic ticket landed him in court
Wes Bellamy, the 26-year-old teacher who recently announced a run for City Council, told reporters and onlookers at a press conference outside City Hall this afternoon that a clerical error following a traffic violation led him to turn himself into police this morning. Bellamy said he was [...]
Businesses respond to Terry McAuliffe’s campaign visit
When Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe visited Charlottesville last Wednesday, he meandered up and down the Downtown Mall with Delegate David Toscano, discussing the economy and promising to prioritize small businesses if elected. McAuliffe said he’s running on a platform of [...]
Face time: Author Jonathan Coleman visits Jim Baldi in jail
There he was, much as I remembered him: the same mischievous, knowing, somewhat furtive look, jaunty and clean-cut as ever; even the erudite black glasses were not that much of a surprise. He is nearly 50 now, but still incorrigibly youthful, and, despite all that he is up against, hopeful, [...]
What’s coming up in Charlottesville and Albemarle the week of 3/25?
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, and be sure to share newsworthy happenings in the comments section. City Council holds the next in its series of town hall [...]
Saturday shooting instigated by Elks Lodge fight, warrants show
New details about the Downtown shooting that sent two men to the hospital early Saturday morning—one with a bullet in his abdomen that police believe came from an officer’s gun—were revealed yesterday in search warrants filed in Charlottesville Circuit Court. According to the warrants, [...]
HUD report criticizes foundering, divided housing authority
The Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority (CRHA) got a thrashing last week with the release of a highly critical report on its operations by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and since then, parties on all sides of the debate over how to fix public [...]
City homelessness survey highlights a common cause
Over the course of two days in late January, teams of volunteers filed into shelters in communities around the country to conduct a massive point-in-time survey on homelessness, including here in Charlottesville. The results of the survey of about 130 locals have just been released. The data [...]
What’s coming up in Charlottesville and Albemarle the week of 3/11
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, and be sure to share newsworthy happenings in the comments section. The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors holds a work [...]














