Richard Gullick, Director of Operations, Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority Your job title is Director of Operations. What, in your own words, would you say you do? I am responsible for the operations of the Water, Wastewater, Engineering, Maintenance, and Laboratory departments at the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority, which ...

Aja Chambers, Guidance Counselor, Charlottesville High School   What is the most challenging aspect of your job? The most challenging aspect of being a school counselor is time. Every day presents something different than the day before, and I have to work hard to prioritize all that I have to do ...

While some family members and educators fear the potential dangers that can come with teens navigating the digital world, one researcher has found that the proliferation of personal devices in the hands of teens might not be so bad. On Friday, Candice Odgers, director of the Center for Child and ...

Riders of skateboards, bikes, scooters and roller skates, came with their families to the Carver Recreation Center on Thursday to review the final plans for a proposed section of McIntire Park to cater to their needs. “The skateboarding culture has become increasingly popular and many municipalities have these parks to ...

The former location of the Blue Ridge Eco Shop on the Charlottesville Downtown Mall will soon be home to a Kilwins Chocolate Kitchen. The franchise will join two other chocolate-oriented shops on the mall, but first the owner of the building at 313 East Main St. wants to flatten the ...

Charlottesville Albemarle Airport officials’ spirits are flying high this week after a press release Tuesday announced the airport broke its own record for passengers served last year. An estimated 493,506 passengers used the airport in 2014 for travel related to either business or pleasure.

Drop the last half of the word "winter" and you get "win."That's a winsome summary of Charlottesville-area news in recent days — several wins and opportunities for wins. Consider: Late last week, six members of Charlottesville High School's Best All-around Club of Nerds headed off to the Massachusetts ...

When a Southern Development representative recently asked the Charlottesville Planning Commission to consider changes to a mixed-use development to accommodate a hotel on Cherry Avenue, the response was not favorable. “I see this as extending the Fifth Street and Interstate 64 interchange into the heart of our city and I ...

With Superintendent Rosa Atkins’ fiscal year 2016 funding request now in hand, Charlottesville City Schools estimates that it will need about $48.3 million from city coffers to serve its students next year. The local-dollars part of the division’s funding request represents a 5 percent, or $2.7 million ...

This week, the computer coding skills of six Charlottesville High School students will be put to the test under the watchful eyes of professionals and rival teams from across the country around the world. The students, part of the school’s Best All-around Club of Nerds or BACON, are worldwide ...

Charlottesville’s top planning officer is leaving his post after a decade and a half on the job, and the announcement comes at a critical time for the department he’s leaving: The city is in the middle of a wave of new development, and neighborhood leaders are publicly criticizing ...

Every year is an election year in Virginia, and this year, not only is everyone in the General Assembly up for reelection, but key offices in Charlottesville and Albemarle are on the ballot as well. So far in Albemarle, Sheriff Chip Harding (R) has announced he’ll seek a third ...

Soundboard: Charlottesville's news straight from the source. A collaborative local news radio program by WTJU 91.1 FM, Charlottesville Tomorrow, and C-Ville Weekly. Each Monday from 9-10 a.m. tune in to hear area journalists and guests discuss local news, culture and community issues in the Charlottesville area. Whether ...

In March, a Charlottesville High School student will be rubbing elbows with some of Washington’s A-list politicians. David Cohn, a CHS senior, is one of two Virginia students selected to participate in the 53rd Annual U.S. Senate Youth Program — a week-long residency for exceptional high school students who ...

One thing that prevents people from getting involved in the community is simply a lack of information. We, as Monticello High School seniors, want people to take action, and be educated about different issues happening within the community. Right now in our community one of the issues that is being ...

Could Ivy Road between the U.S. 29/250 interchange and Emmet Street be redeveloped as a new “academical village” to improve the undergraduate experience at the University of Virginia?    That’s one challenge being put to students and faculty at UVa’s School of Architecture during their fourth annual ...

Joe Rice, Communication Coordinator, City of Charlottesville       Your job title is Communications Coordinator. What, in your own words, would you say you do? I was originally hired as Communications Specialist in 2006 and was in charge of programming for our government access television channel, Charlottesville’s OwnTV10, and the digital ...

Beginning this summer, Charlottesville High School will play home to a second baseball team. And with that new team will come new facilities. During a work session Thursday, the city School Board reached consensus to move forward with plans for Charlottesville Community Baseball Inc. to build over the next five ...

On the eve of the presentation of next year’s budget for Charlottesville City Schools, members of the School Board shared their priorities at a work session Thursday. The fiscal year 2016 budget proposal is expected to be released next week. In advance of the presentation, school division staff identified ...

In the near future, more and more of Albemarle County’s elementary students might be receiving instruction in a language other than English. During a recent update to the county’s School Board, schools officials briefed the division’s leadership on plans to expand world language instruction to all of ...

Soundboard: Charlottesville's news straight from the source. A collaborative local news radio program by WTJU 91.1 FM, Charlottesville Tomorrow, and C-Ville Weekly. Each Monday from 9-10 a.m. tune in to hear area journalists and guests discuss local news, culture and community issues in the Charlottesville area. Whether ...

Area middle and high school students operated robots the size of large microwave ovens Sunday at Monticello High School. The event was the second year of a scrimmage to prepare for the FIRST Tech Challenge robotics competition, which will be held at the University of Virginia on Saturday. FIRST — For ...

The Charlottesville Area Community Foundation and the Tom Tom Founders Festival are teaming up on a new approach to philanthropy. This year, when the foundation’s Future Fund members make a grant, they’ll do so at a public pitch night. Nonprofits will make their case for support before a ...

Soundboard: Charlottesville's news straight from the source. A collaborative local news radio program by WTJU 91.1 FM, Charlottesville Tomorrow, and C-Ville Weekly. Each Monday from 9-10 a.m. tune in to hear area journalists and guests discuss local news, culture and community issues in the Charlottesville area. Whether ...