A nine-month process to develop a cultural plan for the Charlottesville community has reached an important milestone. Some local leaders are calling for bold new investments in the arts and a bigger role for one nonprofit that might be called on to facilitate the plan. A steering committee of about ...

  A judge dismissed one charge and reduced another against Charlottesville City Council candidate Wesley J. Bellamy in the city's general district court Thursday.   Bellamy, 26, pleaded guilty to failing to produce a license and paid a $10 fine and $61 in court costs, according to online records.   The initial ...

  Democratic City Council candidates agreed Thursday night that the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority needs work. At a forum hosted by The Daily Progress and Charlottesville Tomorrow, five hopefuls for two Democratic nominations for council said the state of public housing in the city needs to change.   "I'm not ...

Nearly a year after the Main Street Arena General Manager sent the city a letter complaining about the condition of the crumbling bricks along the building's east side, the walkway has at last been repaired by the city. But who's responsible for paying for the repair is up ...

The Charlottesville Planning Commission considered on Tuesday a special-use permit that would allow for 102 homes to be built on land that was most recently used as a concrete plant. However, a final recommendation was not made by press time as commissioners worked out conditions by which they could support ...

What do a seven-millimeter-thick portable speaker, a blood-sampling catheter designed to mimic a mosquito’s proboscis, and habanero-pineapple hot sauce have in common? They’re all destined for the Darden School of Business, three of more than two dozen business ideas from a group of entrepreneurs who will form the ...

As Charlottesville’s cycling community celebrates Bike Month, some in the area have concerns that keep them from getting in the saddle. “I need a safe and continuous route,” said Rebecca Cooper, who works at the University of Virginia but lives downtown. “West Main Street is too filled with parked ...

Bikes and walking -- we all know they are possible alternatives to driving cars.  In Charlottesville, the conversation is shifting to the money such transportation choices can return to our wallets and to an improved bottom line, and even how they can help with the recruitment of young professionals. About 50 ...

  State officials have promised to preserve the graves and homestead of one of Albemarle County’s most prominent African-American families that once lay in the direct route of the proposed Western Bypass of U.S. 29. But, with nothing in writing, descendants of the family and preservationists are still concerned ...

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 Friday from 9-10 AM, tune in to hear area journalists and guests discuss local news, culture, and community issues in the Charlottesville area. Whether we ...

  We concur: Keeping Albemarle County court facilities in downtown Charlottesville is the judicious decision. County officials must do something to expand crowded facilities. The population that the court system serves has nearly doubled since 1986, the last time court facilities were updated. Albemarle’s population is expected to grow again ...

Ann H. Mallek, chairwoman of the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, told a crowded meeting room at the Senior Center on Wednesday that the county could have spent money more wisely during the economic downturn. “The outrage is that, during the recession, some places dug into their reserves and got ...

Following a $3 million dollar appropriation by Charlottesville City Council to promote science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, city students could be learning and designing in state-of-the-art science labs as early as February 2014. Construction of the new facilities at Buford Middle School and Charlottesville High School, which are ...

Nothing says May Day quite like a protest. Around 50 public housing residents and supporters, chanting, "C-R-H-A, stop evicting us today," marched the Downtown Mall on May 1 to deliver a message to the city housing authority– only to find that the agency had locked the doors, cut off the ...

When 50 members of the Public Housing Association of Residents and their supporters marched up the Downtown Mall last week to protest recent efforts by the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority (CRHA) and its director, Constance Dunn, to raise rents and make it easier for the agency to evict those ...

Three members of Charlottesville City Council moved forward Monday night with a proposed appropriation of $800,000 to the Hillsdale Drive Extended project. The city received the money from Stonefield in lieu of road improvements on portions of Hydraulic Road and U.S. 29 that lie in Charlottesville.  “We thought ...

Phil Jones ended his shift by handing his supervisor a lifeless iPhone with a shattered screen Thursday afternoon. Jones is one of five Downtown Mall "ambassadors" who have been walking the social and economic hub of Charlottesville for the last three weeks. Their job, city officials say, is to be ...

Both Charlottesville and Western Albemarle high schools will welcome new principals this summer. Aaron Bissonnette is expected to join the staff at Charlottesville on June 1. John W. Werner will join Western Albemarle’s on July 1.

Doug Ehman, Parks Division Manager, City of Charlottesville Where were you born (and raised, if different)? I was born in Traverse City, Michigan, and I was raised in the southwest corner of the state in a little town called Stevensville, right on Lake Michigan and across the lake from Chicago ...

Monticello High School’s health and medical sciences academy director Katina Dudley asked a straightforward question to a room full of educators and life sciences professionals Thursday: How can we excite students about science and scientific careers? The response was equally straightforward --teaching that is dynamic, engaging and practical. The ...

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 Friday from 9-10 AM, tune in to hear area journalists and guests discuss local news, culture, and community issues in the Charlottesville area. Whether we ...

Solid technical skills and competence in a specialty field can land a student a job in a growing industry, biotech executives and educators said Thursday. They acknowledged it might come as a surprise in an industry where the facilitators of breakthrough cures and treatments for illnesses such as cancer and ...

Two Republicans and two Democrats agreed on something Thursday: the need to spread the gospel about the state’s biotechnology industry. The four state and federal lawmakers joined biotech industry leaders and advocates at the Boar’s Head Inn for a daylong conference and networking event organized by Virginia Bio ...

Blasting will continue at the Charlottesville Albemarle Airport, but the subcontractor has inspectors on site investigating claims the project has caused structural damage to neighboring Walnut Hills homes, the airport's top official said Wednesday. Melinda Crawford, airport executive director, told Albemarle County supervisors that the project " has met all ...

A little over two years ago, UVA student Kyle Smalkowski founded the student organization START, Sustainable Transportation Advancement and Research Team, with hopes that the group would help fulfill a goal of his—to bring a publicly accessible electric vehicle charging station to Charlottesville. On Friday, April 26, that goal ...