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  01.23.19 Government Officials 5 MIN READ

  Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society makes case to council for renewed lease

  The Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society has taken the first step toward the renewal of its lease of the McIntire Building on Second Street Northeast. At Tuesday’s City Council meeting, the organization presented a report on the goals it... More

  

  Elliott Robinson
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  01.23.19 Affordable Living 4 MIN READ

  Big apartment complex planned for Seminole Square

  A vacant grocery store in the Seminole Square shopping center eventually could be replaced by hundreds of new apartments. The Charlottesville Planning Commission on Tuesday gave feedback on design concepts for an apartment complex on the former site of the... More

  

  Josh Mandell

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  01.20.19 Elections - County 3 MIN READ

  Two candidates so far for Albemarle Board of Supervisors

  Albemarle has a less competitive ballot than Charlottesville so far, with two candidates for the Board of Supervisors, compared to six candidates for the City Council. Both bodies will have three positions available in November’s election. More

  

  Emily Hays

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  01.19.19 Affordable Living 4 MIN READ

  School Board supportive of living wage proposal

  The superintendent of Charlottesville City Schools wants to pay all of the division’s employees a living wage next year. At a School Board budget work session Saturday morning, Rosa Atkins shared a preliminary budget proposal for... More

  

  Josh Mandell
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  01.18.19 Education - Albemarle 2 MIN READ

  Haas requests $194.3M for Albemarle schools’ budget

  Albemarle County Public Schools superintendent Matt Haas presented the School Board with a $194.3 million budget request Thursday. The plan represents a 4 percent increase from the current school year. With revenues projected to grow by only 3.7 percent, to... More

  

  Josh Mandell
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  01.18.19 Innovation 3 MIN READ

  Planned data science school backed by largest ever gift to UVa

  The University of Virginia plans to use the largest private gift in the institution’s history to establish a school of data science. “There’s no doubt that our future will be shaped by how we use data and how we allow... More

  

  Josh Mandell
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  01.17.19 Education - Charlottesville 3 MIN READ

  Walker students vote on uses for $6,000 grant

  Three months ago, the sixth grade at Charlottesville’s Walker Upper Elementary School was presented with an exciting question: How would you use $6,000 to make your school better? On Wednesday evening, Walker held a schoolwide referendum on 15... More

  

  Josh Mandell
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  01.15.19 Affordable Living 2 MIN READ

  Committee to present estimates for costs of solving housing crisis

  Homelessness has hit more locals than usual this winter. The 65-bed emergency shelter run by People and Congregations Engaged in Ministry is operating at maximum capacity, and those who cannot go anywhere else are staying out of the cold... More

  

  Emily Hays
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  01.14.19 Land Use - Charlottesville 3 MIN READ

  Plans for River Road apartments, self-storage heading to council

  At a recent meeting that stretched nearly to 1 a.m., the Charlottesville Planning Commission moved forward a special-use permit for an apartment building and self-storage facility on a 2.2-acre lot at the corner of River Road and Belleview... More

  

  Elliott Robinson
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  01.14.19 Community Design 6 MIN READ

  Let's Talk: Shared Truth

  Watchdog and investigative reporting models remain essential, but I think today we are confronting the darker reality that we have let our systems off the hook. What if it’s our assumptions that are bad and our goals that are unjust? More

  

  Giles Morris