Judge ordered the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center to reveal the statue’s location to the plaintiffs.
Category: Government and public institutions
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Posted inGovernment and public institutions
Albemarle early voting is happening at the County Office Building — not Mailbox Express
The Virginia Department of Elections listed the incorrect address in its most recent notice to voters.
Posted inGovernment and public institutions
A $300 million Charlottesville foundation seeks community advisors to decide its grants
The Charlottesville Area Community Foundation wants community input on how it invests its money.
Posted inHow we learn
The public has 30 days to comment on Youngkin’s new transgender student policies and Charlottesville teachers and parents are weighing in
“The instability is what’s really so difficult to navigate,” said a Charlottesville mother of a non-binary child. “How much danger are we going to be in? How much are our lives about to change?”
Posted inHealth and safety
Free Remote Area Medical clinic in Fishersville needs volunteer optometrists and interpreters
The free RAM clinic will run Nov. 19 and 20 and offer medical, dental and vision care at no cost.
Posted inGovernment and public institutions
Candidate wants diversity on Louisa County’s all-white school board
About 30% of the county’s students aren’t white, but the school board has been all white since 2014.
Posted inHow we learn
With just six bus drivers, more than 3,000 Charlottesville City Schools children are making their own ways to school this year
“A lot of parents are freaking out right now,” said Noelle Dwyer.
Posted inGovernment and public institutions
Eviction filings soar as rent relief program winds down
More than 100 people crammed into the Albemarle County courthouse Thursday for yet another marathon day of eviction hearings.
Posted inOur neighborhoods
Public housing resident speaks about new youth program — ‘We have to show them that those dreams are possible’
“We’re so busy trying to tell them to be still, to be quiet and behave. How can they grow like that?” says Asia Green.
Posted inOur neighborhoods
After struggling as a child, mother and grandmother in Charlottesville public housing, Mary Anderson wants to help a new generation thrive
Anderson grew up in Westhaven in the 1970s and now lives there in her grandmother’s old unit.
