The Charlottesville Planning Commission heard a litany of voices Tuesday urging denial of a rezoning that would allow a three-story structure at 624 Booker St. to operate as a three-unit apartment building. “The integrity of the building that has already been built on Booker Street does not reflect the community at all,” said Pastor George […]
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Charlottesville School Board seeks SOL flexibility from Richmond
The Charlottesville School Board wants some students to receive greater flexibility when determining whether or not they have passed select state-mandated Standards of Learning exams. Students who are English Language Learners should be given credit accommodations when their test scores fall just below passing, the School Board told Del. David J. Toscano, D-Charlottesville, and […]
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Alcaro, Paige and Oberg win Albemarle School Board races
Two incumbents and three newcomers were elected Tuesday to the Albemarle County School Board. Five of seven seats on the board were on the ballot. Jonno Alcaro won a three-way race for the open at-large seat, defeating Catherine Lochner and Dolly Joseph. Alcaro took 50 percent of the vote while Lochner and Joseph took 27 […]
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Democrats Randolph, Dill, Mallek win seats on Albemarle Board of Supervisors
Albemarle County has elected Democrats Rick Randolph and Norman Dill — with all precincts reporting — as the two newest members of the county’s Board of Supervisors, making the next board entirely democratic. Democrat Ann Huckle Mallek was unopposed in the White Hall District. Read more at The Daily Progress >>
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Three Democrats elected to Charlottesville City Council
Although some of the faces have changed, the Charlottesville City Council remains firmly in the hands of the Democratic Party. In unofficial results, Wes Bellamy, Kathy Galvin and Mike Signer join the city’s governing board. Five people were running for three seats. Read more at The Daily Progress >>
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Charlottesville School Board adds two newcomers
Two incumbents and two newcomers were elected Tuesday to four-year terms on the Charlottesville School Board. Four of the board’s seven seats were on the ballot, and for the second election in a row the races were uncontested. Incumbents Amy Laufer and Jennifer McKeever were re-elected to their second terms. Newcomers Adam Hastings and Sherry […]
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Marnie Allen, City of Charlottesville
Marnie Allen, Specialist of Community Attention Foster Families, City of Charlottesville Where were you born (and raised, if different)? I was born and raised outside of Princeton NJ. When and why did you move to the Charlottesville/Albemarle area? I moved here immediately after high school graduation in 1991 to live with my grandmother. […]
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National parks and the dollars and sense of the government shut-down
I have discovered a silver lining to the government shut-down: national parks are getting publicity. As someone whose professional life is dedicated to helping protect Shenandoah National Park, I am heartened that the status of national parks is featured in many of the public debates on the shut-down. Americans love their national parks. Denying them […]
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Evolution of Charlottesville’s Skate Park
Mahatma Gandhi said of the process of change: First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win. For many years, sports in Charlottesville consisted of basketball, football, baseball, tennis and soccer. The notion of a sport without a ball was unthinkable. Then in 1989, for one reason or another, […]
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City’s transit director departure means new era for system
The manager of Charlottesville Area Transit is leaving his position at the end of this week to operate the regional system that serves Vermont’s largest city. Bill Watterson addressing the NCBC in May 2011 (Source: Andrew Shurtleff/Daily Progress) “I’m going to leap from the land of Thomas Jefferson to the land of Ethan Allen,” said […]
